sidra bortner

Since the start of this semester my personal life has got in the way of school just a little. I get stressed out so easily. I have recently found out that I am going on my second tour overseas to Afghanistan next November. I am not looking forward to that at all. I will have to once again put off on my schooling for over a year. My first semester I did not do well with English 101 at all. I had a hard time with the essays, even though they were not that complicated. I have improved maybe just a little on my writing skills this semester. I have never been really good with English, especially essays. I have a hard time coming up with ideas to start my essays. My introductions and thesis statements are usually weak. I need to expand my vocabulary. I find myself using the same words over again and it gets annoying. So im sure readers get annoyed too. Also, I have problems with finding enough information to get the number of minimum pages for writing. I find myself to starting to come up with things just to put in there that really don’t have too much to do with the topic just so I make the cutoff length. I am a procrastinator I always wait till last minute to do everything, even though this semester I have no excuse. That is something I really need to work on. It is a pet peeve of mine and I drive myself crazy because I am like this.
Since I have started English 102 I have found out about other types of writings. I liked writing the business letter so far in this class. Even though I could have written at least a few pages on my problem/topic that I discussed my concern on. It was hard to keep it all on one page. I can be a very blunt per son for most of the part. I am good with arguing my point, if its something that I am really concerned with. I had some trouble with the rhetoric writing that type of writing was new to me. I also found it important to write more than just one draft. Having to write a few drafts, i come up with more ideas and write a better final draft. I also need to ask for more feedback on my papers
Goals:
1. Do not procrastinate
2. Organize work load better, make some kind of schedule for throughout the week
3. Work on coming up with more ideas
4. Organize paper s better
5. Become a better writer