Reflection
It's now the end of the semester and I am ending my Eng 092 class with a B, to be specific, an 86.32%. I can honestly say I have learned so much from this semester. My approach to writing has changed dramatically during this course. What had helped me the most in this class was peer reviewing. I had really helpful and supporting classmates that gave their honest opinion on my essays. Not only were my classmates helpful, my instructor was as well. Ms.Eyres have supported all of her students throughout the semester and motivated us in our paragraphs. She prepared us with assignments, connect lessons and sample paragraphs to get us ready to write the big essays. She was honest in her feedback and always made sure we understood what was being taught. In this class, I learned how to paraphrase correctly, use different forms of brainstorming, write in different techniques and many more. If I could take this course again, I definitely would and I wouldn't change anything. This class prepared me for Eng 101 and I will use everything I learned in this class for my next class.
Barbara Oakley is a professor of Engineering at Oakland University. Oakley researched neuroscience in school and realized many things of the human brain. In her Ted Talk, she explains the different types of thinking, which are focused and diffused mode. Focus mode is when one thinks of details and diffused mode is when one thinks of general ideas and you're relaxed. Oakley states that one should jump back and forth from diffused and focused mode of thinking. To summarize what she says about focused learning, you should re-do homework over and over again until the answer comes naturally to you. She later ends her ted talk with, ''Don't follow your passions - broaden your passions.. and your life will be enriched beyond measure.''
