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Gabriel Dorame
Professor Ahn
English 114B
May 12, 2014
One of a Kind
I ame in!o !his lass "i!h a lo! more onfidene# I $ne" ho" %rofessor Ahn !a&gh!
already and I fel! !ha! !his semes!er "as going !o be easy' man "as I "rong# I had an o%en mind
one again !o learn b&! I "as a lo! more o(er onfiden!# I had no fear "ha!soe(er oming in!o !his
lass and &nderes!ima!ed ho" diffi&l! i! "as going !o be# )elome !o ollege Gabriel Dorame#
*ollege isn+! as bad as I !ho&gh! i! "as going !o be, i!+s a!&ally a lo! "orse bea&se i! ne(er
ge!s easier only harder# -he semes!er "as f&ll of lessons as al"ays, b&! I im%ro(ed m&h more as
a "ri!er and !his semes!er re(ealed more "ea$nesses as "ell#
English had beome one of my more bearable lasses# I !hin$ i! had !o do a lo! "i!h Professor
Ahn+s a!!i!&de defini!ely# As !he semes!er "en! by I learned a o&%le !hings abo&! myself and
also abo&! reading and "ri!ing# I learned !ha! i!+s no! .&s! abo&! reading !he boo$, b&! ma$ing
s&re I &nders!ood "ha! !he no(el "as !rying !o sho"# Basially, I learned !o a%%reia!e !he no(els
!ha! ha(e meanings !ha! %eo%le ha(e !o loo$ for and !ha! aren+! .&s! gi(en o&!# -ha! is "hy I
a%%reia!ed !he no(el Never Let Me Go by Ka/&o Ishig&ro bea&se i! had more meaning and
de%!h !han !he no(el Uglies by 0o!! )es!erfeld# I belie(e "hen !here is more de%!h in !he no(el
!here is more !o "ri!e abo&!, b&! i! has !o be "ell organi/ed# )hen i! ame !o "ri!ing !he mos!
im%or!an! !hing !ha! "as em%hasi/ed for me %ersonally "as ha(ing a s!rong !hesis# -he !hesis is
!he fo&nda!ion of !he essay and "i!ho&! a %o"erf&l !hesis yo&r essay an+! go "here yo& "an! i!
!o go# As a s!&den! I fel! a lo! more ma!&re "hen i! ame !o "ri!ing and s!a!ing my o%inion and I
fel! !ha! I had ome a long "ay# )ell, as al"ays !he firs! essay is al"ays !he mos! diffi&l!
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bea&se I ha(e !o hange my "ri!ing s!yle# Before, I al"ays !ho&gh! !here "as one "ay !o "ri!e
and !ha! isn+! !r&e# -here are so many s!yles and !y%es of "ri!ing and !he !ransi!ion "as diffi&l!
for me in !he beginning# As I began !o ad.&s! I "as able iden!ify my s!reng!hs and "ea$nesses
and fo&s on im%ro(ing my "ri!ing# One of my "ea$nesses "as reading# 1eading al"ays bored
me and I had no in!eres! in reading b&! I+m $ind of fored !o read# I ha(e !o learn !o lo(e !o read
and ma$e i! a habi! so I an find meaning in !he no(el# As for my s!reng!hs, I !hin$ %re2"ri!ing is
"ha! hel%ed ge! !hro&gh !his o&rse# -he !ransi!ion from draf! !o essay "as .&s! smoo!her !his
!ime aro&nd# I fel! !ha! I "as able !o "ri!e my ideas be!!er and .&s! ge! s!raigh! !o !he %oin!# As for
my re(ision %roess, i! "ill al"ays be !he same# I+ll read !hro&gh i! and if I see some!hing !ha!
doesn+! fi! or ma$e sense !hen I+ll fi3 i!# I+ll go !o !he 41* !o ge! a 2
nd
o%inion# *om%ared !o las!
semes!er, I ha(e los! some res%e! for !he %eer re(ie"s#
I reali/ed !ha! !he ro&gh draf!s hel%ed a lo! more, b&! !he %eer re(ie"s "ere .&s! a "as!e
of !ime for me %ersonally# -he ro&gh draf! is im%or!an! bea&se i! is "here yo& le! yo&r ideas
ome o&! and !hen yo& an .&s! %i$ "ha! yo& "an! and dele!e "ha! yo& don+!# A! firs! Professor
Ahn "an!ed o&r firs! draf!s !o be bad so "e o&ld .&s! ge! o&r ideas on %a%er# As a s!&den! i! .&s!
made me la/ier and I didn+! really %&! m&h effor! in!o !he ro&gh draf! and !ha! made !hings more
diffi&l!# I "en! ba$ !o my &s&al me!hod of .&s! !rying !o "ri!e a grea! essay !he firs! !ime, !ha!
"ay I "o&ldn+! be so disorgani/ed "i!h my !ho&gh!s# -he %eer re(ie" "as s&%%osed !o be a "ay
for o!her %eo%le !o hel% &s s!r&!&re o&r !ho&gh!, b&! I ne(er really %aid a!!en!ion !o !he %eer
re(ie"s# I only ared abo&! "ha! my %rofessor "an!ed in my essay bea&se a! !he end of !he day
!he one grading my %a%er isn+! my %eer# As for !he 41*, I belie(e i! is %re!!y hel%f&l .&s! bea&se
!he !&!ors ha(e e3%eriene "i!h essays so I !r&s! !heir o%inion and !heir feedba$ !o me#
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I belie(e !ha! !his o&rse .&s! really hel%ed me &nders!and !ha! I an+! be so o(er onfiden!
and !ha! I ha(e !o res%e! my %eers a lo! more# I feel if I %ay more a!!en!ion !o my %eers I an
"ri!e a less bias essay and fo&s more on "ha! !he readers "an!# -his o&rse .&s! also made
o&!side iss&es more a"are for me and made me a%%reia!e ho" "e an hoose ho" "e "an! !o
li(e# I! !a&gh! me !o be myself and brea$ o&! of !he norm# I !hin$ !ha!+s "ha! I li$ed abo&! !his
lass so m&h# Is !ha! I o&ld be differen!#