My 10 Weeks English Adventure with Dr. Cook! (: - Reflection

1. Introduction: Background & Thesis
2. Body Paragraph 1: Topic Sentence & Main body reflection
3. Conclusion

After 10 weeks of English lesson with Ms. Misty, this ^ is what goes through my brain when it comes to structuring of my essay.

In this reflection, I will briefly reflect on my learning journey and my takeaways from ES1102. Through these 10 weeks, I have adopted a more conscious approach in terms of report structure and sentence formation before embarking on a new report. In this module, the two main topics covered are grammar and essay writing. In terms of progress, my essay writing skill has improved more as compared to my grammar. The essay writing is the section which I enjoyed the most out of this whole module, as it allowed us to freely explore our own topics of interest.

The guidance provided by Ms. Misty has also been invaluable throughout this journey. I will like to take this chance to express my deepest appreciation to Ms. Misty for her selfless teaching and inspiring words which have touched many of our hearts.

Through this module, I learnt that as long as the basic rules of English are applied, a piece of writing can be beautiful even without the use of huge words.

To Ms. Misty:

Dear Ms. Misty,

Your endearing persona and selfless teaching towards every student has gained my utmost respect for you as a teacher. I believe you will continue to touch the lives of many students and improve their English language like how you improved mine.

Thank you once again! (:

Love,

Xanier <3

Journal Entry 1 (:

Since the start of my polytechnic education, I have always tried to constantly review my life’s direction which means asking myself “where and what kind of life do I see myself leading 5 to 10 years down the road.” Recently, I have started thinking about this same old question again and I still do not possess a concrete answer and this is worrisome to me when graduation from university is just one year away and the friends around me are already one step ahead of me by having a clear idea of what they want to achieve in life.

It is somewhat an irony that I know I possess strong self-awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses and is also extremely passion driven, but when it comes to life planning after graduation, I am still at point zero.

During my previous semester, I made a decision to embark on a military career but it did not happen. I contacted the army recruitment centre and while awaiting response, I asked around for advices with regards to mid – term signing on. Mid-term signing on will mean that I will have to stop university education in year 3 to complete Basic Military Training before I resume my studies. This plan was met with great rejection from my peers. Many told me that it is not too late to complete my education first before making such a major decision. I heeded their advice.

Closing one door of opportunity led me to opening another. On Saturday, I was appointed as the Captain of my Dragonboat team. This will definitely be another chance for exposure, but will I be able to learn something out of it in terms of knowing where my life will be headed to? I have always held leadership positions everywhere I go, but what exactly does this mean? I need a career that requires leadership?

 During this semester, I will expose myself to the working world by seeking for personal internship in the event management industry as it is one area that interests me.I am still in the midst of searching and I hope I will be able to obtain exposure and get some insights towards my life direction.

So where exactly am I headed towards?  I am unsure of it myself. I have never written this down as it has always been something that is processed as thoughts in my head. Hence, by the end of this module, I might just have a firm career decision and life direction.