Malgorzata's Thoughts

As this course is coming to an end, I am really starting to pay attention to all the little things in everyone else’s writing.   I know I am not the greatest writer, and that only mean I have so much more potential to grow.   I like to look at things from a different perspective than most people.   I like to focus on the small goals before looking at the bigger picture.   I have a habit of really breaking things down in my life to make sure I am being achieve my highest potential.   If I focus on getting what I can done in this moment, then in the end I will see how all the moments add into one big picture.   For example, take graduation, I do not think about how much I STILL have to get done before I graduate, but I break it down and just worry about my current classes; even within those classes, I am breaking down each of the assignments.   When I break things down I like to try to put them into a time frame on my agenda, whether its homework tha...

Hello fellow classmates, we are almost at the end of our time here in class.  Last class, we talked a lot about time-management skills, which is something that I have been struggling with in my life.  Working full time and squeezing 18 credit hours this semester has been very tough. Learning how to manage my time has been hard because of all the responsibility I have gained early in my life.  With all the chaos that happens in my life, I do make sure that I find time for myself; this is something that I have just recently started.  When I make time for myself it includes anything outside and active. Finding things that help me relieve my stress and finding the stillness in all the chaos allows me to be able to take on more. It also makes me a very happy and stress-free human and I encourage everyone else to find time for themselves. 

In the last class session, we were informed that we will not need to attend class on Monday the 18 th of February. I was very happy to hear that since I turn 26 on that day.   Thus, I must make sure that I really work on my research paper these next few weeks, along with the rest of my assignments.   I always try to get a head of the game when it comes to assignments, so that incase something were to happen I would still have time to get things completed without being stressed and rushed.     I create check list and specific time slots to make sure I have time for everything that I need to complete, and yet I find myself procrastinating.   I tend to find myself worried more about making list and creating a plan rather than completing any tasks that are on the list.   I know we talked about time-management in class a few times and I am glad to understand the importance of it, I just have to learn to better self-discipline myself.     I als...

 I know that we talked about how we must write a paper on a book that we have read in the past and I was shocked to see that almost everyone did not like to read.   Even though I was that person not too long ago; I expected there to be a few people who enjoyed reading for fun.  Then I realized we are all here for the same reason, to improve writing and I think that writing and reading fall under the same category.  I did not begin to talk until about first or second grade, an even after that I was in speech therapy for a few more years.  I am not sure if it is because of that that I struggle with reading and writing, but I have also had a hard time concentrating.  It took almost 25 years to find books and topics that I enjoyed reading.     A few years after high school I started looking into different ways to better myself.  I found myself reading a lot of small articles about fitness and health that I would come across on the inter...

Writing was never my strongest skills, I can not even say it was a skill at all because of how bad I am with English.  This class has already opened my eyes to the small things I could be doing to help me achieve the main goal of being able to write properly. I do keep a writing journal that I have started a few years ago, and I write in it a few times a month.  I write anything from what I did that day, to how I was feeling, what I ate, my exercises, or anything that I think I need to start doing. With writing in the journal I thought that my skills would improve, but I soon realized that I did not need to write more, I need to learn the correct way to write.  When I write in my journal I use slang and I do not use correct grammar, which was a bad habit that I started.  Once I decided to start writing on a computer and have the computer help me understand the mistakes I was making, that made me want to go back and correct myself. It made me start to analyze my writi...

So many thoughts ran through my head as I slowly drove to my first day of writing class.  I have never really been a fan of reading or writing, because of how bad I am at English. Then recently I started listening to podcasts and reading motivational and inspirational books.  In the last few months I have truly been trying to live the best life I can and better myself in any way.   After sitting in class on Monday night I realized that this class is really going to help me achieve that goal of thriving not only as a person, but more importantly as a teacher.   Knowing how much improvement I must accomplish, since I am not the best at writing, I turn to my boyfriend for any help and motivation.   If it was not for him pushing me and helping me out, I would not be able to even be attending Trinity.   I am very grateful to be able to be in this class and excited to take in everything I can from the class.         ...