Final Reflection
Over that past semester I have been through a lot just like everyone else. I almost wanted to give up at the beginning of the semester to be honest. I was excited for the new semester and new classes that was about to beginning. Then I opened my first week’s assignment for English. Everything was going fine while I was working on the Obstacle course. Then it can to a part where I had to go in and add comments (like we do for peer reviews). Well I my laptop is a little bit older. So the Microsoft word that was on my laptop, did not have the functions to add comment boxes or do anything similar to that. Okay well there was an easy solution to this; upgrade my software. No problem, well so I thought. When I tried to install the program it took almost three days!! I was starting to think it was not going to work at all. Well it finally did. I cannot believe I almost let something so little intimidate me.
I am glad I stuck with all my classes this semester. Especially English as being a college student requires to write a lot of papers. Before this semester if you asked me what APA style was or to write an abstract; I would have no idea what you were referring to. Now I find myself setting up all my papers in APA. Which is okay considering most classes this semester request for my papers to be in that format anyways. But my spouse started college this semester and did not enroll in an English class. So when he has paper to write; it’s nice to know that he can come to me for help with the setup of his papers.
My research skills are also starting to improve. They are still not the best of the best, but I feel confident when I am doing research. And again my spouse can turn to me for guidance. Which feels nice considering it is usually me going to me for assistance.
I am still working on my scatter brain. When I write I find myself having to go back and cut and paste sections into different locations. I have definitely improved in that area though.
The most valuable lesson I gained from this experience though is to back up all your work! I never have in the past, but to day right now I am paying for that. I had my reflection paper completed and ready to post to Blogger. And of course my charger decided it no longer wants to work. My work is on my computer which is now dead and I am using my spouse’s. So I had to re-write this with very little time. Overall I had a great semester and was able to further develop my skills.