The conclusion of EN 001

To be more exact, EN001 is officially my first formal English Course ever!! I don't have much academic background in America( I'm a citizen and I love this country as much as I love Korea) My father was an English teacher at female high school in Korea. He taught me a lot about English grammar, but it was a long time ago, and that was only what I got left out of writing skills which I don't remember much at all now. So I think I'm probably the one who has benefited the most out of EN001 since I hadn't practiced much English in a long time until I entered EN001. During the entire semester, what I have learned the most is how to write an essay. I still struggle with thesis, conclusion paragraph, in-class timed essay and all that. The most enjoyable aspects of the course I have found are once again an essay and evergreen chapters. The least enjoyable aspects of the course is the movie and the book Omnivore's Dillemma, it was interesting to know about food knowledge they have in there though. I'm not in situation where I can give advise to mewcomers, but if I have to, I will tell them to make a group of 3 or 4 students to help out one another to write an essay and study evergreen chapters togather. Each individual has different writing weaknesses and strengths so they can look out for one onother. What I wish someone had advised me when I started taking this course is the same thing I stated above.

portfolio essay.

For my portfolio evaluation, I decided to edit the first one and the third one. The reason I'm down with essay#1 is because Professor Simon suggested me to go for it when she gave my paper back and sat right next to me in class last week. And also, the first essay is the one that I got into a safe zone with. The reason for the third essay, I have a good feeling about this one even though that's usually how we feel before we all turn in our essays and later, it turns out to be messy with Professor Simon's bad , sarcastic comments on them in good ways, ok! However this is the one I dubble-checked with my favorite tutor to make sure everything is everything. Of course, i'm not expecting it to be perfect, but I'm expecting it to ensure me that I've swam close enough to be in a safe zone from the sharks. I'll find out when I get my revision back. I know i sound too confident and arrogant on this one, right? let me have it though.

i came to school at 6: 30 this mornning. for some reason, i couldn't sleep last night. around 5: 30, i was thinking like i should not fall asleep right now, i might not be able to get up even though alarm would go off at 6:00 i would go back to sleep. so i decided to come early. i learned this mornning that coming to school much early is not such a bad idea because it makes me  more calm and more prepared for class.

thinking back to the 1st day of school, i realized that my writing skills have somewhat been improved. in the beginning, i didn't know what it meant to use good sentence structure or to add supporting details. now that i have had a taste of eng 001, i'm not so lost anymore. can i say that i'm 100% cured in my weakness? no, i cannot. i still have a lot of room for improvement. i'm going to do my best for my porfolio evaluation with what i have learned so far, and for the final in class timed-essay, i will review the way i did so bad on midterm exam, and won't make the same mistakes.

writing process

first, i give myself a little time to think about possible subject that i can write the most out of it and then i think about things that are most familiar and connected to the topic that i picked. second, i start jotting ideas that i have in mind to see if i can go deeper in details then i select ideas that are most connected to the topic. third, i make outlines with ideas that i selected from jotting. last, i start making an essay using those outlines then i proofread when my essay is complete.

the food horror

In movie, i saw so many disgusting things. The major parts i can clearly visualize are how chickens and cows were being handled, and things like hormone growth, antibiotics in the feed, and cows eating corn even though they evolve to eat grass. And, also a little boy's death after eating a burger. What i learn through this movie, the food we eat is dirty, unsanitary, tainted and contaminated. even veggie is not safe. And i learned that our government is dominated by those huge industries that lobby politicians to get what they want. well, now i'm trying to change my diet to organic foods little by little. god, i don't want to get sick. this E,coli thing really scares me.

The routine......

Waking up each mornning is a process on its own for me. First, i let my loud alarm clock wake me up at 6:00 am. The bright sunshine and light beaming through my curtains also assist me with waking up. I lay in bed for approximately 5 mins looking up at the ceiling and thinking about the day ahead of me. Next, i get out of bed and quickly enter the kitchen to put on a pot of coffee. while the coffee is brewing, i head to the bathroom to take care of my personal hygiene. By the time I am finisfed, my coffee is ready. I then go outside, sit down in the chair on my patio and smoke a marlboro cigarette. Smoking and drinking coffee taste the best that way. Finally, I am ready to put on my clothes. Choosing an outfit is very simple for me. I am no fashionista! As long as my clothes are clean and crisp, I am satisfied with my appearance. Once I am dressed, I grab my keys and bag which has school supplies inside of it. I then leave out the door, get inside of my car and drive to school. I always try to go to college by 7:40 am. When i get there, i smoke one last cigarett until 7:50am, knowing that class starts at 8:00am. At last I am ready to enter the building and go to class. This process ensures that I'm not late for school. Keeping up with this process has allowed me to maintain a flawless attendance record.

what i ate today as of 09/08/10, wed.

i got up early this mornning, about 6:30, so i could take a shower and go to the department of social services for my sister's health coverage. when i got there, i let my syster go in first and then i got a cup of coffee from right down the street, spanish restaurant. the coffee was so perfect, though i didn't pay no attention how much sugar and cream i put in. i just put whatever and stopped. normally i put 5 packs of sugar and 1 cream. after we came out from social services, we headed for best buy. on the way there, i got starving, so i stopped by wendy's and got myself a regular hamburger, a small coke, a small fries, it was around 9:45. i came home around 11:30 from best buy and i didn't eat or drink until i got a reply from prof simon. for lunch, i had a bowl of rice and a korean fish soup, i put some hot red pepper powder in a fish soup to make it a little bit spicy. oh yeah, it was too good! in the mean-time before dinner, my sister made a bean sprout rice. it has bean sprouts, red paste, pure sesame oil, sesame powder over the rice so you can mix everything togather with a spoon and eat it. i drank a lot of water, it was delicious and very spicy. for dinner, around 7:30, i had a rice with korean beef barbeque, seaweed, kimchi, raw garlic, green pepper, korean lettece, marinaded green onions, marinaded hot pepper paste and barley tea to drink. and i'm eating turkey sandwich right now with grapejuice, while making a blogpost assignment....  well, good night, it's almost 12 o'clock, sweet dreams.......

my first time of making a blog post.

oh my, i finally came through creating a blog for the first time of my life. i thought it was something that you could only do at school through school computer, how stupid i am..... but i'm done with it. a big relief off my chest. now i can make some comments and all that about your posts like you were doing in class today or write about how i felt in class on the first day of school, is it too late for that? anyways, first day in class, i couldn't log in mymc because i lost my password in order to make a blog, but now i know that you can just simply go to www.blogspot.com and create a blog of yours, simple as that. my misunderstanding!!! i think Professor simon should give me a credit for that, Please!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha, hehehe, hohoho..... make up time. well, everything is so far so good, my professor simon and my classmates seem so nice. i am so new to school thing, it's been like 18years since i was involved in school long time ago, but i came back here to do what i need to do in order to become a registered nurse. it's nothing out there, you can't do much without educations. i know it's even harder for me than anybody else to accomplish what i need in here. even though i am doing everything in english(my 2nd language that i'm not much fluent in, i will do my best. so my friend if you see me coming for help, please show me some love, thank you guys.....and thank you, professor simon. i guess you all know my weakness by now and no strength, but i'll make it through with effort two times more than......