English 1c

The Beginning of the Journey: Introduction

On December 30th, 2012 at 3:43 pm, the next stage of my life had just begun. At that moment, our first son was born. I still remember vividly the color of the sky on that day. The weather was gloomy all day long, but there was a breach of sunshine welcomed the arrival of our baby boy acted as new hope to my life. He is a perfect and healthy baby boy, his crying is the best crying I have ever heard in my life. While we cherish his arrival, there was a slightly worries in my mind about adjusting my life, especially with spring semester rapidly approaching. This upcoming spring semester was supposedly the last semester for me in Mount San Antonio College. After a grueling three years, I finally managed to complete my Associate degree in Business Administration and currently accepted to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California State University of Fullerton, and California State University of Long Beach. While juggling with a full time job, four dogs at home, and enrolled as a full time student, a newborn will definitely add the degree of difficulties to pass the upcoming spring semester. According to “On Course,” by Skip Downing "The essence of being personally responsible is responding effectively to all life's opportunities and challenges" (Downing 25). That quote is exactly what I try to encompass throughout this semester; challenging myself to respond to life’s difficulties. This paper represents a self-evaluation throughout the journey of this semester. It will reflects my most honest and humble evaluation of myself and how I wisely improve my critical thinking skill in this class.

The Beginning of the Semester: Section I

Days went by and without knowing what to expect, yet my toughest semester ever begun. This semester I have to take 12 units of classes including English 1C. I realized that as an immigrant, English is not my strongest subject, and to make things more complicated, my last English...