Journals 1-5

Journal 1 -Winter Break

For my winter break, I went home to Richmond, VA which is where I live when I’m not on campus. I worked for the majority of the break at Kings Dominion as a food service worker. I worked at a pizza parlor and a pretzel serving stand, I did a lot of cleaning as well as a lot of food preparation. The job was very hectic because it was the holiday season. I met some great coworkers, that made the job smooth and fun. When I wasn’t working I was with family, catching up and engaging in quality time with them.

Journal 2 – 1 thing I would change…

1 thing I would change about myself would probably be my ability to cope and deal with my emotions. Being able to tell the people I care about how I’m feeling had always been a struggle for me and has done more harm than good. I am very regretful of how past situations have been due to not being able to be open and honest with myself. In the future, I want to let the people I love and care about understand how much they mean to me and how I feel. Being open will lead me to be more at one with myself and with the people around me. Allowing all emotions to be known, regardless of what they are.

Journal 3 – Campus facility

One facility on campus that has caught my attention, is the 5th-floor study room at my dorm, Whitehurst because it is a great place to interact with my friends and make the most of long school days. We typically eat food and watch movies here. This facility can be used by anyone that is a student at ODU. It is available all hours of the day. The study room can also, obviously be used for working and doing other things.

Journal 4 – Writing Goals

The writing goals I have consist of wanting to have a better sentence structure, improve grammar, and punctuation. I expect to improve by the end of this course and to take what I learn and my improvements to my future English courses. I want to be able to better the content I intend to put in my essays. I hope to make the most out of this course and end up leaving a better writer than before.

Journal 5 – 1 thing I dislike about campus

1 thing I dislike about the campus, is the new guest policy. The new guest policy states that any guest you bring in a residence hall must be registered in the system and go confirm with the front desk, plus be given a wrist band at the front desk. I think this is overdoing stuff, and making simple stuff complicated. Students pay all this money to live on campus, just to have to register guests as we live in an old folk home. If I want to have a guest over, I should with no issues.

Reflection Essay 1

Reflecting on the progress I have in UNIV 150, I can say I am proud of myself for the most part. I could put my effort into my essays, journals, in such. My journals, for the most part, have thought put into them and I look at them of an outer point of view rather than a deeper lens. Putting the journals on WordPress is simple, and easy. They aren’t too lengthy, which I think it’s good to keep it short and sweet. My essay one was one I liked and received 3 and I didn’t mind that grade at all I thought it was fair grading. Essay One had a thorough process that I followed prewriting, rough draft, peer edit, tutor edit, then final paper. I reflected a lot upon this paper and how I wanted to convey the prompt and ways I can make it better. I followed through on the requirements which were good. Overall, the writing process I followed for Essay One and I think it showed me that I can take time with my writing and not rush the process so much. I think my writing has grown since first starting the course in January. The ePortfolio, which is on WordPress, has been simple I wish I started it earlier so I could become ahead of the curve and out of the way. WordPress is easy to use, and I haven’t had any trouble using it yet. Though it seemed overwhelming considering everything that’s supposed to be uploaded on the site. But it shouldn’t prove a challenge for me. Overall, I think my progress in the course is decent and I think I out a good amount of effort and care into my assignments, and I just need to work on procrastination and time management.

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