Final Reflection

                On the last day of class, Lacy asked us to describe a time where we struggled with her class. Except instead of using the word “struggle” she used the term “wobble”. She then asked us what we thought the term meant. People shouted out many answers like dance, shake, wiggle, to sway, to stagger, unsteady motion, like a baby, and to falter. She then told us that for our final reflection she wanted us to talk about how we struggled with English 1101. She didn’t want it to be a success story; she wanted to hear stories about how we “wobbled” throughout the class.

The biggest struggle I had during this class was my literacy narrative. I was so excited to write it because I loved my topic, but when Lacy mentioned she wanted us to revise it and to completely think in a different way, I was stuck. I had just written this four page paper that told the story of a major event in my life and she wanted me to change it? So when it came down to it, I made very minor changes with grammar and Lacy said that wasn’t enough. Then she suggested the rolling due date, so that made me procrastinate a lot. And the night before the assignment was due I had to pack all of the revising into one night. I had to revise my paper and make it completely different and then I had to write a final draft of it. I was up for hours! So needless to say, this was what I “wobbled” with the most.

I also struggled with my daybook. I enjoyed having the chance to write every day because it challenged me. I’m not used to doing that so I had a hard time with it. I didn’t know what to write but Lacy told us that it didn’t matter because she was never going to see it. She also told us that there was no right or wrong thing to write about, she always gave us the option. So in the end, I ended up really enjoying the daybook but in the beginning I wasn’t sure how to use it.

All in all I truly enjoyed having Lacy as my first English teacher in college. She never told us we were wrong, but she always gave us her opinion on how we could make it better. She was really big on revision and even though it sucked sometimes, it made me think out of the box and I learned a lot from it. I know that I have grown as a writer and am excited for what the future holds.