Reflection (Wk1 - Wk9)

I have learnt quite a lot of useful things since the second class of ES1102 (because I missed the first), it makes me feel more confident in writing argumentative essays, but I'm worried that these skills will start to fade away from my brain as soon as Ms Cook stop reminding us on the important things to look out for and giving us prompts for the assignments that we are doing. I think I've improved on structure in essay writing. Previously, I just write what comes to my mind, without much editing. However, for the assignments in ES1102, we are allowed to submit multiple drafts. This gives me the opportunity to better reorganize and restructure my work. I also learnt to use the examples better, hence I think my content seems a lot better than before. Language-wise, I don't think I've improved much, it's just as bad as before, I'm still getting mistakes such as SVA. I am quite a passive(but positive) towards the module, so I think whatever I'm going to be learning in week 10 to week 12 is going to help me in one way or another. So I have nothing to suggest on this part. For the audiovisual feedback, I really liked it. It actually saves time for us students and make us feel important. On the other hand, I know that this create a lot more work for Ms Cook, so I really appreciate her effort and in a way, it makes me guilty when I did not submit my work by the dateline she gave us. The comments and suggestions on changes are clear and helpful, hence, I'm glad to make changes to my work based on the audiovisual feedback I received. Looking ahead, as mentioned earlier, I just hope I can retain all the skills of essay writing skills that Ms Cook taught us.

Reflective Essay: Correction

Three weeks into a new phase of life, university life, is quite a good time to do some reflection. And I want to reflect on my homework because it has been giving me much problem. I'm ashamed that this reflective essay I'm writing now is actually a piece of overdue homework that was given to me about a week ago. As the third week of university life began, I realised that there was not enough time for self-study while maintaining other activities. As the week goes by, it was clear that my previous balance of life can no longer be sustained. The first 2 weeks of university without tutorial was rather manageable. I could afford to spend time playing basketball and attend activities organised by Hall and nuStudio. But things started to turn the other way as soon as week 3 began. Without attempting the tutorials over the weekends, I did not know what is going on in lectures and tutorials. The content of most of the lessons started to become alien to me. I felt nervous attending a tutorial, especially those which I did not attempt a single question. The feeling stayed with me throughout the week and it slowly evolved itself to a sense of crisis. So I begin to reflect on what was the root of my insecurity and I realised it is poor time management. A Chinese saying about time goes like this: time is like a sponge, there's always more if you are willing to squeeze harder. This reminds me that I will have to start managing my time to restore the balance of my life. I think prioritising and the use of dateline are two ways that can help me to achieve this goal. Good luck to me.

Reflective Essay

Three weeks into a new phase of life, university life, is quite a good time to do some reflection. And I want to reflect on my homework because it has been giving me much problem. I'm ashamed that this reflective essay I'm writing now is actually a piece of overdue homework that was given to me about a week ago. As the third week of university life began, I realised that there was not enough time for self-study while maintaining other activities. As the week goes by, it was clear that my previous balance of life can no longer be sustained. The first 2 weeks of university without tutorial was rather manageable. I could afford to spend time playing basketball and attend activities organised by Hall and nuStudio. But as soon as week 3 began, things starts to turn the other way. Without attempting the tutorials over the weekends, I did not know what was going on in lectures and tutorials. The content of most of the lessons start to become alien to me. I felt nervous attending a tutorial, especially those which I did not attempt a single question. The feeling stayed with me throughout the week and it slowly evolved itself to a sense of crisis. So I begin to reflect on what was the root of my insecurity and I realised it is poor time management. A chinese saying about time goes like this: time is like a sponge, there's always more if you are willing to squeeze harder. This reminds me that I will have to start managing my time to restore the balance of my life and I think prioritising and the use of dateline are two ways that can help me achieve this goal. Good luck to me.

ES1102

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