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Grammar and Usage

When reviewing my SWA 1, I noticed a few corrections that could have been made to better my assignment. The presence of more apparent transitions would have aided in the shift of topics from paragraph to paragraph. In my dissection of the novel Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, I decided that the novel was written in the genres of adventure and science fiction with a micro genre of dystopia. I now know that dystopian is a genre and not a micro genre. Looking back at my explanations and arguments for why science fiction was one of the genres used, I disagree with that statement considering my expanded knowledge of the genre categories. I believe, using my developed knowledge on the categories within genres, that Hunger Games is a novel with genres in adventure and dystopia with a micro genre in apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. When reviewing my SWA 2, I noticed few errors in grammar and spelling but more so in my organizational process used. I feel that the layout of the paper is too spread out and could be condensed to where each document has one page to define and explore the analysis of the genre instead of multiple pages for each. I think that the pictures of the documents was unnecessary especially for the lesson plan and agenda page. I think it makes my paper look disorganized and unprofessional, unlike a real field guide you would come across in real life. Now that I have further developed my writing, I can see immense improvements from my SWA 1 to my MWA 1. I believe that my organization process and my quality of writing have come a long way and enhanced entirely. The assignment I feel most proud of this far in the semester is my MWA 1 due to the quality of my writing and the content I produced. I feel it is an accurate analysis and would help an aspiring teacher understand the importance of incorporating short stories into their teaching. I also enjoyed this assignment the most because I was able to relate it to my future career and learn something valuable that I will use when I become an educator. For my future assignments in this class, I plan on having multiple people peer review my assignments whether it be a friend, family member or fellow classmate. When asking them to peer review I will not only have them point out any grammatical errors but structural errors as well as their personal opinion on the topic at hand in order to develop a second perspective and strengthen my writing by being able to include every possible aspect. For my next assignments I also plan on developing a rough draft for every assignment in order to get any mistakes out of the way initially so I am able to go back and perfect my writing for the final draft. 

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29.1.20

I’ve really been struggling with my human dignity course. It has been 2.5 weeks and I’ve already done the same amount of work that it would have taken me 1.5 months to do in any other course. My three other classes also have a pretty intense workload and last night I had a little meltdown about it. I know I can get through this, I’m just trying to think about life after I graduate. University is really hard people! If you are also struggling, we will be okay.

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One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

Malala Yousafzai (via makennasaffordengl1120-057)

When contemplating what I wanted my life to become, I concluded that I wanted to impact lives. The most influential way I could think to do so was through teaching. I want help guide children's moral compass in the right direction to save the world from self destruction. Young minds are incredibly malleable and with the wrong person assigned to the task of teaching, it is detrimental effect on not only the student but the world. I want to help shape students to learn, live and love and strive to make the world a better place for everyone. As a teacher, we have the ability to pave the path for students to be the best versions of themselves and change the world for the better and I can't wait to do that.

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One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.

Malala Yousafzai