Reflective Letter
Reflective Letter
Dear
Sabatino Mangini
This type of English class has been a pleasant experience for me because I like how the class is different from the traditional English class that most students are used to taking in school. I will admit that some of the writing assignments that I had to do was a little complicated because I am not used to doing a narrative that requires show and tell. That is not the kind writing style I am good at. The writing style I am good at is story telling in genres that I like. One of the stories that had an impact on me was the Henrietta Lacks. The impact was interesting to me because this ordinary woman who was not very much educated because in that time period many minorities did not have an education and racism was going on, especially in the southern states. Her cells were the breakthrough for curing many diseases and cancers. Her doctor did not inform her about her cells, he just took them with her permission because during those days minorities did not have many rights to begin with. She died of ovarian cancer but her cells lived on for many years and sold to big pharmaceutical companies to manifest cures for many diseases. To this day the family does not receive any recognition for the discovery for treatment and cures for diseases chronic conditions. A black woman was the key to curing a lot of diseases that we have today all because of her cells. I revive my essay by rewriting and comparing from draft one through three and seeing the progress that I made which is a major accomplishment for me because I am able to see that and my teacher who proof read my essay. My process of writing is pretty straight forward. I sit down and write some ideas of what I am going to write about and what topics I am going to use. Sometimes I would just free style my writing and not have any ideas, I would just write what comes to my mind and revise afterwards. My blogs were just mainly freestyle writing of what I wanted to people to read when they go on my website. My plans for revising my assignments are to see a writing tutor to help with my writing assignments. That helped me a lot in the past when I had to write a paper other than English class.
This type of English class has been a pleasant experience for me because I like how the class is different from the traditional English class that most students are used to taking in school. I will admit that some of the writing assignments that I had to do was a little complicated because I am not used to doing a narrative that requires show and tell. That is not the kind writing style I am good at. The writing style I am good at is story telling in genres that I like. One of the stories that had an impact on me was the Henrietta Lacks. The impact was interesting to me because this ordinary woman who was not very much educated because in that time period many minorities did not have an education and racism was going on, especially in the southern states. Her cells were the breakthrough for curing many diseases and cancers. Her doctor did not inform her about her cells, he just took them with her permission because during those days minorities did not have many rights to begin with. She died of ovarian cancer but her cells lived on for many years and sold to big pharmaceutical companies to manifest cures for many diseases. To this day the family does not receive any recognition for the discovery for treatment and cures for diseases chronic conditions. A black woman was the key to curing a lot of diseases that we have today all because of her cells. I revive my essay by rewriting and comparing from draft one through three and seeing the progress that I made which is a major accomplishment for me because I am able to see that and my teacher who proof read my essay. My process of writing is pretty straight forward. I sit down and write some ideas of what I am going to write about and what topics I am going to use. Sometimes I would just free style my writing and not have any ideas, I would just write what comes to my mind and revise afterwards. My blogs were just mainly freestyle writing of what I wanted to people to read when they go on my website. My plans for revising my assignments are to see a writing tutor to help with my writing assignments. That helped me a lot in the past when I had to write a paper other than English class.