Self-Assessment of me project

Finally I finish the biggest project in this semester. Now I feel really good, and I can not believe that I can wrote more than 2000 words that probably the words that I had done the most in America, and I have been to America for two year now; I think even If I wrote in Vietnamese I wouldn't wrote that long. This project maybe the project that worked in the most but it not the best one. There is still a lot if mistake like; gramma, punctuation, vocabulary. I wish that I would have more time into this project because in the same time when I'm working on this project I have a lot of other work to do so, I didn't spend a lot of time is paper. If I have a change to spend more time in this paper I would go over and fix every mistake that I made to make my paper be perfect because I'm the kind of person who wanted everything to be prefect. But I really proud of myself that among a lot of paper, a lot of work to do for other class can still I can wrote 2000 words and turn it in on time. I feel like I become more mature and hard worker now and I also see a lot of improve in writing . There is only one thing that I disappointed about this paper, and that is I cannot found my own character so I have to wrote a diary like I'm sookan. Finally if I have to grade my self I will give me an c or around b-.

blog 500 about writing center

Minh Anh Duong

English ( IS )

Ms. Guarino

13/12/2015

            

                                                   Frist time came to the writing center.

I never came to the writing center before because I think in that short time is will not help to improve my

paper. But was totally wrong. This is my first time been to the writing center and already like the process and

how thing work, and they even have the room for the writing

. But the thing that make me most impress is when I opened my paper Ms. Swift just looked for a few

seconds and she already knew what mistake I couldn’t believe how Ms. Swift did that.Is seem like she had

look at my paper a lot of time She not just found the mistake on my paper and help fixing it. She even

doesn't mind to teach me the whole grammar process again when I'm seem to forgot it or even didn’t know

it. She even gave me an advice for how to got better at english by tell me to ready more book, see all the

movie in english or read some magazine .So student just don't come to the writing center for the writing

assignment, they can still come here for learning English. The thing that I love the most about her is she not

just told about studying all the time. She also talk about the stuff that out side to make more interesting by

showing some shocking news on the magazine or some crazy people do. This time the writing center help

me a lot in the paper. I’m looking forward to came back and to with her again to make my paper became

more perfect. But there is a only that I did’ in my opinions I think the writing center should have more than

one person to help the student because when I came there I saw a lot of student was there to, so she just

can help each people a litter bit. I think it is better if one teacher just focus on one student at the time. So

they can find more mistake and teach the student more  if they just have once student at the time and they

will make Ms. Swift life more easier.

Finally in my opinions the writing center is very helpful for student , especially the international student who

Isn’t good at writing yet to go here and help a change to improve the essay to make the essay become more

perfect

Homework 8/12

A comma splice: is the use of a comma to join two independent classes
Ex: Is nearly 11:30, I still cannot finish my homework
Run-on sentence: a run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses are joined without an appropriate punctuation or conjunction
Ex: He is the sweet boy he really love dog
Fragment: a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, as a subject or verb, that would enable it to function as an independent sentence on normative written english
Ex: is nearly 11:30 I still cannot finish my homework and I'm really worry
An Independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses Complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence
Ex: He run

 A dependent clause cannot stand alone as the sentence instead it much attached to an independent clause.
Ex: because I cannot wait for you

Sookan's diary

Minh Anh Duong                 

English (IS) 2

Ms. Guarino

1.12.2015

                                                     My Diary.

September 1954                                                           

Dear diary,

 This is a very special day in my life; a huge change is happen in my life. I have to say goodbye to my family and friend and come to America to study. That is the very hard decided, is it never easy say goodbye to my friend and go study far away from home.   I don’t know why I’m feeling nervous and exciting at the same time. I feel nervous because this is my first time to study far away from home and I never come to America before so I’m asking a lot of question like What is it like to study there?  Will people like me? Will I like them? Will I be able to keep my scholarship? Every thing start every hard by siting 28 hour on the big iron bird.

    When I come to school I met a lot of people one of them is my roommate Ellen and Sister Reed who help me with the school and met a new friend. Later in the day Ellen ask me to go out the market to buy some stuff for out room.  By this time I know that I don’t have enough money to buy anything so I have to say no to buy anything and I know is it time to find a out time job to make my own pocket money.

 Dear diary, 

  This I my second day in America. I have learned a lot about American culture that I never saw that in Korean before. People in America seem to be very friendly. They hug and kiss people in public, are like people in America are more open. In Korea younger people have to show the fully respect for older people but in America people seem like free to any person. In the second day in America met a new friend her name is Marci and she life right in front of my room. She is a very quiet person; she doesn’t like to talk a lot or a crowed place, out side see seem to be very cold. But when you become you will feel that she have a warm heart and she is really helpful. She is the person who introduces me to Mr.Bennet to do baby siting for him to get my own pocket money where I learn more about American culture here. Me, Marci, Ellen we get along really well and become best friend of each other.

 October 1945

Dear diary,

Today I have to all subjects that I want to take for the first semester. The assistant dean recommend that I should take audio, music or maybe art class but I choose world literature, world religion, Greek and Roman history. Everybody was said that is really difficult for me, I think so to but I just want to try and I will more credit when I graduate. Now my life is become very hard of that decision. In the end of the day I receive the letter from my mom. After reading the letter is make me miss her so much and I feel really melancholy. For me she is perfect woman she can do everything for their children. She never complained about anything even her life is hard, she just never complained about her hardships.  I miss her so much, all I want is to do now is come back and hug her really hard and tell her how much I love her. I don’t know if I should tell her that I’m baby-siting for my pocket money a not because she will be worry for me that I have to much work that I have to cover and I don’t want her to worry about me to much.

Saturday 21

Dear diary,

 This is my first day of baby siting, I’m very worry What if they don’t like me? Would I be helpful? What if I can’t keep them entertained or if they are naughty? Finally is not bad like I tough, the Sarah and Jimmy was their name and very good and cute and Ms. Bennett was very kind to me and today I learn one more thing about American culture that I never saw before in Korea. Mr. Bennett go to the kitchen and cook first I could not believe in my eyes because I never see a men cook before but after Ms. Bennett tell my that no matter you are a men or a woman you still have to do housework. Now I understand that is one of the American cultures, suddenly I want it become a Korean culture to, so my mom doesn’t have to do everything by herself.

November 1945.

Dear diary,

Today was the special day for Ellen because she and her boyfriend will go on vacation on Europe. This is my first time I saw Kyle, He is a nice locking men. I feel really lucky for Ellen for having him as a boyfriend. They ask me to go with them but I say no. I have lot of work to do and I don’t want to stand on Ellen and Kyle way. I was very shock about what I Ellen say, she say that she doesn’t care much about study and graduate because in America woman doesn’t need to go to work and make money if they don’t want to. They just can marry men and stay at home and she already found one for her.  I was really shock about that, now I feel there is a lot of different between America and Korea. 3 moths her make me learn a lot about American culture that I never see it before in Korea and I cannot wait until I tell my mom everything. She will be very shock and not believe it.

 December 1945.

           Minh Anh Duong

           English

           Ms. Guarino

           19/11.

            

                                                      The Gathering of Peals.

         After finished reading the novel Gathering of Peals, I think it is a really good Novel. The novel is about the life of a young woman name Sookan, when she studies in America. The reason I say this novel is really good is because when I’m reading the novel I somehow see myself in it when I was first been to America. I had the same feeling as her, I asked the same questions like she has asked, and sometimes I get homesick so bad too but I think people who go far away from home will all feel the same way.

       

            Sookan’s life in America is never stabilizing. Before she comes to America she is excited and worried at the same time; she is excited because she has never been to America before so she is really curious about it. She is worried because she thinks her English is not good enough to communicate with people there and she has never been far away from her family before. She asks herself a lot of questions like: would people there understand me? Would they like me? Would I like them? When see been in America she feel so different, the airport is so big, people are so tall, and people is more open and more friendly than people in Korea. She get to America to study is because of the scholarship, it mean she doesn’t have a lot of money, all the pocket money that her mom give it to her; she need to buy book and school stuff. So see have to babysitting for Mr.Bennett after class to make her own money, so see can hangout with her friend she have free time. Because of that she makes her life harder. This is only her first year in America she already have a lot of hard class and she still have to do babysitting for her pocket money. So she is very buzzy and she has to world very hard to everything perfectly. When she have to try to really hard to do everything perfectly; she become tired and pass out. Her life is not just like that is because she is still really lucky that around her there is Mr.Bennett, Sister Reed, Ellen, Marci those people who is very important to her. When she working to hard and pass out they were very worry for her and decided to help her in her study so she feel less stress and don’t pass out again.

       That is the really great novel. It make me feel like a part of my life now is like that to. If I were the teacher I will chose the same book to my student to read because is the good practice of reading skills and I thing they all the student who study far away from there family to, so maybe they will find the interesting reading it. 

Diary

                   11 / 20 / 2015.
 Dear Diary,
  today is the first day of the thanksgiving brake and I didn't have a change to go back home but I have my mom, my cousin and my friend in Boston to hangout with me through the brake. The first day in Boston we just spend time to visit some college for my brother to apply in. We visit a lot of famous college for example like Bentley University , Boston College. Those university are very big and huge, it take a really long time to visit all the place and we have a lunch in Connecticut college and I think food in college is much better than the food in high school and i have a lot of chose to make. In the of the day we visit a few college and then we go to get dinner. So that is my first day in Boston

Thanksgiving

I didn't have a change to go back home this Thanksgiving brake. However my mom and my  cousins come to America to take me to Boston where my friend is study to. In the fist day in Boston we go to visit some college for my brother. In the end of the day we visit a lot of famous college like; Bentley university, Connecticut College. In the second day I pick my friend out of school and get to the house with me to live for a few days. We didn't anything much in the rest of the brake, we just going to shopping, go to play snooker but for me just hang out with my family and friends is enough. I was having to much fun, I'm not ready for school yet, but I just have to try hard 2 week until the winter brake and I cannot wait to come back