reflection

Assessment by assessment, this year has been one hell of a busy and exhausting one for me. So, here it comes, English third assessment which required me to write as many as five academic writings each with their own different structures and elements. I personally enjoy writing because by writing, I’m able to express my emotions that I’m feeling. However with that said, I found myself to be lacking any interest in doing this assessment. The main reasons are because I had to conduct research, write partial essays which I found to be apathatic and the topic itself, technological issue, does not appeal to me.

Frankly speaking, this is a heavy and quite an immense assessment. I chose my topic to be Blackberry and the things that surround this topic area. The reason is mainly because I have been fascinated by how the advent of Blackberry has changed the face of this modern era. A new way of communication has emerged, simply because the existence of this gadget. A revolution is taking place.

Despite all the burdens and afflictions, I found that by completing this task, I have learned so much that I personally believe those things I’ve learned are very precious and useful. This assessment has been specifically made me to realize my weaknesses in writing. It has opened my eyes to see which areas I need to improve. I started to learn new words that are ironically never really tought at school, which has enabled me to widen my vocabulary knowledge into a new high. I have also learned that in order to produce a fine and qualified writing, I have to be very careful in every single aspects, from the little things like preposition until citing resources. Honestly, I found that citing footnotes is a very annoying thing to do but I have to know that plagiarism is a serious case when misused. I also learned how to give a clearer and better organization structures to my writings, not to mention I learned about thesis statement!

Due to my bad habits, I did this assessment in the last minute. I started this assessment approximately one week before this assessmentt is due. So, I did not had the chance to do a draft and redo the writing by correcting the errors and mistakes. More over, the result of my writings are not maximum because I simply had failed to manage my time wisely. This procrastination habit is definitely something that I need to work on to get rid of it.

They say, experiences are the best teachers for us to learn something, and yes it has been the case here. I absolutely need to work harder next time around to achieve better result. I’m proud that I managed to finish this absurd assessment and I will try to find the enjoyment that lies behind every tasks given to make me more motivated in doing them.