English 10 Reflection

Something I’m proud of – Bohemian Rhapsody Essay

Personally, I’m most proud of this essay as I made it as sophisticated as I could, while still conveying the artistic choices that were prevalent in this movie. This essay allowed me not only to expand my writing style and word choice but also allowed me to get comfortable with the essay formatting which will allow me in future circumstances. For example, the stylistic word choice is seen in most of the essay, this allowed the reader to understand and connect to the points given.

In this essay, I believe I grew the core competency of creative/reflective thinking, specifically,”I can analyze evidence to make judgements”. The main problem I had during this essay was trying to draw a conclusion and create a concluding sentence and paragraph. I combatted this through advice from my peers, teachers, and families, who ultimately made my essay better. For example, the concluding paragraph was written by me, but edited by my sister who made meaningful remarks and ultimately tied the whole essay together. Ultimately, through the advice and remarks from my peers, I was able to analyze my essay as a whole, along with making judgment calls to change my overall essay for the better.

Math 10 Reflection – Aaron Kim

In Ms. Rands Pre-Cal 10 course, we learn many new things and many new techniques in order to solve equations in a timely manner, the way we learn these new techniques is through group work. Many may see group work as an unnecessary step in understanding foundations, but group work is a necessity as you can see the perspective of others while still obtaining your own point of view. Through this, you can find new ways to understand and strive for a better understanding in math. Personally, group work has been beneficial as it gives me an opportunity to help other students, and extend my knowledge from what it used to be. In group work, I mainly try to understand the topic as fast as I can, then help my peers if they start to struggle. 

​Tests have never been my strong suit, due to this, I must study twice as hard to compensate for the “test anxiety”. Out of the degrees my father has, he has a math degree, due to this he questions me and studies me on the subject, in this case polynomials, and as he analyzes my capabilities, he makes and pulls questions off the internet for me to study and solve with him. This lasts 2-3 hours on the day prior to the test. In other words, I study with my father who is an amazing robot-tutor.