The following were all done for one class or another during the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years at Frederick Community College, or for classes from Fall 2013 on at Ashford University. I don't really feel like digging through old computer files to find essays and such from middle school or high school (or from my earlier semesters at FCC) right now, but I might do that eventually. The essays are sorted by semester and class. I will include the teachers' comments at the end of each piece.
Fall 2011
EN102: English Composition and Literature
NOVEL PROJECT: I read The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, and wrote four different papers on it.
UNDERSTANDING GENRE: We were to describe a photograph involving blackberries (which I have included in the post), and then do something creative related to that photo. I wrote a poem.
PLAY REVIEW: We were supposed to see the play "American Buffalo" at the Maryland Ensemble Theater, but I could not attend any of the performances without taking time off of work. I was allowed, instead, to watch the video version, and that is the version I reviewed.
HI101: History of Western Civilization
For this class, we were to choose 2 out of 3 essay prompts and write those essays. We could have done all three (the third would be extra credit), but after I wrote notes for the third essay, I did not have time to actually write it. I have included both the first and second essays, but not my notes for the third.
ESSAY #1: Augustus
ESSAY #2: England - I did not find the subjects of either this or the third essay as interesting as the first one, so I did not do as well as I probably could have.
HE102: Nutrition in a Changing World
ASSIGNMENT #1: Personal Nutrition Assessment
ASSIGNMENT #2: Recipe Remake
ASSIGNMENT #3: "Fad" Diet Review - The Migraine Diet
DIETARY ANALYSIS PROJECT: We had to track our eating and exercise habits for a week, and then analyze how healthy we had been based on the nutrients we received, how much fat and calories we took in and used, etc.
EN205: World Literature - This was my favorite class last semester, and I loved writing the two papers that were required, as well as the class discussions. Out of both semesters this school year, I am most proud of the Comprehensive Research Paper I wrote for this class, as it was a completely new idea, and although I had trouble finding sources to support my thesis, I had a lot of fun writing it.
SHORT PAPER: The Amarusataka
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PAPER: The Odyssey and the Art of War
Spring 2012
I had two classes this semester which did not require any written work: MU118 (Choral Ensemble) and MU151 (Class Piano). There is nothing I can post for the piano class, but I will eventually be receiving a CD of our choral performances, so I will see what I can do about posting that later.
EN201: British Literature
FIRST PAPER: "The Lady's Dressing Room" by Jonathan Swift
SECOND PAPER: "Sir Patrick Spens" (Scottish Folk Song)
FINAL PROJECT: "The Flea" by John Donne
EN204: American Literature
SHORT PAPER: "A Municipal Report" by O. Henry
MID-TERM EXAM: Feminism
COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH PAPER: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes - I had a lot of trouble even figuring out what work I wanted to write about for this paper, and by the time I did figure it out, I only had a few days left before the due date. Therefore, this paper is only 2½ pages long, when the requirement was for 6-8 pages. I still managed to get a B on it though.
FINAL EXAM: The Individual and Society - I just turned this in the day before I posted it here, so I have not (and probably will not) received any comments on it, nor do I know what grade I received for it.
PH101: Introductory Philosophy - This was an online class, and the instructor did not provide comments for any essays written, just grades.
ESSAY #1: Existentialism - Grade: 100/100
ESSAY #2: Utilitarianism - Grade: 100/100
MID-TERM EXAM ESSAY: Reality - Grade: 145/150
TEST #4 EXTRA CREDIT ESSAY: Contract Theory - I just turned this in a few hours before posting, so I have no grade for it yet.
FINAL EXAM ESSAY: Truth - Like the Extra Credit Essay, I just turned it in a couple hours before posting, and have no grade to share.
Fall 2012
EN203: American Literature
SHORT PAPER: Why Not? Equality in Two Lines
MIDTERM: Combining Religion with Secularism and GettingAmericans
FINAL: TheEvolution of a Concept: Freedom
LAR101-1: Introduction to Arabic - There were no essays for this course, only a project which I will not post here, because it is a huge PowerPoint file.
Spring 2013
EN216-ONL1: The Short Story
Essay One: Initiations
Essay Two: Compare and Contrast
EN224P: The Graphic Novel
Journals
Literary Analysis - Subtle is Better: Feminism in Comics
People and Trends - Reviving a Trend
SSR Response - “The Sky is Falling!”: A response to In theShadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
Critical Lense - Not Understanding, but Appreciating, the Father: APostmodernist Perspective on Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by AlisonBechdel
End of curriculum at Frederick Community College--A. A. degree in English/Literature received June 2013.
Beginning of online curriculum from Ashford University--Credits transferred from Frederick Community College and applied toward B.A. degree in Applied Linguistics.
Fall 2013
PSY202: Adult Development and Learning
Considering the Present
Looking Toward the Future
Spring 2014
SOC120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility
The Ethics of Gambling
ANT101: Cultural Anthropology
Tattooing in American Penitentiaries and Malaysia
BUS308: Statistics for Management - No papers yet.
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