Category Archives: Composition

B+ in Composition

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Eric

I was a little disappointed to learn that I’ve earned only a B+ in my English composition class at De Anza College, bringing down my GPA slightly. While De Anza counts a B+ as 3.3 points, most universities use only the letter … Continue reading →

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Copyright Infringment by Turnitin.com

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Eric

This Washington Post article describes students protestiing their school’s use of Turnitin.com. It has been discussed on Slashdot as well. My ENGL 001A English Composition course at Mission College requires me to submit all of my papers to Turnitin, and … Continue reading →

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Analysis of essay “Rick” from textbook

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Eric

Module 1 assignments 2 and 3 were to analyze the meaning of the student essay “Rick” from Reading Critically, Writing Well, and to analyze the writing. I posted my work just under an hour before the deadline. My response on … Continue reading →

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Autobiographical Essay

Posted on September 4, 2006 by Eric

After much gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair, I finally decided on a subject for the autoiographical essay, which as I’ve previously explained here must be about another person or a significant event (on a single day). Presumably the … Continue reading →

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English Composition

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Eric

Yesterday we had the initial orientation session for the online English Composition class I’m taking. The only meetings on campus aside from that session will be the sessions for the midterm and final exam.

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