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English 1B
Professor Wanda Sabir
20 June 2011
Summarize the themes. What do you know about the teacher based on the syllabus? How do you get an "A"? What important information should you note? How does this class fit into your overall academic and life plan? What do you plan to do differently this tie in an English course? What lessons do you bring from prior courses to help this course proceed more smoothly for you?
Is this your first summer course? First course in a junior college?
What preconceptions hang over JCs?
If you didn't have to be here for six weeks, what would you be doing? No one spends their summer inside a classroom cramming, if at all possible.
Post your response to these questions and anything else you'd like to share in the comment section of the syllabus.
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Sharron Dawkins
Professor Sabir
English 1B
20June2011
What I know about Professor Sabir based on her Syllabus is; her goal is to make sure the class develops their critical thinking and written communication skills in order to make better life decisions. It will be important that all writing assignments which include essays, blogs, homework and class participation are complete and turned in, in order to receive an “A”.
This class is crammed into my overall academic life, as I have two other classes and a business to run. I plan to put every effort into learning and improving my skill of writing so that I can continue with my educational goals.
In order to have this course run smoothly for me, I will ask questions if I don’t understand something, and seek other forms of support to be as successful as I can. I have already completed English 1A and 5 a few years ago and will use what I remember from those classes.
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Brittney Brunner
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1B
20 June 2011
Summarize the themes. What do you know about the teacher based on the syllabus? How do you get an "A"? What important information should you note? How does this class fit into your overall academic and life plan? What do you plan to do differently this tie in an English course? What lessons do you bring from prior courses to help this course proceed more smoothly for you?
I know that Professor Wanda Sabir is a no-nonsense kind of woman. Either you get it right the first time or you are better off not doing the assignment at all in her eyes. She seems caring yet strict. Excuses are probably her pet peeves and mentions “polished work” a couple of times in her syllabus. Professor Sabir feels that grades are just to show if one has mastered an assigned task but in order to do well, according to the syllabus in my own words, one must arrive on time, BE PREPARED, never miss a class and do the class-work and homework. I need this class to graduate. I plan to buckle down and not casually flap into the breeze as I often do. I hope I am not too shy to ask others for assistance.
Is this your first summer course? First course in a junior college?
This is my first summer course but it isn’t my first course for a junior college.
What preconceptions hang over JCs?
I’ve heard that students in junior colleges are not as smart as students at state universities or universities and the students are quite lazy. I’ve also heard that the teachers are not accredited .
If you didn't have to be here for six weeks, what would you be doing? No one spends their summer inside a classroom cramming, if at all possible.
I would probably be looking for a summer job, get a little extra money, go club hopping every Friday night with my sister, checking my Facebook, going to the new water slide in Oakland or just laying around.
I'd like to become an optometrist one day.
The syllabus that we received is no ordinary one. It is a culmination of the professor’s thoughts and expectations for the course and students. Such themes for the course are her methodology and grading scale to critique our work. She also includes explanations of her instructions regarding homework and tests. In addition to the fundamental outline of the course, the professor explains “the lonely process” we must take in order to earn more than just an “A” grade. She expects the best work out of us possible, “polished work”. We cannot rely only on the insights of the given novels, short stories, and poems we will be assigned. The professor wants us to read beyond our rudimentary limits and research scholarly articles so that we may “do justice to the topics [we] chose to explore”. For this, it seems that Professor Sabir is passionate about writing. The syllabus seems to portray the work that an English writer would feel. Also, it seems that Professor Sabir wants the students to become knowledgeable of the world through reading literature and writing its significances.
One of my goals for this course is to finish one of my general requirements. I am currently a second year History Administrative Studies major at the University of California, Riverside. I aspire to become a lead archivist for the Disney Corporation in later years. But for now, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and traveling when I can. I also enjoy playing sports, like soccer and basketball in my spare time.
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Lucia Sieng
English 1B
Professor Wanda Sabir
20 June 2011
Based on the syllabus, what I know about the teacher currently is that she prefers phone over e-mail and expects students to turn in high quality work. The way to get a grade of A in the class is by putting a lot of effort into assignments, turning them in on time, never missing a class and participating in a variety of ways. Important information that should be noted are critical ideas mentioned for every section of discussion.
This English class is something I am taking to fulfill the general education requirements needed for transferring to another college. My life's plan is to finish school and get a master's degree. After that, I will see what I come up with because maybe my ideas have changed by then. What I plan to do differently this time around for an English course is to try to be on time when class starts. The main lesson I can think of from past courses that can help this course run a little easier for me is to just do assignments early on when they are brought up.
This is not my first course for a summer semester in a junior college. A few preconceptions of junior colleges are that they are not as good as universities or as academically adequate as regular colleges.
If I did not have to be in class for six weeks, I would probably spend most of my time being unproductive.
Manuel Seminario
Professor Sabir
English 1B
June 20th 2011
Summarize the themes. What do you know about the teacher based on the syllabus? How do you get an "A"? What important information should you note? How does this class fit into your overall academic and life plan? What do you plan to do differently this tie in an English course? What lessons do you bring from prior courses to help this course proceed more smoothly for you?
From reading the syllabus ,right from the get set go ,i can already tell this class in going to be hard.Professor Sabir's syllabus are the aims and goals for this class to work hard ,not only that but they are the hard thoughts of a long line of whats yet to come.As for my aims all i want to do is work hard,but to get there i will have to do more than that,like turning assignment on time,being on time , participating in class,and quite frankly the best that i can be .
Is this your first summer course? First course in a junior college?
No this is not my first JC summer college course
What preconceptions hang over JCs?
No preconceptions that i know off,but now that i think of it there are some. Like the theory that all college students are lazy and all professors don't care about their students.
If you didn't have to be here for six weeks, what would you be doing? No one spends their summer inside a classroom cramming, if at all possible.
If i didn't have to be in class for six weeks,I would probably be seeking a job not only that but studying a big book called CLEP so i can take it and actually finish college faster.
Guorong Li
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1B
June 20, 2011
After I read the syllabus, I found out I have chosen a very challenging course this summer. During this summer, I will need to learn about read and analysis something I haven’t touched before: plays, poems, along with novels and short fiction. All these require me to put in more time to read and using the skills I have learned in English 1A to finish the Assignment. And it is more difficult for me as a slow reader and poor writer. But I will use my fully strength to accomplish this course.
Base on the syllabus, I know I would have a very professional and fast-paced teacher in this class. Professor Wanda Sabir also requires us to work on our own effort, she wrote in the syllabus "Writing is a lonely process. No one can write for you." It is true that nobody else can express our own thesis except ourselves. And to get a "A" grade in this class is simple: present in the class, participate the group discuss, doing proper preparation before class and write the essay by my own.
It's my second time to take a English course in summer. I took the English 1A class in last summer. It's more challenging, fast-paced. but I agree that if we can study this course in 6 weeks, why we spend 18 weeks. Wasting time is somehow the way to kill myself. If I don't spend the six weeks in class, mostly I would still sleep in the morning and go to work in the afternoon and come home around 11 o'clock. in order to change to a better life and improve my skills in writing and English, I'd rather to bear for 6 intense and challenging weeks than spend
As I am new in the American academic life, I really need help from teacher and my classmates. I am not so familiar how to analysis essay and even worst I don't know how to discuss in the group. I found myself shy or difficult to express my thinking in class. And this summer, I think I will get help from my classmates and learn how to participate in the group discussion.
Raymond Ye
English 1B
Professor Wanda Sabir
June 20 2011
Based on the syllabus, the professor seems very strict and thorough. The syllabus is very long and wordy, but everything is sorted out and detailed. In order to get an A, I believe that a student has to try his or her hardest with quality work, and add a little more effort on top of that. English is a tough subject that takes creativity, a wide span of vocabulary, an ability to research effectively, and the capability of working for a long time with little breaks. I noted that the course takes a lot of time and effort, but I have to work harder than most other students because English is one of my weak points and I am relatively slow. This course is one of the requirements for me to transfer, so this course is very important to my academic life but it changes my work schedule and reduces my time to rest and sleep. My plan to live my life as well as taking this class is to work later and sleep less or sleep more on days which I don’t have work. My prior courses have not taught me much that will help me in this course. 4
This is not my first summer course or my junior college course.
The typical stereotype of JC is that there are a lot of bad influences and is a very tough learning environment.
If I did not have to take this class, I would probably take other classes or work with the free time.
Stephanie Chan
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1B
21 June 2011
The syllabus that we received is no ordinary one. It is a culmination of the professor’s thoughts and expectations for the course and students. Such themes for the course are her methodology and grading scale to critique our work. She also includes explanations of her instructions regarding homework and tests. In addition to the fundamental outline of the course, the professor explains “the lonely process” we must take in order to earn more than just an “A” grade. She expects the best work out of us possible, “polished work”. We cannot rely only on the insights of the given novels, short stories, and poems we will be assigned. The professor wants us to read beyond our rudimentary limits and research scholarly articles so that we may “do justice to the topics [we] chose to explore”. For this, it seems that Professor Sabir is passionate about writing. The syllabus seems to portray the work that an English writer would feel. Also, it seems that Professor Sabir wants the students to become knowledgeable of the world through reading literature and writing its significances.
One of my goals for this course is to finish one of my general requirements. I am currently a second year History Administrative Studies major at the University of California, Riverside. I aspire to become a lead archivist for the Disney Corporation in later years. But for now, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and traveling when I can. I also enjoy playing sports, like soccer and basketball in my spare time.
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