Song Ju Na

The Self-Assessment Essay

December 16, 2019

My personal self-assessment of essay

I registered for a writing for social science class in the fall semester, 2019. The reason was that this class was a requirement course to graduate. Since I already took this same first class in the spring semester of 2019, I thought I could finish this semester with ease and ease. However, when I saw the lecture syllabus for this class for the first time, I expected that the class would be different from my feeling. It was already full up from the class syllabus can see the schedule. And a lot of assignment and to write an essay. I didn’t write that much essay last semester. So, I was little bit afraid of writing. So, after I saw this syllabus, I was a little afraid that I could do well.

The first task that was given to me was the interview task. I ruminated about the interview. The subject of the interview had to be someone completely different from me, socially, politically and economically. However, it was not difficult to find an interviewee because already the country itself was categorized as a completely different person in the United States. I made a question about the slang in New York. I can only speak traditional English because it has not been long since I came to America. So, I felt a little alienated and envious when I saw my young friends using the slang in New York. I even thought that I want to learn New York’s slang and use it among my friends.

The second task was to write about the online community. At this time, I didn’t quite understand the explanation given. At first, I thought that online community was the word referring to all SNS users and Internet users. However, I was able to understand it again after individual counseling with the professor. I soon changed the subject to K-Pop Idol Group Fandom. When I tried to write about fandom, it was easy to write articles that were not well written as the first subject. And how to organize the writing soon came into my head. I wanted to compare the fandom of the U.S. This is because in Korean society, the moral standards are strict because what celebrities say and do affect society. But in America, an entertainer, forgive me if you do bad things seemed culture that free pass. Those things properly I would like to compare. But I got a D+ for not understanding how to write an essay. The reason is that I didn’t use support and evaluation. I wanted to make readers think for themselves by comparing themselves, but I think there was something wrong with my assignment. This assignment was very interesting to finish like this, so I was so sad. Perhaps if I had a chance to rewrite it, I would like to rewrite it.

The third assignment was to choose a topic that dealt with social, economic and cultural issues that I find interesting. It was a very wide field of questions, so I thought about what to use. My major is international studies, so I wanted to write something that could make my major known to others. So, I wanted to write about globalization, although it is a little wide subject. The reason why I can come to the U.S. is that I can get a visa well because globalization is already underway and there is exchanges between the U.S. and Korea. But I got a D+ this time again what went wrong. At this time, I wanted to give up this class. Because I didn’t know what was wrong. I’ve never learned how to write an essay. The essay method used in the U.S. and the essay method used in Korea are completely different. In the United States, the most important sentence is written first and that becomes this statement. In Korea, however, the most important main sense goes behind. So, I didn’t really know how to organize my writing. But I heard that it consists of Intro, Body, and Conclusion, so I wrote Margin in many different lines. But the results were not good. I learned that even though the topic of the essay is good, it will not be a good essay if the composition of the essay goes wrong.

I think the essay that I think I did the best is about the second assignment, K-pop Fandom. Because once the subject itself was very interesting to me. In the second essay, the composition of the writing was clear, and I think it was an American essay. And it is also briefly written that celebrities affect social culture. So it also says why fandom is a strong standard for celebrities. The entertainment company also wrote why they manage their fandom. But I couldn’t compare because of the quantity of writing. When I was consulting with professor, I tried to write about the fans imitating the bad behavior and the behavior of the Korean singer pointing it out. However, it is only an example of looking strictly at K-pop’s fandom celebrity, and it was not intended to be used as another paragrape. The professor said in the evaluation section that I should write exactly which group of fandom I refer to. However, I didn’t write any names on purpose because the popular general singer’s fandom is also taking place in the behavior of my essay in Korean society. Perhaps my writing went against the purpose of the professor. When I got a D+, I honestly didn’t get it. I felt my efforts were ignored. Write an essay when I invested a lot of time and effort. I had a lot of difficulties writing essays because of my poor English. But the fact that I’ve designated something and written on my own makes me happy.

This was a meaningful class that made me realize what I lacked when I was conceited. As mentioned above, I did not write a large number of essays in the Writing class last semester. Nevertheless, I always got an A when I wrote an essay. So, I was just thinking maybe I was good at writing. And I thought this was enough for myself. This class made me feel the standard of a strict society. I was actually a very poor student and felt I had to learn a lot from now on. Writing is the most basic and essential element of all classes. This is because essays are often presented as assignments in any class. Through this class, I thought about what essay I should write and how I should write in the future. I hope this experience will help me grow a step further.

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