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Many of us have not experienced university first hand, myself included. The level of commitment and the intensity of the workload is only imaginable. Movies portray university students as workaholics who are constantly reading books and writing essays. From what I have seen, this seems to be true. When I was younger my mother went back to university, and my first memory is her writing long essays. She would be typing for hours straight and reading from her huge textbook. This was years after she endured grade 12 university level English, and she struggled for the first year. She had not read a textbook in years, forgot how to make citations, which resulted in her failing her first essay. This information is an essential part of grade twelve university English, and is enforced vigorously throughout the course.
While this is just one reason why I believe English is essential for University, there is evidence to back this up.
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With all this in mind, English can be a hard course but, "All important things are hard" (Morrison, 2018).
Works Cited
Morrison, Toni. “Toni Morrison Quotes.” Picture Quotes, 2018,
http://www.picturequotes.com/toni-morrison-quotes/2.
Shakespeare, William, and Daniel Fischlin. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. OUP Canada, 2013.
U of T. “English Language Requirements.” Future Students. University of Toronto, 2017, https://future.utoronto.ca/apply/english-language- requirements/.
Great use of research Katie!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI agree with you, learning grade 12 level English may help you have a deep understanding about how to write a essay. It is really important for students to get in university study.
ReplyDeleteIt definitely helps with essay's but also life skills. I know going to an interview they are impressed when you sound professional. You can also use it when sending emails to students, professors, and future workplaces. Without the understanding of grammar, punctuation, it can affect multiple areas of your life.
DeleteEnglish definitely helps a student in the long run but is a university level credit really necessary for every program? I think a college credit would be just fine for certain programs. I really enjoyed reading your blog post, it is very creative and flows very nicely.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Mekayla. Work industries are constantly changing and for some professions, it is unnecessary, or not even an option at that, to attend university for a specific degree, diploma or certificate. I think one's program would reflect their career goal.
DeleteHi Katie,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your opinion. I agree that in high school we only know what to expect from others' experiences, and not our own. I feel that it is important for students to experience a workload, such as ENG4U, to understand and prepare for some of the hardest and most demanding workloads that we will likely experience.
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Hey, Katie!
ReplyDeleteI like your blog post and I totally agree with your points. English is really important for us, and G12 university level English would help us to get ready to study for laborious courses in university. Also, I really like the way you use the research in your blog and I think I need to learn from you to improve my own blog. Thanks for the inspiration!
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ReplyDeleteHi Katie,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your opinion that English is really important subject. It is true that it is as difficult as students feel, but it really helps when they think about the future. I really enjoyed reading your blog and remind me I should take English harder.