<p>OK, I want to get rid of english fast as possible. So I can take eng 102 and done with english by this year. I am tired spend hours to think and write the long long essay. english is not my first language, so I am suck in writing essay, never able to write a good one, through. So here is my question, should I take eng 101 in this winter intersession? and it is only 3 week and it is an online class. Will I able to catch up and get at least an C?</p>
<p>Have you taken the test for English to get into ENGL 101? If not you may have to take a lower level of English if you don’t get a high enough score. Honestly, I think that taking a 3 week English course will be too much for you, it’s VERY fast pace and you wouldn’t have time to fall behind and play catch up.</p>
<p>i am currently taking eng 091. so after 091 is 101</p>
<p>No! If you don’t write that well in English, you should spend more time learning how to do it better, not less.</p>
<p>And if English isn’t your first language, it’s possible you’ll never become a great writer in English (though the novelist Joseph Conrad did, and many people who grow up speaking English remain pretty lousy writers). But the point of English 101 isn’t to make you a great writer. It’s to teach you how to write better and more clearly and more effectively.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t that help you in the rest of your academic and work life?</p>
<p>Okay. I understand that it is the fact that I am suck in writing essay. But I want to get rid of it fast as possible. I want to take more science class. On another day, writing an essay eat up nearly 5 hours. I was able to use that 5 hours to study a lot of another things. That is crazy</p>
<p>I understand what you are saying. I just think that what you want to do will not be helpful to you in the long run. </p>
<p>If you come out of college still not writing very well, that will cause problems for you in your professional life. Learning to write well is hard and it takes a long time, but it is worth the time and the work.</p>
<p>Definitely, definitely, DEFINITELY do NOT try to “get rid of” English, especially if you’re not a strong writer. This is coming from someone who majored in science as an undergrad and hated English courses. Learning to communicate in written English (especially academic English) is incredibly important in any field, even in science. You may have to write a grant, proposal, or report in your future career (or classes), or if you’d like to pursue science academically, you may need to write scientific articles (or even research papers in your science courses). Even just answering free response questions on exams is a form of written communication, and I’ve had tons of students when I was a TA for upper-division science courses who had really poor writing skills. It didn’t matter if they knew the answer or not–if we couldn’t understand what they were saying (or if they couldn’t finish putting together their response in the allotted time), they got the question wrong. It’s a vital skill to have, and even if you decide that you do what to take a shortened English course, I highly recommend that you try to find a course in writing in the sciences (if that’s the professional field you’d like to enter) or perhaps a course in academic writing for international students or other students where English is not their first language.</p>
<p>Just because you’re not good at it (yet) or that it takes you a long time does not mean that you should avoid it at all costs or that you will never get better at it. Writing is a skill (a very important skills), and it takes practice to become good at. The more you practice it, the faster it will become, and it’s much easier to practice it now than in the future when you are required to write reports or professional emails or whatever at your job or in future schooling. I highly encourage that you keep working at it because it will pay off in the future, even if it doesn’t seem like it will now.</p>
<p>I used to hate English, but somehow it grew on me. </p>
<p>I have learned that writing is not only for that class but others as well, the general courses. And its a shame that if you do not know how to learn to write, you would not succeed in this life. Writing is important, and you should care greatly about it. Do not aim for a “C” because you are just settling for the bare minimum, and that is not what you want. You know deep inside of you want an A. An A, for hard work, and achievement to be proud of.</p>
<p>thanks for the answer. I guess I should not take eng 101 in winter intersession. I always get C or D on my papers. I can’t get an A. I have no idea how people write papers to get an A. There no way for me to get an A on essays and research papers :(</p>
<p>Does your school have a writing or tutoring center (perhaps, even services specifically for students whose first language is not English)? They may be able to help you with your papers. It’s really just about time and practice, like any other skill. Start early so that you can get extra help (ask your professor or TAs questions, have tutors/classmates/people in the writing center read over it and give you advice/critiques, perhaps even have friends who are native speakers give it a read), and revise your essays with a critical eye. Perhaps, your professor has examples of old A papers that you can look at. Try to think critically about what those students are doing and compare that to what you may not be doing as well in your papers. A good writing tutor might be able to help you with this, if you find yourself struggling with it on your own.</p>
<p>It is possible to become a better writer (I got B’s/C’s on my papers in high school, and A’s in my papers in college), but it does take some work. It’s well worth it though.</p>