Nguyễn Quỳnh My
(nguyenquynhmy)
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Too late, but still 
“No late papers. No plagiarism. No excuse for skipping classes.” This was the way my English teacher began the first lesson of the year. I looked at her and the students around me. All [were] new faces. I could not imagine how I could handle this first English course in a brand new school in a brand new country(void 'brand'). (new line)
Despite these worries, I have had a wonderful experience in my English class thanks to my teacher. Ms. Cohen is one of the most knowledgeable and skilful teachers I have ever had. Her way of approaching any characters in a story is unique. Every character is like a jigsaw puzzle, made up of many small details. She helps us pick up those significant details and lets us find out on our own their personalities. Never imposing her own ideas, she often begins our class with an open-ended question. She patiently listens to everyone’s opinions and tactfully leads the discussion.
The most important thing she has taught me is simply “Never give up!” Once, I struggled for five hours to come up with an idea for my paper on Hamlet and another five hours to finish writing it. Then I ended up with a C+. Exhausted (consider Desparate), I burst out crying. Just then, my teacher offered to help me. I went to her house with lots of questions for the next paper. Surprisingly, she did not answer those questions. Instead, she slowly explained to me all the basic concepts of English literature from theme, thesis and metaphor to figurative language(?). For the first time I realized that English is not just verbs, nouns, adjectives and prepositions as I used to learn at home. It is, indeed, as beautiful as my mother tongue.
As she kept encouraging me, I determined not to disappoint her. I read stories over and over again, asked and debated more in class, and worked hard on papers. Sometimes, I needed to rewrite my whole paper when I realized that I had gone astrayed/ digressed from the topic. For the paper on Donne and Shakespeare sonnets, after a whole day looking up new words which did not appear in any of my dictionaries, trying to paraphrase line by line, sentence by sentence, I went to her to say “I simply cannot do this. I need help.” She smiled at me and said “Never underestimate your ability. I know you can. Have you looked at the whole sonnet and figured out what it is about?” Running back to my room as quickly as possible, I kept thinking about her question. I realized it was necessary to initially understand the general idea of the sonnets before focusing on single words. I was able to finish that paper with an A-. My English has much improved. For the term final, I got 100 percent for an essay. new line
My English teacher was the first person I showed my term grades to and she was even happier than myself. Ms. Cohen, my first English teacher at Suffield Academy, is the person who has taught me how beautiful English is and how a person can realize his or her full ability.
Note: Indent at the beginning of each paragraph
“No late papers. No plagiarism. No excuse for skipping classes.” This was the way my English teacher began the first lesson of the year. I looked at her and the students around me. All [were] new faces. I could not imagine how I could handle this first English course in a brand new school in a brand new country(void 'brand'). (new line)
Despite these worries, I have had a wonderful experience in my English class thanks to my teacher. Ms. Cohen is one of the most knowledgeable and skilful teachers I have ever had. Her way of approaching any characters in a story is unique. Every character is like a jigsaw puzzle, made up of many small details. She helps us pick up those significant details and lets us find out on our own their personalities. Never imposing her own ideas, she often begins our class with an open-ended question. She patiently listens to everyone’s opinions and tactfully leads the discussion.
The most important thing she has taught me is simply “Never give up!” Once, I struggled for five hours to come up with an idea for my paper on Hamlet and another five hours to finish writing it. Then I ended up with a C+. Exhausted (consider Desparate), I burst out crying. Just then, my teacher offered to help me. I went to her house with lots of questions for the next paper. Surprisingly, she did not answer those questions. Instead, she slowly explained to me all the basic concepts of English literature from theme, thesis and metaphor to figurative language(?). For the first time I realized that English is not just verbs, nouns, adjectives and prepositions as I used to learn at home
. It is, indeed, as beautiful as my mother tongue.As she kept encouraging me, I determined not to disappoint her. I read stories over and over again, asked and debated more in class, and worked hard on papers. Sometimes, I needed to rewrite my whole paper when I realized that I had gone astrayed/ digressed from the topic. For the paper on Donne and Shakespeare sonnets, after a whole day looking up new words which did not appear in any of my dictionaries, trying to paraphrase line by line, sentence by sentence, I went to her to say “I simply cannot do this. I need help.” She smiled at me and said “Never underestimate your ability. I know you can. Have you looked at the whole sonnet and figured out what it is about?” Running back to my room as quickly as possible, I kept thinking about her question. I realized it was necessary to initially understand the general idea of the sonnets before focusing on single words. I was able to finish that paper with an A-. My English has much improved. For the term final, I got 100 percent for an essay. new line
My English teacher was the first person I showed my term grades to and she was even happier than myself. Ms. Cohen, my first English teacher at Suffield Academy, is the person who has taught me how beautiful English is and how a person can realize his or her full ability.
Note: Indent at the beginning of each paragraph
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