For the future students

My name is Anayeli Guzman, I am a Childhood Education major and I was required to take Seminar in Teaching Writing as part of the English co-major program. Throughout my school years I have always struggled when it comes to writing an essay, sometimes I ask myself why I chose English as a co-major if I have issues with this subject. ENG220 has helped me a lot to overcome some of the issues I had when it came to writing. When I read the description of this course it gave me a whole different idea, I thought that we would learn how to teach English as in literature or something similar to that and that was what we were going to put into practice. On my first day of class I arrived late (wouldn’t recommend anyone to do that because Professor Rogers- Cooper starts class on time, “on the dot”!!!!) the Professor had already went over the syllabus and the first task he assign to us is to answer “What makes a good teacher?”, for me it was an interesting exercise because as a Childhood Education major I had never been asked this question before. ENG 220 gives you, the student the opportunity to see if teaching is the right path to go and if this is the career you want to pursue. In ENG 220, you also get the opportunity to observe tutors and learn from them to later put that knowledge into practice. By doing this, you will then get the opportunity to have a one to one interaction with an ENG099 and ENG101 student. In this college or even in many High Schools where we come from we are not given that attention ourselves. Many of us come from a background where the privilege of having a tutor was not possible. That extra help everyone needs sometimes was not given to us. This is where this class takes one step further. Even though you will not be able to go to all the English classes and help each and every student, you will still end up with the satisfaction of aiding someone when they were struggling, whether it was to start off their essay or to continue from where they stopped or to just polish it. In this class you will also speak about major issues that till this day affect society, which are discrimination, social classes, cultures, slavery, and the most important education itself. This class will allow you to expand your knowledge to the issues mentioned above and see them from a different perspective. By helping others with their writing it will also help you as well. As I mentioned before, this class helped me with my own writing issues. The reading texts that are assigned will be a guide to not only tutor properly but to help you with your writing as well.

Professor Justin Rogers-Cooper can be a tough grader, and sometimes students take that for granted because some may think he does it for his own sake or to be mean. What I was able to notice is that the reason Professor Rogers-Cooper is a tough grader is because he cares, he sees potential in each and every student. He knows that we are not simply Community College students but he sees us as if we were from any other four year college or private university. Professor Rogers-Cooper knows that our intelligence is just as good as of those from other big colleges. In this class I was able to test my writing skills and know that I was able to meet the required standards when I put effort and work into an assignment. It is important to attend class every day and BE ON TIME. You will learn a lot from this course of tutoring and Professor Rogers-Cooper will expand your knowledge. ENJOY and HAVE FUN!!!