Lori Kuma Journal 1 8/26/20

My name is Lori Kuma. I am 34 years olds. I work two jobs for the school district and as a waitress. Work might interfere with my zoom meetings. I have a 8 year old daughter. Some of my concerns about entering this class is I have NEVER wrote a paper or an essay. In highschool I just did not do them. I am extremely nervous about this class but I will try my hardest. English has always been a struggle for me. I am very excited to learn how to write an essay. How to organize my thoughts and find the words to use to put together the essay. I always have to google just to get ideas on what to write. I can't ever figure out how to put together my own words without getting ideas from google. Its like my mind is blank. It doesn't work when trying to write papers and trying to write at all. For example, I had no idea what I was going to write but when I googled "what do I want to learn in English" it helped me figure out what I wanted to say because I couldn't think of it myself. This is very embarrassing to admit but I really want to learn and figure out why I can't use my words. I think I might have a learning disability. 

    I am also excited to start learning new vocabulary. Each time I don't understand the meaning of the word I will look it up and try to understand it. I want to learn how to use these new vocabulary words in my essays and sentences. Also the grammar and punctuation in the essays.

    Last I want to learn how to retain the information when I am reading. I can read something and not know what I just read. This happens to me quite often. I am going to give this class my best effort and im excited to see what is to come.

    I want the confidence to be able to write papers for all my classes. Where do I even start?