Welcome to my English composition portfolio, where I specifically outline everything I learned in this course as a second-year Criminology Major. A little about me, I am a returning student to college, as for over five years I was in the workforce as an Early Childhood Educator and non-profit professional. While away from higher education, I also welcomed to the world, my beautiful daughter, Honey Mae, who keeps me happy and busy. Adjusting to balance life between work, school, and motherhood has certainly been a challenge, but I am mostly pleased with the classes I chose to take this semester. Reading and writing happen to be hobbies of mine outside of academics, and this class provided insight into what improvements I can make on my composition skills and forced me out of my comfort zone with the types of text that were read, analyzed and/or discussed as part of this course. I am very appreciative of Professor Emma Gannon for her teaching style, which is very engaging. I felt I was provided a lot of variety in texts(poems, books, short stories, etc) as well as academic resources and material to be able to understand the Course Outcomes. I especially liked the fact that the students were encouraged to connect outside of class and collaborate in class to strengthen our academic experience. I would consider my time in this class a success.