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    1. It’s not the time to critically undermine student self-efficacy with spurious labels.

      This is important because college students are still building confidence and figuring out who they are. Negative labels can make that harder

    2. How could I have been accurately evaluated by a test that eliminated that normal, extended writing process?

      This makes me question whether a timed writing test can really show how well someone writes

    3. I began to enjoy doing difficult work

      I like this because difficult work helped Brisa become more confident instead of making her feel less capable

    4. What we were called and what we were actually doing in class just didn’t add up

      If the students were doing college level work, why were they still being called remedial?

    5. I allowed it to consume me and become an obsession, the reason I got up every morning.

      ! its interesting because Arturo used the negative label as motivation to work harder instead of giving up

    6. The word remedial hit me like a brick

      I can understand why this word hurt Sonia. She was accepted in college, but the label made her question if she was good enough to be there.

    7. 50–80% of first-year students enrolled on its twenty-three campuses as remedial writers

      its surprised me because very large number of students was being labeled remedial. It makes me question how accurate this test really is??