Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Class Reflection




            Overall, I learned a few things in this course. I learned to have patience, to be open to trying new things, and to take criticism--whether I think it is useful or not. This course also taught me time management skills as well. It seemed every time I had a paper due for this class, I would have papers due in my other Writing and English classes. I was overwhelmed with readings and writing assignments throughout the semester, which was a challenge, but I faired pretty well. Thus, I think I learned some valuable things by the end of this course.
            In this course, the texts we read and the film we watched were relevant to me. Each text highlighted social problems and issues that connect to peoples’ lives. These texts allowed me to think and analyze problems and why they are important. Not only were the texts important, they were interesting. I am glad I can say I was not forced to write about something terribly boring. I think the topics we covered in class will work for future courses as well.
        
    I have no choice but to keeping practicing writing being that I am an English major. I enjoy writing and I do it in my free time.

Research reflection



Good research is the foundation of any good paper. A well written paper uses scholarly sources to support their claim and to explore new things. For Writing 100, we were required to do research for our papers. The research had to be reliable, scholarly sources. Since I work at the library, finding good research sources is not that difficult to me. I already know the difference from a reliable source and one that is not. I know how to tweak searches in order to find research I want. Also, it does not hurt that I know exactly where to search. The only exasperating part for research for me is finding a source that focuses on what I want exactly. Sometimes you think you found a good source, but then you read it and it does not cover what you want. That’s when research becomes tedious and I am left searching for new sources. Overall, although I already know how research, this allowed me to have more practice.