Class Reflective Essay
Throughout the course of this semester I have learned a variety of writing skills and techniques that helped me improve as a writer, developed a better understanding and appreciation for activism and the work surrounding it, and lastly participated within the activism community. By obtaining new skills from this class and pushing myself to improve, I can now apply these strategies to future courses that I may take or even carry them with me and continue to improve on them throughout my career. For example, while I may not have to take another English course throughout my time in college, I can still use the same skills that I learned from this class and apply them to both school and everyday life. Not only was this class about learning skills
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By working on one assignment and breaking it up into pieces over the duration of the course I was able to dedicate a large amount of time and effort into my research essay. This in return, allowed me to create a strong argument by focusing on who my audience was and what I needed to address in my paper in order to persuade them. Secondly, I developed a better appreciation for activism and everyone who is a part of it. In this course, we spent a lot of time reading and analyzing both articles and documentaries, which made me more aware of social issues going on in the world. By taking the time to learn about these issues I developed an interest in the activism community and even participated in small ways throughout the semester, which can be seen in my activism notebook.
In conclusion, this course has taught me various skills that have contributed to both my growth as a writer and as a participant in activism. Every assignment from this semester has shown my progress as a writer and has played an important part in my education. The pieces of evidence that I have provided in this essay prove my growth as a writer throughout the duration of this semester. Overall, I argue that this course will not only continue to help me in future classes, but will also help me with my career and everyday life after I
By working on one assignment and breaking it up into pieces over the duration of the course I was able to dedicate a large amount of time and effort into my research essay. This in return, allowed me to create a strong argument by focusing on who my audience was and what I needed to address in my paper in order to persuade them. Secondly, I developed a better appreciation for activism and everyone who is a part of it. In this course, we spent a lot of time reading and analyzing both articles and documentaries, which made me more aware of social issues going on in the world. By taking the time to learn about these issues I developed an interest in the activism community and even participated in small ways throughout the semester, which can be seen in my activism notebook.
In conclusion, this course has taught me various skills that have contributed to both my growth as a writer and as a participant in activism. Every assignment from this semester has shown my progress as a writer and has played an important part in my education. The pieces of evidence that I have provided in this essay prove my growth as a writer throughout the duration of this semester. Overall, I argue that this course will not only continue to help me in future classes, but will also help me with my career and everyday life after I