Self Reflective

Goal 1: I used a multi-stage, recursive, and social process for my writing and took into consideration feedback from my instructor, classmates, and other readers. In this class, we were thought that writing a good paper takes more than one draft. It is a multistage and recursive process, to better illustrate this I remember at the beginning of the semester when the teacher ripped a paper into pieces and kept one piece; then said this is how the first draft should look after the revision. He gave feedbacks almost longer than the original paper itself in order to give me a a picture of where my paper stands. We also had to read each other papers and leave comments under it, this happen twice and the second time; he encouraged students to be very blunt and help other classmates on where improvement is most needed. By the end of the semester, everyone understood that writing takes more than one step.

GOAL 2: I read source materials closely and analyzed them critically to learn how and why texts create meaning. We had to do multiple research on credible websites and articles, to find a subject already written by other students and professional to help with our arguments. These sources and articles had clear explanations and evidence to support our writing. It made the Writing easier and smoother to go navigate throughout different points in the papers. All the articles and Books read were organized in a document with all the sources used in the Research Position paper and other good sources that couldn’t make their way into the paper.

GOAL 3: I wrote with a particular audience in mind, allowing my purpose to shape the language and methods I used not just to communicate information but to persuade readers. Before starting the class, the word counterintuitive wasn’t familiar to me and I googled it right after I saw the website. The definition said that it wasn’t something unusual to common sense, this made me think and I told my sense my audience will probably hate the things my teacher might extract out of me. So right at the moment I knew that I will have an audience that will immediately reject what I had to say, and another that might take interest; therefore I worked the entire semester to get both audiences to understand what I mean in my paper, and that I had their side in mind too.

GOAL 4: I demonstrated my information literacy by synthesizing my own experience with new insights and information from a range of outside sources to produce new material. I used my own insight because the subject I chose directly relates to not only me but my generation. I took the information I found online and compared them to my experience, which helped me come up with an idea on how I incorporate both to make a paper that’s my own. My own insights took a lot on one of my small paper and one other was mainly based on outside sources, therefore I had enough material to combine.

GOAL 5: My writing is ethical. Writing about meaningful topics, I have engaged responsibly with them and represented my ideas and the ideas of others honestly, fairly, and logically. Despite all the sources used in the papers, I made sure everything included in my paper is either mine or cited. This class was different from any writing class I had in the past, I had excitement and wanted to make something I’m proud of and can share it with some of my friends. I used all the sources to make my own points and made the paper original, in other words if anyone reads it there wouldn’t be a mistake that it’s my own work.