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1. What were the biggest challenges you faced this semester, overall?
The hardest thing for me this semester was calculus. It destroyed me and my character every day. Even in the beginning of the semester, I expressed my worry for calculus in "Calendar Reflection"; I was right, it was a hard course. Learning how to study and manage all of these blogs was challenging too. The blogs weren't necessarily hard but the amount of work and the points awarded for the time put in made it very discouraging.
2. What did you learn this semester about your own time managment, writing and editorial skills?
I learned that I am bomb at time managing. I usually do a little bit of homework during the day everyday, so I never had to stay up past 11 pm doing homework. In my blog "Calendar Reflection" I say that I will do my homework right after classes. I realize now how naive of me it was to say this; the last thing I was to do after a day of class is more school. However, I learned when is good times for me to study. For my hard classes too, I went to extra study groups often, which made studying easier. In terms of editing, I learned I have no patience to reread my drafts. I was always really annoying to me to go back through my work and change it. Same applies to peer editing. Even though my writing is really dry, I was still always able to finish and get a decent grade.
3. What do you know about the concept of 'genre'? Explain how understanding this concept is central to being a more effective writer.
I never considered genre in the context of what we learned this semester; like I never thought a writing type was considered a genre. I did learn that every type of writing has particular convents that fit its genre and they can be found by analyzing an example. When rereading my blog "Evaluation of Scholar Sources", I will be able to review the conventions of scholarly articles in my discipline and be able to reproduce a similar piece of writing, which will help in in my future career as an engineer. Before this class, however, I would have never been able to look at a scholarly engineer article and be able to write one. Understanding the concept of genre allows me to be a versatile writer.
4. What skills from this course might you use and/or develop further in the next few years of college coursework?
I will use analyzing genres in the further when I have to write papers in my discipline. This skill will allow me to produce what I am supposed to for engineering and other scientific genres. I also learned how to write an annotated bibliography in my major when I made the blog post "Annotated Bibliography in ASME Style." This will benefit me in future engineering writing assignments. Also, I will use my time management skills developed; I learned how to dedicate time and focus for just a few hours a day. This will allow me to manage my workload and maintain my stress levels.
5. What was your most effective moment from this semester in 109H?
I think my rhetorical analysis was my most effective moment. It was the easiest assignment for me because I am used tow writing rhetorical analyses. The purpose of that assignment was also easy to accomplish. I also feel as though project three was effective. I liked how we were able to pick our genre; this allowed me to take it in any direction and create a piece of work that was effective in conveying my point.
6. What was your least effective moment from this semester in 109H?
Project One was the least effective for me. It was at the beginning of the semester so I was still learning what was expected. I was also very confused of what was going on and still trying to navigate the course and blogger. My project felt like t had no direction and I remember being very confused of what I was even writing.
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