Sunday, September 30, 2012

Project 1 Reflection: My Process


Overall, I think I did well on my assignment. I have written multiple analytical essays during my senior year of high school. With that being said, I felt like I was prepared. I used a flawless system that involves statements, proof, and commentary. I only hope I’m not the only one that feels I did well.
            I especially enjoyed the fact that we had a wide range of places that we could choose to observe. I was able to observe the football stadium. Football is my passion; I am pursuing a career in the industry. With that being said, I feel I was more motivated to write my paper and make it great because I was writing about something I love. When you write about something you love, you find it more intriguing and not as dreadful as other papers and assignments.
            One thing I struggled with was understanding how to look at the stadium through a different lens. I think a lot of students had a problem with this. However, once I asked the professor to give me a different explanation, I knew what I needed to do. The biggest problem I had with my paper was going into a deeper analysis on some topics in my paper for which I don’t think you could get any deeper on them. I feel some things don’t have deeper meaning; it is what it is; plain and simple. For example, I explained how the stadium had advertisements on display for everyone to see. ASU did this because they are business savvy; advertisements are to promote business; plain and simple. However, I do think ASU has a partnership with some of these companies and that is explained in my paper.
            There are some things about my writing process that I will be changing. I think these changes will only be for the better. For my future assignments, I will ask peer reviewers to not only give me positive feedback but also a lot negative feedback as well. Knowing what others think you should improve on is crucial in editing your draft. It makes you consider other peoples ideas that may make your paper better. I will also be creating a lot more drafts for which I believe the more drafts you make, the more flaws you will find that you can fix. If you can fix more flaws, your paper will be better. Creating more drafts will also make a stronger structure for your final draft, making it a stronger paper overall.  

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