Project 3 Reflection: Confusion

            Having never done an assignment like this before, I would say this was the most difficult project out of the three we had this semester. However, I would like to say the strongest part of my audio essay is not being monotone. I tried hard to make my voice seem persuasive and confident for which I feel that a confident and persuasive voice makes my argument stronger. When someone is monotone, the listeners tend to go off into their own world; not paying attention to the argument or the speaker.

            What I struggled with the most is the editing of the audio essay. I feel the majority of the students  (including me) have never seen audio equipment like this before, therefore, it was difficult to use. Because I am not technology savvy, it was extremely difficult for me to try and figure out how to combine my recordings and edit them. Overall, the audio section of the project of the project was frustrating and time consuming.

            The development of the script was difficult for which I have never written a script before. The format of the script threw me and my ideas off course. I feel my argument would have been stronger if it was written in a format I was more familiar with.

            Project three was the most difficult assignment this semester, but every challenge comes with a lesson. My lesson from this project is to always adapt to every assignment given to me. Every assignment will always have different guidelines and expectations. It is my job as a student to adjust to the best of my ability to those assignments. I must understand what is being asked of me, brainstorm the best way to tackle the assignment, and then revise the assignment before the due date. If I am unable to do what is asked of me, then I have failed as a student on that assignment.

            With that being said, I am not sure if I have crafted the strongest argument. As I made my opinion clear in my essay, I think I left a lot of room to allow the readers to develop their own opinions about the issue at hand, which is not the goal in a persuasive essay. I also believe that my topic was a big issue that contains a lot of small details that needs time to be explain; four to six minutes is enough time for this particular controversial topic.

            For the future, I believe the best solution that will help alter my recording and writing process is practice. If I continue to practice, then I will get better with time. Script writing and audio recording was definitely out of my comfort zone.