Project 2 Reflection: Accomplished

This project went well for me in my opinion. Compared to Project 1, I felt more confident that I could finish this project knowing I fulfilled the requirements as best I could. I think I crafted a good argument, especially compared to last time because my ultimate personal goal is to improve with each new thing I write. Project one was a struggle for me, in fact I think I even titled it with that word, but this time around I knew what I wanted the end result to be, so I wrote with a purpose this time.

The thing I think I did well was incorporating sources. I wanted to have a balance of educational sources and in-person ones. By living around my topic every day, it was fairly easy to do so. The quotes were definitely easier to incorporate into my paper while I had to come up with new things to say about my educational ones. In the end I do feel like it was a strong-suit of mine though. Also, I think the grammar side of writing is something I don't tend to really struggle with either. On the opposite end of the spectrum, there were a few things I could probably have improved on. One being bringing criteria to the foregrounds and making it obvious. I feel like I still don't have a clear vision of what that really means. Also, I wish that all of my visuals were my own. I think I could have given this project more of a personal look at sorority life if I had done that.

I learned that despite the fact that I learned a lot from project one, I still could stand to improve on many aspects of my writing. I also learned that I could benefit from attending more workshops. The one on how to make an interactive map was the only way I was able to accomplish this project, so I can see how going to more of them will be beneficial in the future. Outside of this class I can see myself using the skills I have developed thus far in other classes and in my job once I graduate. Being a communications major, I will constantly be writing and having to use things such as professional rhetoric, along with being able to get my point across concisely and quickly.

For the next big assignment I think I will go to more workshops and get more people to peer edit my work so I can have multiple views at once. To me, peer review is one of the most important steps in the writing process because it is the audience that is critiquing my work. I think this project gave me new skills to use in the future as well as strengthened the skills I already had.