Jocelyn K Bowers English 1010; Reflective Writing November 28, 201

My Reflection of Writing
When ! first st"rte# this co$rse ! tho$ght th"t ! wo$l# bree%e thro$gh it& 'oming from " f"mily of m"ny writer "n# three English m"(ors, ! "ss$me# th"t ! h"# " n"t$r"l )n"c) for writing& B$t "l"s, "fter finishing this co$rse ! now thin) th"t ! stin) "t it "ll together& *his cl"ss h"s not only m"#e me +$estion my "ss$m,tion, b$t +$estion my intelligence "ll together& ! c"nnot s"y th"t ! #i#n-t le"rn "nything from this cl"ss; ! in#ee# le"rne# " lot even tho$gh my confi#ence is shot& ! now feel th"t ! c"n-t even ,$t " ,ro,er sentence together, let "lone " ,ro,er ,"r"gr",h& .n# "s for my te"cher /rs& Kil,"tric), ! wo$l# s"y 0yo$ will bree%e thro$gh her co$rse if yo$ h"ve " gre"t $n#erst"n#ing of the English l"ng$"ge "n# how to im,lement it ,ro,erly& 1he will ,re,"re yo$ for writing ,",ers in college& *he fin"l ,ro(ect th"t we were "ssigne# is " m"ssive interview, "nnot"te# bibliogr",hy, "n# " re,ort on writing s,ecific"lly rel"te# to the fiel# th"t we "re entering into& 2, $ntil this ,oint my "ssignments h"ve been s$b,"r, so ! feel ! h"ve to )noc) this one o$t of the ,"r), so to s,e")& /y fiel# of chosen st$#y is n$rsing& ! interviewe# my co$sin .n#re" .mott who is c$rrently " n$rse "t .bbot 3os,it"l in /ichig"n& 1he #et"ile# the (ob "n# g"ve me gre"t ho,e th"t ! h"ve chosen the right ,"th for myself& *hen, for the fin"l ,ro(ect, we h"# to fin# si4 to eight "rticles or e4"m,les of writing th"t "re rel"te# to o$r s,ecific fiel# of st$#y, then write "n# "nnot"te# bibliogr",hy s$mm"ri%ing "n# citing those "rticles& .fter th"t we "re to write " re,ort s$mm"ri%ing the whole thing& .s " ,"rt of this re,ort we c"n incl$#e this 500 wor# ess"y "bo$t o$r e4,erience writing this fin"l ,ro(ect "n# this co$rse in gener"l& 6in"lly we "re to ,$t this ,ro(ect onto o$r E78ortfolio for the whole worl# "n# my te"cher to see& !n concl$sion ! c"nnot s"y th"t this cl"ss is " w"ste of time ! now )now how to write "n "nnot"te# bibliogr",hy something th"t ! honestly h"# never even he"r# of before& B$t "bove "ll !

)now where my ,roblem "re"s lie when it comes to my own writing& ! h"ve le"rne# s$ch things "s Ethos, 8"thos, "n# 9ogos "n# how to ",,ly it to my writing "n# in s$mm"ri%ing someone else-s writing, something ! s$re !-ll be $sing in f$t$re cl"sses& .lso, /rs& Kil,"tric) h"# $s bre") $, into gro$,s for ,eer review& *h"t m"#e me feel somewh"t better bec"$se others "re in the s"me bo"t "s ! "m when it comes to their "bility of writing& *he gro$, wor) g"ve $s goo# e4,erience with e#iting, "n# force# $s to s,e") "n# comm$nic"te effectively with the other st$#ents in the cl"ss& *his cl"ss w"s very e#$c"tion"l, in the sense th"t it ,re,"res yo$ for writing ,",ers in college& !f yo$-re entering this cl"ss thin)ing th"t this is yo$r ch"nce to be cre"tive with writing, ,re,"re to be very #is",,ointe#&