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    The RRJ assignments greatly affected how I thought about the book as I read it. A difficult reading for me was a passage in my english book by Frederick Douglass. I now analyze these readings more critically, asking myself how the topic relates to myself.

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    The RRJ assignments greatly affected how I thought about the book as I read it. A difficult reading for me was a passage in my english book by Frederick Douglass. I now analyze these readings more critically, asking myself how the topic relates to myself.

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    CollegeReadingReflection

    a)
    TheRRJassignmentsgreatlyaffectedhowIthoughtaboutthebookasIreadit.WHenI
    firstbeganreading,beforeeventhefirstRRJ,Iwasboredbythenovel,anddidntreally
    considermuchabouthowsignificantthestoriesofthosestudentswere.However,astimewent
    on,andIcompletedtheRRJsIbegantothinkmoredeeplyandcriticallyoftheissuesthatwere
    indirectlybroughtupinthebook,suchasbullyinginthecaseofLorenzo,ordiscriminationinthe
    caseofOscar,orreallyanyofthem.Asthebookprogressed,Irealizedhowthisbookwas
    actuallygood,andquiterelevanttomylifenow,andhowmuchItakethingsforgranted,like
    thiscollegeeducationIampursuing,whenthey,whoclearlyhadsucceededonamuchgreater
    levelthanIhadinhighschool,struggledtogetacceptedbythiscountry,letalonebyanyschool
    withinit.Asaresult,thismademereconsiderhowseriouslyIshouldtakemyschoolwork,and
    encouragedmetoactuallytrytosucceed.

    b)
    Myreadingduringcollegehaschangedquiteabit.Inowwillactivelyreadpassagesin
    booksmultipletimessoastobetterunderstandthematerial,andIanalyzethesereadingsmore
    critically,askingmyselfhowthetopicrelatestomyself,ortheworldIlivein,orhowitshowsthe
    worldotherslivein.Thisallowsmetobetterunderstandthemajorissuesintheworld,andhow
    theyareconnectedinmanywaystoeachother.Adifficultreadingformewasapassageinmy
    englishbookbyFrederickDouglass.Hiswritingwasextremelyesotericandobscure,soitwas
    difficultformetoextracthispointfromit,soastowriteaboutit.Tobetteranalyzeand
    understandit,Ireaditmultipletimes,highlightedpassagesthatseemedimportant,anduseda
    dictionaryprodigiouslytounderstandsomeofthevocabularyheused.Intheend,IfeelthatI
    haveaverystrongunderstandingofhiswriting,andthekeyissueshetalksaboutinit.

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