Elisa Benitez 09/19/13 English 1102 - 017

Reflection During this assignment, I as fairl! ner"ous an# a$$rehensi"e %ecause I as not sure ho to start or hat to o%ser"e& 'nce I chose a (figure# orl#,) I as not sure if it oul# or* since there is no s$ecific location& I as luc*!, ho e"er, %ecause there ere e"ents an# meetings occurring #uring m! o%ser"ations& 'nce I starte# this $a$er, I as "er! e+cite#& I en,o!e# gi"ing $eo$le an insi#e loo* at m! or* an# the $eo$le in"ol"e#& I ta*e $ri#e in m! riting hen I feel it meets m! stan#ar#s an# is the %est it can %e& -! ea*ness in this assignment, is that I #i# not #o as much as I coul# ha"e or shoul# ha"e& I shoul# ha"e inclu#e# short "i#eo cli$s, more $hotos, $ossi%l! recor#ings of m! inter"ie s& .hat oul# ha"e a##e# a lot more an# hel$ m! rea#ers %etter un#erstan# hat communit! organizing is& I am not sure hat m! strengths are, to %e com$letel! honest& I thin* m! assignment as ell ritten, %ut I am unsure of hat I can $oint out s$ecificall!, that is goo#& /lthough, hen loo*ing at m! $a$er, m! classmates sai# it as ell ritten %ecause the o%ser"ations seeme# li*e meeting minutes an# there as much #etail& -! classmates ga"e, hat I consi#er to %e, fe suggestions to im$ro"e m! $a$er& I #i# $a! attention to all the suggestions, %ecause if the! $ointe# them out, someone else might also nee# clarification& I #o feel it is easier for others to see faults, than the actual riter& 0or e+am$le, in m! secon# $aragra$h, I as tal*ing a%out m! figure# orl# an# I #i# not notice that I s itche# $ossessi"es from first $erson to thir# $erson& / s$ecific e+am$le oul# %e 1.here)s $a$er or* all o"er the #es* an# #ressers, an# I)m usuall! sitting on the %e# ith my la$to$ an# cell $hone to $lan an# organize "arious e"ents&2 I as also a %it "ague on some as$ects& 3hen intro#ucing /m!, I onl! sai# 1she is res$onsi%le for maintaining the !outh grou$ an# in"ol"ing them in acti"ities aroun# the communit!,2 %ut I #i# not s$ecif! hat acti"ities her !ouths are in"ol"e# in& 'riginall!, I trie# to lea"e out #etails on hat the "igils, meetings, an# e"ents ere for %ecause I #i# not ant others to feel hostile to ar#s m! riting %ase# on their o n $olitical %eliefs, %ut in the en# I #eci#e# that these in#i"i#uals are all e+tremel! $u%lic figures an# are "er! unafrai# a%out their i#entities an# or*& 3hile I still change# the names, I *e$t their $ictures an# #eci#e# to inclu#e hat organizations the! %elong to& .here is no $articular thing I oul# li*e the focus to %e on& I ant to im$ro"e m! riting as much as $ossi%le& 'ne thing I oul# li*e to *no is, hat #etails are unnecessar!, ho I can %etter ela%orate an# here #etails are a$$ro$riate& I also oul# li*e more criticism an# suggestions, as I thin* I #i# not get enough an# m! $a$er is not necessaril! m! a%solute %est or*&