Reflection.

Throughout the semester, the workload was not what I had expected. Even though there was homework every week, the assignments were maintainable, and at the same time, effective. When I first looked at the syllabus, my mindset was, “I am not going to learn at all through blogging, this class is going to be easy for sure.” But now that I got through the semester, I’m not going to say it was easy, but the workload was easy to balance and that’s what made the class flexible. I was also wrong when I thought I wasn’t going to learn anything, because I did; from the simplest things like grammar and blogging— to something completely new such as combining an academic and conversational tone in my assignments.

I enjoyed the class while it lasted, other than the fact that it was at 8am. I was surprised I didn’t miss any class, because I am definitely not a morning person. Anyway, I can honestly say that I liked learning in this class because of the way I was being taught. Again, I did not expect to learn a lot through blogging. I have even improved my writing through my consistent blogging. Even the readings that were assigned to us enlightened me. I will for sure be keeping those PDFs for reference and even motivation in the future, knowing that I’ll be writing a whole lot more in college.

On the other hand, I did encounter some challenges in the class, specifically, our essay on the rhetorical analysis. I have studied rhetoric in high school already, and it was not my best topic in English. So I guess I kind of freaked out and overthought it too much that I ended up with hardly anything to say on my rhetorical blog analysis.

Even through a challenge, I can see how writing improved because of peer review. Without that feedback from people, I’d be more stuck than ever. Although some people were on the same page as me, where they had no clue on what to do, others became helpful. I was able to compare my essays to theirs, while enhancing it. Also, from the specific sections of the rubric, it pushed me to improve those certain components of my writing, such as the flow and clarity and my thesis.

By the end of the semester and our final essays, I was able to use what I’ve learned and integrate them in my line of inquiry and synthesis essay. Through those essays, analyzing and writing about the work of others, helped deepened my understanding of the topic I chose: Writer’s Block. By examining and deconstructing the readings, it gave me insight of my own composition process. I learned ways to treat and prevent writer’s block, in many ways. During the process of the inquiry, it helped me learn something new about what I was reading while improving my writing as well. It was kind of like multitasking to me, but I learned a lot.

It’s been a great semester that felt like a year because of how much I learned. My habits of blogging, along with hyperlinking and adding photos, writing with both an academic and conversational tone, synthesizing readings, overcoming writer’s block, narrating, writing a review, and posting a comment or giving feedback are now enhanced because of this class. I am thankful that you were my teacher 🙂