Midterm Reflection

            Reflecting back on what I have learned in this class thus far, I am very happy with my newfound ability to dig deeper and analyze artifacts today. I can now pick up on certain societal, gender, or racial stereotypes presented. I have learned the effects these hidden fake realities, have on everyone today. Writing in my blog, I feel a sense of comfort knowing I can speak freely and express my opinion on any controversial topic. I have realized I love talking about and discussing these controversial issues. I have learned in order to be a successful and interesting writer I need to be decisive and pick a side when expressing my opinions.
            In my writing I have stretched my abilities by finding topics I enjoy, which allows me to easily research and go into depth in my writing. Also, talking about these controversial topics has made me step out of my comfort zone. I get to pick a side and defend it. I truly love to be educated on these topics so I can write with confidence. So far participation in class, I would say I have participates a decent amount. I enjoy discussing in groups and explaining my views with a partner or small group. I will speak up in class sometimes, and when I do I enjoy talking and hearing others speak up. I also feel my blogs have done a good job of showing that I am an active reader, and that I am interested in the subjects.
           Throughout the writing process, the tutoring sessions definitely were beneficial. They helped with sentence variety and small grammar issues. Also, I learned that I tend to switch tenses in my writing after the tutoring they helped fix that. I also enjoyed the conferencing, that gave me a good idea of where my writing was and what level I was at/what need to be fixed. Evidence to prove I went to a tutor could be all my essays printed out and marked up in my folders. Along with different copies saved onto my computer. The writing process was very beneficial and I thought it helped enhance and help my writing.
          I found the writing process to be a positive thing where I could invent and re-think/make edits to my paper all throughout the process. There were times where I would go through the last step by having a conference with my professor and following the conference I had to re-think and write more. I find writing to be a fun way to invent images and messages I want to express. Writing is a social and collaborative process because it takes more than just one brain to provide a full well-done essay. The help and input of others can't hurt therefore why not get others opinions on it. After the writing process, I learned that it is much easier and much more fun to write when it is about something I enjoy talking about. In this class, I was fortunate enough to enjoy the topics presented and even have a background talking about many of the prior. Therefore, I learned it is so much easier to write about topics I enjoy, it also makes my writing better.