Argumentative Essay #1

Reflection

Over the course of this essay, I think I had very good critical thinking and character. My critical thinking was good because I used evidence and reasoning to guide my decision making. When choosing what topic I was going to write about I used reasoning to choose my topic. I though it would be semi racist to choose Native American mascots should be kept so I did not choose that which I thought was good reasoning and decision making. Another thing I that was good over the course of this essay was my character. Whenever someone asked my what the topic of my essay was, I would ask in return. This happened a lot and so naturally a lot of people told me they were doing a topic that I didn't agree with. Instead of being rude and disrespectful when someone told me an opinion I didn't agree with, I was very respectful and didn't really even talk about or ask about it.

I do think there are some things I could work on including my communication and being a conscientious learner. Even though this was a project where we were supposed to work alone, I do think I could have asked for help from Ms. Beford and my classmates and ask for input on my essay as I was writing it. I think I could've done a better job about being a conscientious learner because I procrastinated until the last couple of days to actually do the majority of the article. I would work on it in class but on at home. My time management is very poor and I really need to improve on it.