Final Reflection

This class took everything I thought I knew about writing and threw it into a dumpster fire. I've had trouble writing since second grade, and throughout my first twelve years of school, I didn't like or care about writing. I only did exactly what they wanted and made up fake stories so I could be finished as soon as possible and never look back. I wasn't taught how to properly revise and edit my papers, so I usually did badly on the first draft intentionally so my "revision" would look more drastic. This class forced me to learn proper revision skills, and lord knows that caused me to struggle more than I'd like to admit.

When I first started college, I thought it'd be all fun and games, but I was sucker punched in the face by reality and soon started getting myself on better track. I started paying attention more and tried my best on the assignments, but it's still not the subject that works well with my thought process. I had a hard time trying to figure out time management, which caused me to neglect this class because I was slipping in my other classes. Overall, I believe I had a hard time adjusting to the new environment and learning style of college.

This class taught me how to better develop writing process skills, hopefully providing better work for future writing classes. I had the most difficult time in the research essays because my brain couldn't comprehend how to do it. My favorite assignment by far was the multimodal assignment because it gave me the freedom to create an original artifact related to the subject matter. I was so happy to have the opportunity to make an artifact that was both comical and educational to a certain degree, and it helped me feel more confident in the class because I am good at being creative when it comes to drawing and dialogue.

After this semester is over, I feel that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was in the middle of the semester. I liked my professor, and it was nice that I made a few friends in the class. To wrap up my thoughts, I am glad I took this class and got the credits I needed, and I hope the things I learned from this semester help to benefit my future college career.