Reflection #3

After writing my final draft, what helped me more than anything was the feedback I received from my peer and from Ms. Reyes. Without their additional comments I wouldn't have been able to further expand and actually find an argument as to what exactly I needed to write about. One major idea or comment in which I took into account was when my peer mentioned, "When did the creators of Twitter realize this concept of 140 characters wasn't a failure?" Taking that into perspective, I was able really get into detail on many of the things that backed up or even doubted what argument I was trying to portray throughout the essay itself. My professor also included great comments and ideas to me by stating, "What did all this research show you? How can you combine what we are learning in class with what you learned?". I went back and rearranged and included a major paragraph into my essay that'll get across what I actually gained out of writing about the topic. In all, this intro essay to the course was relatively very difficult for me to grasp. I considered this sort of a "slap in the face" as to what is in store for this course. I enjoy receiving feedback and valuable comments which help me expand myself as a writer. Self-narrative is relatively new to me, so all I can do is learn from this first essay, and transcend smoothly into the next project coming my way. I can definitely use lots of what I learned in other courses that require for me to research a certain topic. English 1 didn't really prepare me for this semester, but I won't let the lack on proper intro of composition influence my semester this Spring.