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This reflection essay discusses the author's transition from high school to college writing. In college, the author learned more about themselves through writing rather than just course material. They struggled most with an assignment analyzing whether an article was persuasive without stating their own opinion. To prepare, the author created an outline to help dissect the source in a neutral way. The biggest lesson was to avoid procrastination, as it is easier to do working virtually while also having a job. The author produces their best work in focused, distraction-free environments and finds listening to music helps their creative thoughts flow. Overall, the semester helped the author mature as a student and writer by learning more about their strengths and weaknesses.

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Reflection Document For DR

This reflection essay discusses the author's transition from high school to college writing. In college, the author learned more about themselves through writing rather than just course material. They struggled most with an assignment analyzing whether an article was persuasive without stating their own opinion. To prepare, the author created an outline to help dissect the source in a neutral way. The biggest lesson was to avoid procrastination, as it is easier to do working virtually while also having a job. The author produces their best work in focused, distraction-free environments and finds listening to music helps their creative thoughts flow. Overall, the semester helped the author mature as a student and writer by learning more about their strengths and weaknesses.

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Kendi Ja’Far

Written Comm. I

Ms. Elizabeth Cuddy

11/15/20

Reflection Essay

During my transition from being a high school writer to a college writer, I’ve

encountered failures and success. While in high school the prompts that we had to write about

were generally based on the book that we were currently reading or a specific topic that we were

allowed to choose. I soon realized in college that there would be similarities but also many

differences. This semester I learned more about myself rather than material in English class, I

developed a more mature sense of writing and I learned more about myself and what my

strengths and weaknesses are for online learning. 

Often when I begin to write an essay, I look over my sources, make the connections in

my head and let my thoughts flow out onto the document, and edit when I am finished. The

hardest prompt that we had this year was our third prompt where we had to find an article and

respond to these two questions, “ 1) Does this piece persuade its audience of its central

argument? 2) Why or why not?”. This was hard for me because instead of choosing whether or

not we agreed with the author of the article we had to summarize and break apart what the author

was saying and whether or not what the author had written was persuading to the reader.

Prepping for this prompt I knew I could not just write my thoughts out because every time I did

it appeared as if I was choosing whether or not I agreed with the author and not from a neutral
perspective. For this prompt I found it easier to have an outline, the outline allows everything to

be in order and it also allowed me to fully dissect my source. 

For our first essay, we had to write about a book that has affected our lives, the book that

I chose to write about The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. I read this book in my 10th grade year of

high school, however, at the time I was not mature enough to fully grasp the message that he was

sending. Writing this essay at an older age has taught me more about myself and the way that I

have mentally developed over the past few years. 

Over this semester one of the biggest lessons that I have learned was to not procrastinate.

It is easier to procrastinate more than before because we are learning virtually, and I have also

been working part-time. Trying to juggle school, a business that I just started, and a job has been

difficult however, I found that it was easier to brainstorm and have many rough drafts at least a

week before the due date so that way I am not stressed the night before. 

I believe that the environment that you work around translates to the work that you put

out. This semester I learned that I produce my best work in small areas rather than anywhere else

in my house because that eliminates the number of distractions around me. Listening to music

also helps me concentrate on the topic and helps my creative thoughts to flow onto paper. If we

are ever on campus I will use these same strategies to help me get my work done now that I

know what works for me and what does not. 

Overall I have matured as a student and a writer this semester by learning more about

myself, my strengths, and my weaknesses. I hope to continue to grow in all areas of writing and

learning so writing will no longer be a hassle. 

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