Final Reflection

My writing habits have changed a lot over the course of this semester. Looking back at my oldest blog entries, I wrote very formal. Towards the end of the semester, I started writing my blogs very informally, and when I did that they were definitely more interesting to read. My papers also became more laid back...if that makes any sense. I guess I became like this because Franny made it seem like it was okay. This class was very laid back and it seemed to me that she was very open to different forms of writing, so I started to take some risks.

At first, I didn't really like blogging. Mostly because I just hate writing about anything in general. But over the course of the semester I started to loosen up a little and be more laid back about writing. I learned to just write in my blog whatever came to mind, no matter how silly it seemed.

This semester started out really easy, but then it got a lot harder. With finals coming up, I don't see how there will be enough hours in the day to get all of my studying done! Overall, I did enjoy this semester a lot. The only class that I hated was math, and that was mostly because it was 5 days a week and I couldnt understand a word my professor said. My TA for that class was really cool though and definitely knew what he was talking about. As for this class - I enjoyed it a lot. I like how small the class was and I made a lot of good friends. Franny was really laid back and down to earth, which was a nice change of pace.

Reflection of Research Paper

As I know many people can relate to, I HATE writing research papers. This one wasn't too bad though. I chose a topic that was really interesting to me: how television affects children. I was really interested in the health issues behind it all. I had fun finding the information and reading about the topic. But when it comes to putting it on paper, I don't care how interesting it is, I hate writing about anything. I even hate typing blog entries!

So the research itself went very well. I pretty much found everything that I was looking for. I hate trouble organizing my paper though. I just had so much information that I couldn't figure out where to put it all. Looking at my paper in the end, I think a managed to do a fair job of puting it all together. However, I wish that my paper was a little bit more exciting or unique. I'm not the most creative person.

I learned from writng this paper that it is always good to get a head start. I got my sources a couple weeks before the paper was due, and that really helped me to relax and not get TOO stresed out about it. I also learned that it always helps to write about something that actually interests you.