Reflection On My Writing

3. Explain why the article caught your attention. Relate the article to your life and to issues that are

This week I chose an article from the New York Times which speaks about pediatrician problems with parents who don’t want to vaccinate their children. Many of the current event and health policy articles that have been posted mentioned vaccinations. I felt this article gives some great information about the subject and how pediatricians are dealing with it on a day to day basis.

Throughout the timespan of a semester could you improve your writing to where there would be noticeable differences? When writing for English 1010, I noticed that there was obvious weaknesses and minimal strengths or lack thereof in my writing abilities. In many ways I do believe that I was able to improve in areas pertaining to reading, thinking, researching, and writing.

We are already midway through the first quarter of my last year as a high school student. I find it hard to completely grasp how quickly this year is passing and yet I feel like we've already accomplished so much.

I have many talents but I would have to say writing is not at the top of that list. I am not a terrible writer, actually I have been told I am pretty good. It is the fact that I am not confident in my writing abilities. When I am given a writing assignment it takes me awhile to fully know what I am writing about, I take forever to start a essay but once I get my ideas on paper it turns into a piece of cake. I guess it is because I have so many thoughts and opinions running rampant and I have a hard time taming them all. Because of this I can take longer on a a essay than needs be. When I took AP Literature last year I would always have trouble finishing my essays, they would start off well but towards the end, they would not make any since. Tell me to

I decided to choose and write on the “Motherhood Penalty in our society” According to Wikipedia, it was coined from a sociologist who defined “Motherhood penalty” to argue that in the workplace, working mothers encounter systematic disadvantages in pay, perceived competence, and benefits relative to childless women. This was a workplace discrimination against working mothers in pay and promotion in relation to childless women/mothers and in contrast to working fathers.

In the beginning of this semester I didn't like writing at all. I had a lot of difficulty when it came to writing. That was my only weakness in high school. But as I started taking basic writing, I have made a lot of progress. Before I had trouble to put detail in my essays, but now I am confident. My attitude toward writing went from negative to positive during this semester. Some aspects of the class have helped me strengthen my writing, I have builded some strengths for myself as a writer, and I know I made a lot of progress by reading my most successful essay, and by comparing my early essays to my more recent ones.

I have learned that writing your paper in one sitting is not always the best way to write it. Sometimes it is better to take it slow and take breaks. Something you do might bring up something to write about. When I get stuck I read my entire paper, and think about if I could move something to another part, or if I left something out. I try to make sure that everything fits with what I am writing about. If that does not work, I get up and walk away and come back in thirty minutes or so.

Reflection “critical” because “it allows writers to recognize what they are doing in that particular moment, as well as to consider why the made the rhetorical choices they did” (Taczak 78). In other words, reflecting on your writing is a highly recommended step because it allows you to self assess your writing and give yourself feedback to further improve.

In the following pages, I will be expressing the key points and lessons learned during the past seven weeks which had the most significant impact on my writing abilities. By the same token, I will give a brief description of how I utilized those lessons in the essays I will add to my writing portfolio.

My writing experiences prior to this course have been mostly self-taught. Lacking much formal education the only writing I have been involved in over the years has been job related. I honestly cannot think of the last time I wrote any type of paper that was graded by a professional in the English field. I quit high school in 1994, obtained a GED, and finally decided to continue my education some 20 years later. I have enjoyed writing in the past but it was mostly in the form of lyrics, stories, blogs or daily journals. Writing, the way I have in the past, has been therapeutic for me. Whether or not academic writing provides me the same sense of therapy I have yet to figure out.

I chose an article that focuses on the child welfare issue of abuse and neglect. The article goes in depth to explain how the effects of untreated child abuse and neglect that can reshape a child’s brain and last a lifetime. There was a study done a little over 20 years ago by researchers with the National Academy of Sciences; the researchers found that child abuse and neglect can influence both the victims’ mental and physical health, in addition to the way victims control their emotions and impulses, how much and how well the victims achieve in school, and the relationships victims form as they get older. It is essential to note that the consequences of this abuse and neglect can last into adulthood, which is costly not only to the individual suffering, but also to the families and to society.

Throughout this semester year, I have accomplished four low stake assignments and many different types of writings and reports that I have never experienced before. By looking back to the works that I have done, I noticed several mistakes and learned new methods and skills that are needed for the the various types of writing, such as a police report, an academic cover, screenplay script, and even a social study questionnaire and its analysis. I also developed my ability to work in group from the group activities that Professor. Zuluaga assigned us to, along with the development of my ability to incorporate among the group members and myself.

Our next stop is the peaceful and picturesque lake, EWP Outcome #2! The second outcome aims to showcase my ability "to read, analyze, and synthesize complex texts and incorporate multiple kinds of evidence purposefully in order to generate and support writing." I believe that my first and second major paper are able to demonstrate my ability integrate readings and resources, and to use to use as sources and evidence for my writing.

Throughout Writing 1500 I wasn’t sure what exactly I needed to work on and was confused on most things. I have never been a good writer I struggle a lot with forming good, informative sentences. In this class I started to understand the critiques that I was being given and I felt that I might possibly become a slightly better writer. A few things that I found I struggled greatly with were forming a thesis statement, forming fully informative paragraphs, and my grammar. My thesis statements have normally been very broad and never enough to the point so my paper would make sense on what the point of it was. When I say ,“Forming fully informative paragraphs” I mean, I was never good at writing paragraphs that didn’t have random off topic information. Lastly, my grammar has always been something