Anthology Reflection
My theme is “I Can Fly.” It means I can overcome any obstacle and keep trying. Being able to fall and get back up and keep trying. Looking forward and not turning back. I think I have grown a lot this year as a writer. I used to write about childish and stupid topics but now I’m more serious.
I have a better understanding of how to write a good piece. I have a better understanding of how to trap the reader’s mind into my piece. I have grown to like writing a little bit more.
My best topic to write about was the I-Search. I had a lot of fun with it, being able to pick what you want to do instead of the teacher picking it for you. I think that this was a good writing piece to do. We had to do everything ourselves. We had to actually call up professions and interview them and then writing them into an article. The hardest to write would also be the I-Search. We had to write many interview write-ups and do a lot of research. I-Search took the longest out of all to finish writing. My favorite that turned out the best was the Persuasive Speech. My most meaningful piece is the “Day of Sadness.” It was a tragic day for me and I thought I was able to write something about it to calm my feelings. I tried to write it sort of like it was part of a story. The one I hated the most to write was memoir. I didn’t have much to write about and it was hard to think of something very important that changed your life. And the way I wrote it wasn’t that good.
The Essay on Writing Is Good
College writing courses give students a good chance to learn that writing can be an enjoyable experience. Previous schooling has left me, and maybe others, with an unfair negative opinion towards writing. College has given writing a second chance for me, leaving behind the earlier days of forced idea writing, by allowing self made thesis and introducing personal feedback into the writing process. ...
Overall within my writing pieces, I think I did okay. They weren’t the best I could’ve done but it also wasn’t my worst. I know I could’ve done better but didn’t try. There was only one that I really hated writing. I still need improvement on better word choice and need help with the introduction. Also, the conclusion never turns out right for me. Also, I always procrastinate with my writing. I never reach the deadline. I am always passing it and having to lose points and do more work towards the end of the whole project. My strengths are having a good topic to write for the essay and being able to think of well put examples.
Putting the anthology was tiring. Having to start writing the reflection at ten and ending at twelve is tiring. I wasn’t able to wake up the next day. I hated putting it together. Having deadlines for intros and revision for my past pieces while other teams did not have deadlines was not fair. Also, having to revise the pieces again while we already revised it before is my most hated part of the anthology. The introduction to each piece was very boring to write. They were almost always about the same thing. Especially having to buy new binders and buy sheet protectors and putting them into each plastic sheet was very tedious.
I would like readers to see what kind of person I am. I would like them to see the true me instead of only looking in the outside of my shell. I would like them to see that I am not a quitter but a person who tries if they want to and does whatever I am able to. I would like for them to see that I can overcome any obstacle and can keep trying even if I fall down. I wish for them to realize that I can do anything if I put my mind to it, even flying.
