Reflection

This certainly has been an exhausting fifteen weeks but I made it through and I am still standing.  I have learned several technical things that will help improve my writing skills and will continue to serve me in the future.  Having to look at my pieces through another set of eyes has given me an appreciation for the revising process and why it is so important.  One of the key elements I found most important was to choose subjects that were interesting.  This not only helps you become engaged in the subject but makes it easier to get excited about writing about it, especially when writing is not your favorite pastime.  Writing about community issues have helped me understand how important our role is in our community and how one person can make a difference.  In the beginning, I choose my community project because I was ordered to do some community service but after working eighty hours with fourth graders, at a Title I school, I have seen first hand how my time has been beneficial to these kids.  Some of which, I can say, I will miss.  Finishing the project was easy after that since I really understood the need.  This perhaps for me was what made the class worth it and although I know my writing skills can always improve, more importantly is what I learned along the way.

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