Reflection.

The primary thing I learned in this class was how to do an analysis paper. To take someone’s paper, book, or other work and try to find what the person was trying to say, in my opinion, is an interesting aspect if writing that I hadn’t really done before. I’m not sure how or if I will be applying them to my continuing education as most of my classes will be dealing with strict research and facts as will my career, but if I do end up needing to analyze a something than this class and type of writing will definitely be something I can refer to. As to the readings and how they affected me, I have to say that they made me think about what it would be like to be in any of the situations. Poor Ireland and the poverty-stricken time and area or in the middle of a potentially dangerous toxic spill. Living in a country and growing up in the times that I have, things like this do not register until you read about them in some way.

As to meeting the learning outcomes, I feel that I have met them all in one way or another, though not necessarily as well as I would like. I think that I may continue my English classes, though I do not need to, so as to continue my understanding of English and the different writing styles.

My writing has changed, though the process I use when writing has not. I find that I look for the underlying meaning more when reading and utilize the meaning that I decipher when writing in whatever situation.

The primary challenge for me was trying to understand what the instructor was looking for in my writing. I found that, in this case, I may have been better off attending an actual class rather than the on-line option. As far as overcoming the challenge, I don’t know that I actually did, though I tried my best in the class, I still found that I was not quite where I wanted to be in my grades.

I think that the assignments I enjoyed the most and was the best at were the assignments for Smith’s “A Modest Proposal.” I enjoyed reading this and found that I had a definite point of view, and that made it easier to write about it. The hardest assignment, in my opinion, was on “Bartleby the Scrivener.” I had the hardest time reading this, let alone analyzing it.

Overall, I have to say that this has probably been the most challenging class I have taken to date and that, though it frustrated me many times, it was probably the one that I learned the most about myself from. I enjoy reading, but I do not enjoy analyzing that which I read, I just want to read for the pleasure of it.