I cannot believe this class has come to an end, along with Freshman year as a whole. This class was awesome for many reasons: it improved my writing, it taught me how to do diligent research before I began, and it showed me the importance of constant revisions to my papers. Coming into the class, I would generally look up some background information on a topic and then begin writing. However, this class gave students the ability to explore various invention strategies to plan out essays. In addition, the blogs were very helpful because they were a source of preliminary writing on a subject, and it also allowed us to see what classmates were writing about though the commenting groups. I noticed this drafting strategies gave my paper a greater clarity.
It was a great tool having a class period in the library because it opened my eyes to all the resources available at USC. The libraries feature so many documents, articles, and sources and it has been great being able to utilize them. I, now, use these tools for all my classes. Research greatly improves a paper because it supports the arguments being made (and not resorting to bad faith arguments like we just examined in A5).
I plan to apply all the writing tools I have learned this semester in all future academic endeavors. Writing is extremely an extremely powerful form of communication that is valuable no matter what field I plan to pursue a career in. This class has been an excellent experience and improved me as a student in many aspects. I truly enjoyed our class discussions and how we critically examined many racial and ethnic issues within society.
Thanks for a great class and an awesome ending to my Freshman year!!
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