Self-Assessment Reflection Response

When writing my academic paper, I pondered on a goal that I could potentially find for myself. Since my annotated bibliography answered all the questions that I was left with after reading various authors’ articles, I looked for any holes that I saw in these authors’ writing and backed it up with initial research that I did. I based the structure of my paper off of two points, how children’s social class backgrounds affect when and how they seek help in the classroom and how parental involvement affect children in the classroom. Within this structure I included a hole that I found in my authors’ writing, which is how I saw time as an underlying theme between all the articles. Overall, I believe that I reached my goal of expressing how time served a vital role in social class help seeking. Throughout my writing process, I made sure that I spent my time wisely. I used the advice that I received from Megan in class on how to incorporate the information I provided in my joining the conversation assignment in my academic paper. Once, I found a foundation for my paper, I took it to the writing resource center and got assistance on how to structure my paper. Furthermore, each member of my inquiry group served a vital role in developing my paper. They were able to show me their perspective of how I could better my writing without overstepping their boundaries. I saw myself change and develop as a writer because I am now capable to point out information that I believe should be included in someone’s writing. Also, I am able to take constructive criticism from my peers and make it an advantage. The hardest part of this process was figuring out how to structure my paper and actually trying to start to my paper, because my goal was to get away from the traditional style of writing that I learned in high school. On the contrary, the easiest part of this process was applying my information to my paper because I already did all of the necessary research. Overall, I am pleased with the structure of my paper and the information that I have argued but I believe that I can improve my writing by rephrasing a couple of my sentences, so the reader better understands my message. In the future when I write, I plan on searching for a theme that I believe an author should have included in their writing and I will back up my argument with research that I have done on the author’s articles.