Final Reflection
Nick Augustine
Mrs. I
English 2
While creating my e-portfolio I enjoyed being able to do an assignment that focused on my favorite rap artist and was able to learn a great deal of information about his life and his career. The most enjoyable part of the experience was our second blog because I was able to find and decipher many different images of Tech N9ne. It was very easy for me to conduct an in depth evaluation of each of the pictures and look for insignificant details that allowed for a broader look at the ideas that were being portrayed.
There wasn’t an assignment that was particularly difficult for me to complete once I applied myself to it, but the final blog was the most painstaking. It wasn’t that it was a hard paper at all it was just that I did it at five o’clock in the morning and it turned out to be the longest one. It is also a little annoying to go back through all the articles that I had already read and to do it again trying to pick out more information and then telling how I applied it while writing my blogs.
There was nothing that I really felt that applied directly to my life from my research based on Tech’s life, him being a gangster rapper and all. The idea that he often refers to about people being good natured but preforming horrible deeds does pertain somewhat to my life, I consider myself to be a good hearted person but that has not stopped me from doing unpleasant things and hurting the people around me throughout my life.
For each of the blogs my writing process was pretty simple I just started them with major points that were required in the prompts and then tried to implement other information that was related to the paper based on the articles that I researched. The only blog where this was not necessary was the second one because I just had to preform analyses on the images that I located on the internet. The most interesting new thing that I learned about Tech was the way that Strange Music has used social media unlike any other previous record label to boost and communicate with their fan base. It was unusual for me to find any totally new information during this project due to the fact that I have been doing research on him in my own free time for a while now.
While I was attending your class the majority of my participation was while we were working on our group projects. Although the members of my group were all very intelligent I also noticed that they had to be motivated in order to complete our assignments. This was when I took the initiative and tried my best to get all of our tasks divided up to the people who could finish them with the greatest quality. I did find that it was very easy and enjoyable to ask questions and try to be a part of our group discussions. Even though I did wait until the last minute for many of the assignments I still put in the time and the effort to ensure that there were well put together and all around quality writings.
While going back to revise my blogs I went back personally to make sure that the formation of the words made the blog easy to read and also fluently moved from each topic. There were mistakes that I had made and I was able to correct them and in doing so I boosted the overall legibility of the paper. To ensure that I had put together a satisfactory piece of work I also had one of my close friends proof read each one so that I knew a third party could understand all of the ideas I was trying to convey.
My writing process always starts with the basics then builds then I build upon it with different facts and ideas that further validate the points that I am trying to get across to the reader. I don’t regularly map out the different paragraphs and organize the topics into sections I usually can efficiently do that in my head after practicing in my previous English classes. I try to borrow information that I was acquired while working on previous assignments to add substance to the newer texts composed. This class has given me much more practice for my writing abilities and also added several new words to my vocabulary. In the future it is very likely that I will use the ideas that I learned from our reading responses on the “witch hunts” and the nature of chimpanzees if the assignment allows for them to be implemented.
Mrs. I
English 2
While creating my e-portfolio I enjoyed being able to do an assignment that focused on my favorite rap artist and was able to learn a great deal of information about his life and his career. The most enjoyable part of the experience was our second blog because I was able to find and decipher many different images of Tech N9ne. It was very easy for me to conduct an in depth evaluation of each of the pictures and look for insignificant details that allowed for a broader look at the ideas that were being portrayed.
There wasn’t an assignment that was particularly difficult for me to complete once I applied myself to it, but the final blog was the most painstaking. It wasn’t that it was a hard paper at all it was just that I did it at five o’clock in the morning and it turned out to be the longest one. It is also a little annoying to go back through all the articles that I had already read and to do it again trying to pick out more information and then telling how I applied it while writing my blogs.
There was nothing that I really felt that applied directly to my life from my research based on Tech’s life, him being a gangster rapper and all. The idea that he often refers to about people being good natured but preforming horrible deeds does pertain somewhat to my life, I consider myself to be a good hearted person but that has not stopped me from doing unpleasant things and hurting the people around me throughout my life.
For each of the blogs my writing process was pretty simple I just started them with major points that were required in the prompts and then tried to implement other information that was related to the paper based on the articles that I researched. The only blog where this was not necessary was the second one because I just had to preform analyses on the images that I located on the internet. The most interesting new thing that I learned about Tech was the way that Strange Music has used social media unlike any other previous record label to boost and communicate with their fan base. It was unusual for me to find any totally new information during this project due to the fact that I have been doing research on him in my own free time for a while now.
While I was attending your class the majority of my participation was while we were working on our group projects. Although the members of my group were all very intelligent I also noticed that they had to be motivated in order to complete our assignments. This was when I took the initiative and tried my best to get all of our tasks divided up to the people who could finish them with the greatest quality. I did find that it was very easy and enjoyable to ask questions and try to be a part of our group discussions. Even though I did wait until the last minute for many of the assignments I still put in the time and the effort to ensure that there were well put together and all around quality writings.
While going back to revise my blogs I went back personally to make sure that the formation of the words made the blog easy to read and also fluently moved from each topic. There were mistakes that I had made and I was able to correct them and in doing so I boosted the overall legibility of the paper. To ensure that I had put together a satisfactory piece of work I also had one of my close friends proof read each one so that I knew a third party could understand all of the ideas I was trying to convey.
My writing process always starts with the basics then builds then I build upon it with different facts and ideas that further validate the points that I am trying to get across to the reader. I don’t regularly map out the different paragraphs and organize the topics into sections I usually can efficiently do that in my head after practicing in my previous English classes. I try to borrow information that I was acquired while working on previous assignments to add substance to the newer texts composed. This class has given me much more practice for my writing abilities and also added several new words to my vocabulary. In the future it is very likely that I will use the ideas that I learned from our reading responses on the “witch hunts” and the nature of chimpanzees if the assignment allows for them to be implemented.