Reflection of the Semester

Coming from a Puerto Rican high school, expos proved to be my most challenging class. I was used to writing essays about novels, poems, and short stories, not about non-fiction. I feel that this class has really helped me develop my writing and analyzing skills. This class has also influenced my capacity to be able to find connections among different texts. Even in my different classes I find materials that can connect to materials from other classes. At first I did not understand what forming a conversation between authors meant, but as time progressed and as we kept practicing I got to comprehend what it means. A paragraph should consist of a topic and one should have multiple sources with ideas that intertwine and expand on the specific topic. I have also learned to formulate more complex questions; questions that answer “how” and “to what extent”. In terms of my paper, I started off with a somewhat vague idea. However, once we attended to the workshop in the library and I started researching and trying to find scholarly resources, my ideas started to take form. I started with 4 sources, and now I have 8 and I still have not finished it. I liked how we could choose a topic that appealed to us because I feel that the topics that everyone picked reflect their personalities and their interests and it is easier to write a paper in a topic that we enjoy.