Hopes and Concerns

I feel that we have discussed in detail the hopes and concerns that you have for the class. What was really hard for me in these two last assignments is that fact that we have to find legitate sources for our research. It's not like each site would talk about the author of that particular author and be truthful about it. Sometimes I get lucky and find that they are a doctor or respected professional, but it is simply hard to do that. In essay two I stuck to using the scholarly articles from the library but even so some I find that they good sources to use due to the fact that it does not seem like good sources to cite. I feel for this course we discussed a lot about the audience we want to write to. This was interested because most times I would just write a paper to get the requirement filled and not consider who I am addressing. I learned that the are certain writing tedchniques that we should should when we addressed certain argument or certain purposes. For example in my first essay on letter to the editor I wrote it in a sarcastic tone trying to get the attention of people who can feel for my standpoint against speed cameras. I learned a lot about ethos and pathos which we be good in the future. This blog site was particularly helpful for me at times. When I was stuck on what to do for the assignment I went through and read some of the old works from others just to get an idea at how they addressed the assignment. It's a good tool because a lot of times I like to see examples of things done before I start my own because in this way I will not sidetrack to other things. All in all I feel that your hopes and concerns were full addressed in the class. Although I feel that we had a lot of papers to write in the time period allotted. That's just my thoughts because I take forever and a day to get my thoughts down and then another to do my research before I even attempt to tackle the assignment.