Final Reflection Paper

Final Reflection

With the instruction of professor, we fulfilled three different kinds of writing projects for this semester. For the Writing Project 1, I explored the pathos, ethos and logos by means of analyzing a documentary. I chose Jia Jiang’s TED speech, 100 Days of Rejection. Because there are masses of details and stories I could take advantage of to confirm this documentary’s creditability. In addition, as for the Writing Project 2, I explored the issue of Arms Trade by analyzing multiple perspectives regarding a solution. That’s a great challenge for me. Furthermore, in my Writing Project 3 I proposed a series of solution to Everytown, a local organization fighting for the gun violence, to solve the problem of illegal arms trade.

No wonder that I am most proud of my second writing project, not only because I got a high grade on it, but also because of that, I do devote a lot to this project.

At the beginning of WP2, I really had no idea about how to write about a global issue. But after searching for the topics and resources through library guide, I gradually detected the objective, Arms Trade. Compared to my former assigned papers, WP2 is more like an academic paper. Actually, after I collected my resources and confirmed the general structure, it’s quite easy to compose my writing project 2. There is no doubt that the procedure of preparing is significant. What’s more, with the effective feedbacks of Professor Holladay, I attempted to perfect my essay again and again, especially increasing the portion of the relations between each texts.

In fact, I really like the part of group discussion in class because it’s a fantastic way to know about each classmate as well as we are able to exchange our perspectives and then developed a more comprehensive conclusion. Due to our different nationality, in this process, we could also get to know the differences between our cultures and educations. For example, I am from China, while some other classmates of our group are from other countries. So it’s available and interesting to get to know the different people and communicate the differences and

similarities.
Honestly, my most improved habit of my writing tends to be logically thinking. In the past, I was always intended to starting an essay from the first paragraph and then developed my following portions. However, now I am used to firstly making materials in a logical order and designing a reasonable structure. Furthermore, the three projects required explorations of an academic topic, the comparisons between two different texts and deeper researches into topics. Gradually, I become a stronger critical thinker. In fact, my topic on WP2 and WP3 is the same one, “Arms Trade.” I have a lot interests in this topic and I realized more when I explored more. So I hope to explore further on Arms Trade.
In conclusion, it is tough that when I went through the obstacles during the semester. On the other hand, I also gained an increasing number of knowledges from these processes. If I never ever had a chance to overcome those difficulties, I would not be better in my writing and solving problem skills. Overall, this class taught me that “every coin has two sides”. In order to obtain the achievement that I want to get, I have to make much more efforts that within my daily life. Thanks for your help and patient feedbacks for my writing projects.