Thursday, December 9, 2010
Learning Through Writting
I have learned a lot about writing, and life in general, from writing the last two essays. The synthesis essay was the first time I really used other sources to develop an essay. I really had to take into consideration the other authors opinions and value what they thought on the topic. From looking at their point of view I came up with my own insight on the subject. This was a different essay for me because in High School whenever I looked at sources or other author's writings I was taught to agree or disagree with them. Although, the synthesis essay taught me to look at the author's topics and then formulate my own ideas. I liked writing this way better because it broadened my views and I wrote about what I thought rather than being one-sided with another persons thoughts. Also, by writing my synthesis essay on education I really gained different views. The topic I wrote about was very relevant to my life so I enjoyed writing it and it kept me interested. Now after looking at it and revising it I have gained stronger opinions and a slighter different view on the subject.
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I agree. Alot of the time you can learn to connect what we were learning about to something in our life. This made us alot more interesting. The sythnesis was challenging. I like how we do have our own special something to contribute to an essay and i never viewd it like that before.
ReplyDeleteHaving taken some classes over the summer I can easily say the synthesis essay is probably going to be the most beneficial moving forward. Every class I have taken has required to write something unique based on readings. At first this is incredibly difficult - but with practice it becomes easier. Moving forward we will use the skills from the synthesis essay quite a bit throughout our college career, this I'm sure of.
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