Throughout this semester, we have been given many assignments in many different ways, whether it be creating a blog post, uploading to the wiki, writing a paper, or preparing for a speech/discussion.
I thought that it was difficult to keep a constant identity for myself and continuously portray myself in an accurate way. As I was copying and pasting all my blog post, this really came clear to me. Our first post was obviously our introduction, and there I have no doubt I presented myself accurately, because I was simply writing about myself. After that however, it was a different story because of the nature of the assignments. The next post in my blog was my article blog post and this, along with some other posts, such as the video archive post, were very straight forward, and there wasn't much space to inject my personality. On the other hand, there were some posts that allowed for some creativity and personality, such as the book choice, the disconnected assignment and the game assignment. Overall, I would defiantly say that the blog post were more personal and therefore the most true and that showcased my abilities the best, compared to other aspect of the class.
More academic assignments for the class, such as the two papers, showed a different side of ourselves. I will admit that I did struggle with this part of the class, but one of the goals that I had for those assignments was to accurately show my academic/analytical capabilities as a writer. These assignments were more serious than the blog. Also, I felt that I could present myself better in discussion because I feel that I could line up the personality in some of my blogs with my participation in discussion. I just think that our section is dominated by a few individuals that have a lot of significant things to say, which impresses me every time. I just think that the thoughts that go through my head don't sound as "smart" as those, so I tend to stay pretty quiet in discussion unless I have something meaningful to contribute to the conversation. But this has made me realize that I can do better, and now that is my goal for the rest of the semester and something I want to do in my final projects. I will use the final project to showcase my knowledge and talent!
I think the hardest part of this class for me was also the two papers. I am better at presenting my ideas in person and it's harder for me to put my ideas down on paper in a clear, logical way. I think the class helped me a lot in my writing capabilities and I hope I can also use the final project to show how I have grown throughout the semester!
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