Essay #2 Reflection

Posted by Edward Quezada on

When attempting to come up with my research question, I did not want to form a question that could be answered with a simple yes or no. My essay revolved around the college education system in the United States, so I had to specify this within the question. Furthermore, my idea was to compare and contrast the different perspectives on the college education system. In order to relate these perspectives to my intended audience, I used the professor’s feedback to add ‘quality of life’ into my question to now relate the college system to students. When trying to find sources and evidence to support my ideas of comparing different viewpoints, I did struggle when trying to find the correct sources. Many sources seemed outdated in a way that would not completely validate my ideas. In order to overcome this, I had to take a deep look into the database to find the right sources that were around our time period as well as sources that contained the necessary information I needed to support my ideas. One issue that I encountered was adding too many quotations with limited analysis. For my final draft, I added my own ideas after providing quotes to further strengthen the different arguments. Furthermore, I split my ideas into several different paragraphs to improve the overall organization of my essay. The intended audience for my essay were young students, especially those in high school who are preparing for their future in regards to the path they will decide to take. Since it is an important decision when deciding if a college education is valuable and worth it, I felt that discussing the contrasting arguments would be essential for my essay, in order to properly inform students of what issues or benefits come with obtaining a college degree. In order to be an effective writer, this process has taught me to improve the way I organize my ideas as well as the way I elaborate on my ideas through analysis.

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Edward Quezada

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Comments ( 6 )

  1. Miranda McCants
    Good Job. I liked how you said you organized your essay by headings I also did that and found it helpful. I also agree when you said this essay helped you with organizing your thoughts and ideas.
  2. Alice Liu
    Edward, I think the way you decided to organize your essay in order to tackle the research question you've created was brilliant. I've also had difficulties in finding sources for my essay so I could relate. I'm glad that you were able to find your sources at the end.
  3. Aditya Sankar Das
    Edward, it was not you the only person who struggled to find the proper research question. I think we all had the same issue with that. I am glad that you wrote about something for our future students and that will help them to make the correct decision. I had the same difficulty with finding the proper source that fits the criteria. But you mentioned after the professor's feedback you figure out the issue. The topic you choose is really amazing. Also, I believe after peer-reviewed your essay, you made some changes that hopefully made your essay more interesting. Good luck with that.
  4. Christine Castillo
    I completely relate to presenting generous amounts of source information without proper analysis and having to break my ideas down into smaller more digestible paragraphs. I'm so glad you were able to organize your paper and find a way to incorporate your own ideas, its definitely something valuable that we can both take from this assignment!
  5. Armani Middleton
    Hey Edward, I completely agree with you with posing your research question but not so that it could be answered with a simple yes or no. I also put that in my reflection that like I knew what I wanted to say. You just had to write it out and put it a certain way. But I'm glad that you were able to find your sources. I totally agree that in the analysis that's where you get to elaborate on your ides,I love analyzing and no doubt that continuing to do that in our writing will make us great writers for the future.
  6. Andrew Mark Salmieri
    Hi Edward. I agree that it's easy to include blocks of citations without actually putting in your own words. It's a hurdle that many of us face. But it seems that you got over that hurdle with your great organizational skills. Kudos to you!

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