Personal Reflection Essay

While I appreciated that one of my peers provided feedback on my work, I feel that the feedback that was provided did not fulfill the assignment. My peer did not provide detailed feedback on my paper that could be adequately incorporated in my review and revisions. Most of the information that was provided as feedback were simply statements that reiterated what the prompt question was. Please see the below feedback provided to me by my peer.

| |the intellectual conversation of topics that were discussed. I also enjoyed the learning |

As a writer there are many elements of writing that I struggle with, especially when composing an essay. When writing an essay, there are usually many skills that need to be used in order to be successful with the writing assignment. Many times in writing I struggle with explaining and fully developing the supporting details and ideas in my essay. I would also like to improve on incorporating clear topic sentences and concluding sentences, connecting my paragraphs ideas back to my thesis. Lastly, improvement can be made in my writing by avoiding awkward or wordy sentences. Writers face numerous challenges in their writing but strive to overcome or improve these challenges with each piece they write.

On Sunday, December 3, 2017, I delivered my first oral presentation on Janette, a peer in my Communicating Effectively course at Manhattanville College. The objective of the project was to familiarize yourself with a classmate, ask/answer questions provided by Professor Brosnan, and then share the knowledge you gained about the individual in a two-minute presentation. The presentation was required to introduce the classmate, what graduate program they are pursuing, why he/she is in the program, their long-term career goal(s), current occupation, favorite class, and an interesting fun fact. The oral presentations were done in the classroom without any visual aid, allowing you to use notes if preferred. By analyzing my 1 minute and 25 second presentation using the “7 Step Presentation Process” I uncovered my strengths and weaknesses as a presenter.

Ever since I began reading as a small child, I have loved literature and the written word. However, even though this has always been the case, I originally was not a literature major when I entered Arizona State University. Instead, I began my college career as a Physics major. What I came to realize after completing some of the required courses for the major was not that I was not good at physics since I had done exceptionally in all my classes, but that I was more interested in reading the articles and writing the assignments for my classes than I was in actually doing research in the physics department. Therefore, even as I was pursuing an entirely different degree, my love of literature and writing was still fundamental to my learning, and it was this that eventually lead to me changing my major to English Literature. Coming to this decision to switch majors was difficult, however the experience was beneficial in the long run. Not only am I now enjoying the work I am doing as a student more, I also understand that writing, editing, and reading critically is important to all disciplines. Had I not first begun my

The College of Charleston was my preferred college out of the colleges I applied to. A majority of the time this was a good choice. Then there are times when part of me thinks attending a different college would have been a better idea. Then again, it is only the first semester of my freshman year. Freshman year has a handful of requirements for classes, including the First Year Experience and the seminar that goes with it and many other general education courses. There were a good many choices to choose from for my First Year Experience class and The Gullah Community: Ethnographic Research in Gender and Identity was the one that stood out to me the most.

I was a 13 years old when I joined Shamrock in 2007, and it was the first time I was living away from my family. It was pretty hard to get used to everything at first, but things started to get only better and better.

Writing a thesis statement was really challenging for me only because it was not taught to me the right way until this semester. First of all, choosing a topic to write about. Choosing a topic was one of the parts of the thesis I understood how to do. Secondly, the point of the thesis. Making your point of the thesis. The point of the thesis is where I struggled a little because I did not really know how to explain myself which made it difficult for me to make my point quick. Lastly, choosing three major points. Choosing three points to help you create your thesis statement. The three points the thesis needed was easy to obtain because I just choose some topics I found interesting and that I knew I had some information on. In fact, the thesis was very difficult but with a little bit of help I was able to construct a well written

The critical thinking was the best part throughout my writing process. By reading all the new sources that I found, I actually had a lot thoughts and opinions. Luckily, the information from these sources can completely support my viewpoints on this topic. For my future wring, I think I will spend more time on rewording my sentences. The structures of the sentences in my finial paper was quite simple. I always afraid of using new structure because I do not want to make any grammar mistakes or confuse the readers with this. The other part I think I should improve for my future writing is my vocabulary. Actually, I learned a lot of new words from reading the materials. I believe that reading can help me a lot. After wring the finial paper, I learned more about technological education. I realized the importance of integrating technology in education because it could benefit both students and teachers. Since it is connected with my major, I want to invent some technology that can help education after graduating from university. By working on the final paper, I also realized a lot of improvements in my writing

In the beginning of the year I was not confident in my writing abilities. I did not know how to format different types of essays, nor did I know the meticulous research that goes into each and every paper. When we started off with narrative writings I felt fairly comfortable, but little did I know that I was a grammatical nightmare. My most common mistake was forgetting about commas before coordinating conjunctions. I would also often times become wordy or improper whenever I wasn't sure how to get an idea across. Whenever the year started I was clueless on how to format any dialogue at all, but as the year progressed these dialogue mishaps dwindled down until in my final papers they were much improved. Finally, my greatest personal improvement

I am from Costa Rica, and I came to the United States eight years ago. The first obstacle that I had to face was the language. However, I knew that if I wanted to get a degree in this country, I needed to study hard and learn the language. Therefore, by that time, my goal was to learn English and start my education. After taking English as a second language classes at Bakersfield College and Adult School, I felt that I was ready to start my AA at Bakersfield College. After I got my Associate degree in Sociology, I felt that I could do more. I decided to get a higher education and get a Bachelor in Sociology at California State University. Now, I am proud to say that this coming semester is my last semester before I graduate with my masters

One of my biggest strengths is working well under a lot of stress and pressure. The more commitments I have, the better I seem to work. Being an RA, being on CAB exec board and being in other clubs around campus forces me to have deadlines and a routine that I stick to every day. Having free time is something I do not cope well with because I am used to always moving and working so if free time is given I have to use that time for something productive. I am not one of those students who can watch Netflix during the semester because if I am doing that then I know I am doing something wrong. If I am lucky enough to be picked for SRA next year, and have CAB, it will help me create a good routine for my day to day life which then enables me to get my work in on time. A thought one may have, though, is if I have too much on my plate, my work will suffer and not be as best as it can be, but, being a perfectionist, I refuse to submit work I am genuinely proud of which allows my work to never suffer.

The purpose of this, my reflective essay, is to consider the journey I have taken to develop and create both the story research task and the story task. In the first task I was tasked to do an in-depth research on a topic that was trending or perceived as popular with a wide and varied audience. Accordingly, this would be a topic that could be seen to span a range of Social Media and established news sources. Then, in the second task, I was required to create a well-structured article based on the topic and crafted to meet the well-established journalistic standards of an established periodical, such as Time magazine. I now regret not adding an image to both support and establish the storyline. If correctly used it would have become

In five short days, six strangers underwent an intense, time constrained, decision heavy experience that challenged our thinking. Throughout the Foundations of Teamwork and Leadership course, I learned several concepts about leadership and teamwork that have strengthened the foundation for my learning team to operate as a more cohesive unit. From redefining our team culture to uncovering how to handle assumptions, there were numerous situations that allowed for intelligent failure to occur in a low-risk and familiar environment. In the following paragraphs, I will shed light into a few of my findings.

Whether you are the CEO of a huge corporation or you manage a small business, if you are in a leadership position at any company, one of the keys to your success as well as the success of the company is self-reflection. Often, this self-reflection starts with understanding why you do things a specific way and working to change your habits and attitude to allow yourself to be more successful.