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My Final Reflection

This is a final reflection letter summarizing the assignments completed in a writing class. The student discusses how each assignment helped them develop as a writer and thinker, with the extended inquiry project being the most challenging. They also discuss gaining more confidence and experience questioning through their work.

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My Final Reflection

This is a final reflection letter summarizing the assignments completed in a writing class. The student discusses how each assignment helped them develop as a writer and thinker, with the extended inquiry project being the most challenging. They also discuss gaining more confidence and experience questioning through their work.

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My Final Reflection.

Dear Malcolm,

It feels as if I Have come full circle. I started this class with a letter to you and I am happy to

leave your class the same way. Throughout my time in your class, I have learned a lot. Each

Assignment taught me something new. Each assignment was important, the Studios, the Topic

Proposal, the Annotated Bibliography, the first EIP draft, the final draft and the ePortfolio. Each

assignment had its own difficulty and satisfaction that came from completing it. This class

allowed me to develop as a writer, a questioner, and a thinker.

For me, the Studios were the least impactful of the assignments. They were still helpful

however. Each Studio had a different objective that intended to help me become a better writer. I

believe they did help me learn new skills. These skills however, need further development

through more writing. Developing these skills will be a continuous process that will hopefully

make full use of what the studios have taught me. Many of the studios would have been more

useful had the due dates been slightly different. Many of them came just after an assignment

where they would have been useful. For example, the last one was due just after I had finished

my revision. While this was partly my fault as I could have done the studio earlier, having the

due date earlier would encourage students such as myself to use that information in our revision.

The Topic Proposal assignment was exciting to me. The hardest part was coming up with

a topic. After I found a topic that I had a genuine interest in, it was easy. Seeing how much

information was available for my topic was exciting. There was also a bit of fear that came along

with the Topic Proposal. I wasn’t afraid of the assignment; I was afraid of the eight pages I knew

I would have to write afterwards. I knew the paper was a long-ways away but this assignment

was the start of my development as a writer, questioner, and thinker.


The Annotated Bibliography was the first assignment that gave me some trouble. I had to

make sure I was asking the right questions. I had never had to find specific types of sources. It

wasn’t easy, especially with my topic. The attention that VAR gets mostly comes from sports

news articles. Finding a reliable website was difficult. Finding a peer reviewed journal was even

harder. The entire process helped me both to become a better thinker and questioner. I was able

to ask the right questions and figure out where VAR would be a part of a reliable source.

The Extended Inquiry process was by far the hardest assignment I had this semester. The

first draft was difficult. It took me a long time to get all of my ideas together. After I had my

ideas together things got easier. I still ended up being disorganized with my ideas in the end. My

paper wasn’t as orderly as I would have liked. This made the revisions ten times harder to do.

That was what made the Extended Inquiry Project so hard for me. I had to completely re-arrange

my paper. I also had to add two full pages of new material, as well as, fixing all my small

mistakes and preventing new ones. This made it extremely satisfying when I finished. I knew it

had made me a better writer, questioner, and thinker.

The ePortfolio surprised me the most. I don’t have a creative bone in my body. Or so I

thought. The portfolio allowed me to find a small amount of creativity within me however; I

fought against that creativity with everything I had. I waited and waited to start designing the

website. As soon as I started, I began to enjoy it. Even though it doesn’t look great, I still got a

lot of satisfaction in doing it. While the ePortfolio didn’t make me a better writer or thinker, it

did still help me a lot.

Thank you for teaching me how to be a better writer this semester. I have learned a lot in

the class and I do believe I have developed as a writer and as a person. I started the semester still

being a little shy. Throughout this semester and in your class, I have come even further out of my
shell. Coming from such a small school with a graduating class of 8, I needed to get further out

of my comfort zone. This class played a role in that. I strongly believe each one of the

assignments I did for this class developed me as writer, questioner, thinker, and a person. Thank

you again.

Sincerely,

David Flowe

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