Dear Dr. K,

I believe that I have grown as a writer as well as a reader through this class. As a writer, I began the semester with some bad papers that obviously did not fulfill the criteria of your instructions. But as the semester continued, I learned how to understand the directions and write a stronger paper. The third paper, the in-class essay, is when things started to come together for me. I liked this paper the best of them all because I completely understood what the requirements were, and you gave me a chance to speak my mind about the way someone else wrote. This also opened my eyes about reading and not to jump to conclusions just because of the fallacies. The rough draft did not have any terms (specific fallacy names), but I did add them to the final draft which is included in my portfolio I also did not have the time to cover all of the fallacies in a 75 minute class, but I went back and added them in along with a stronger conclusion.

The second paper I included into my portfolio is the fourth essay. I included this essay because I felt though it was not good, I could make it better by adding what each article could do for me and in what way I could use my sources. I did not list my criteria for information in my first section and I added that along with setting my sources against each other in my conclusion. The conclusion I originally had in paper four was what I needed for paper five. So, in paper four I wrote a new conclusion. Not only did I change the harsh oversights, but I changed the many grammatical mistakes.

The third paper I included in my portfolio was paper five. I felt that was my strongest paper. Like paper three, I enjoyed the topic and was interested in a solution. I found I have a problem with writing too vaguely and I went back by change the multitude of pronoun use. I have to remember in my future writing to be clear and write as if the reader has no. idea about the subject. I also found that when I get wrapped up in my writing I begin making generalizations. I did that in both essay three and essay five.

I enjoyed your class and I felt that I improved as a writer. Thank you for your interest and your help.

Thank you again,

Bart Simpson