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I personally think that the Oral History is the most important work within the
portfolio. I placed the most effort into this piece and spent the most time revising this
work. I believe that it is the most important due to the fact that it covers a research aspect
as well as a creative portion. The research comes from the interview portion where I
talked with a professional racer, Anthony Sanders. I used this as an opportunity to learn
about the profession and what it will take to possibly become a racecar driver. The
creative aspect of the essay comes from the initial planning of the work. We had the
freedom to interview anyone of our desire and explore his or her life.
Strengths in my writing are very few but the weaknesses can be found very
quickly. I believe that I have the ability to pick out my weaknesses because I have the
habit of comparing myself to peers within the classroom. This habit can be found helpful
to some people but I sometimes find it discouraging. I personally do not think that I am a
bad writer but when comparing, I see that there is plenty of room for improvement. The
main struggle for me is repeating words throughout my essay. I worked on this issue
during the course but could never seem to shake it. Other than this mistake, I sometimes
find myself writing multiple fragmented sentences. Every time I received a paper back,
there was at least one of these issues contained. My strengths of writing can be shown
within my Oral History. The most prominent strength would be the ability to create a
great introduction. The effect of this is the inability to continue the greatness throughout
the paper. Even though this is true, I have progressed exponentially this semester and am
appreciative of the knowledge I have gained.
I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in this course and will continue to build on my
skills as well as I will never forget the amount of progress I made during my first
semester in college. I personally never expected my writing course to be this difficult but
in order to be great, hard work must be executed. I would have never placed this much
effort into the class if it were not for my professor continuously pushing my classmates
and I to do great things. I have learned a lot, and I will value this opportunity forever.