Reflecting

This class has explored identity and race in America, a topic I was somewhat familiar with from a class I took in high school. However, this semester I have learned how to write about these concepts with more rigor. My writing process certainly became more fluid as I began to revise more heavily than I had before. I had not used peer comments much in the past, and multiple workshops for each paper was a novel addition to my writing. I had thought before that I always wrote linearly, with a very structured writing and revision process, but over the course of the semester, my drafts have progressed in a more flexible manner.

Writing is certainly going to continue to be part of my life, even if discrete discussions of race and identity will not be the focus of my career. In engineering, communication is vitally important, so coherent rhetoric will continue to be my pursuit. Additionally, the idea of sharing your ideas to the world on the internet is the focus of the blogging we did as well as medium of many open source engineering projects. Being able to develop, read, and comment on online articles are skills that I have worked on this semester that will be carried forward.

Thanks for a great semester! One down, seven to go.