With revision, I was able to see clearly how I could improve in my writing as a student, and a personal individual. Connecting with the “Critical Reading” and “Critical Thinking” section of Susan Anker’s book, Real Essays Interactive, it guided me in different paths on how to approach my paper when it came to responding to various authors. For example, by paying close attention to the author’s words they wanted to convey to their audience, I found myself thinking about approaching my papers in different perspectives from what I used to write in. Before, I was solely taught to write in someone else’s view, not my own as it could’ve been too biased when analyzing an author’s work. Yet, reading deeper into the “Critical Reading” section, states, “asking yourself questions about the author’s purpose… you should consider whether you agree or disagree with the points being made.” Reading this along, felt like a reassurance as it was okay to place personal input and not solely writing in different viewpoints other than my own. Furthermore, reading other student’s personal thoughts being included into their work acted as a support when it came to acknowledging that it was alright to put in personal thoughts, and again, improved my writing a lot. It gave a sensation of being in the same place of other fellow classmates, and in some sense of supporting each other as we responded to each other’s
With revision, I was able to see clearly how I could improve in my writing as a student, and a personal individual. Connecting with the “Critical Reading” and “Critical Thinking” section of Susan Anker’s book, Real Essays Interactive, it guided me in different paths on how to approach my paper when it came to responding to various authors. For example, by paying close attention to the author’s words they wanted to convey to their audience, I found myself thinking about approaching my papers in different perspectives from what I used to write in. Before, I was solely taught to write in someone else’s view, not my own as it could’ve been too biased when analyzing an author’s work. Yet, reading deeper into the “Critical Reading” section, states, “asking yourself questions about the author’s purpose… you should consider whether you agree or disagree with the points being made.” Reading this along, felt like a reassurance as it was okay to place personal input and not solely writing in different viewpoints other than my own. Furthermore, reading other student’s personal thoughts being included into their work acted as a support when it came to acknowledging that it was alright to put in personal thoughts, and again, improved my writing a lot. It gave a sensation of being in the same place of other fellow classmates, and in some sense of supporting each other as we responded to each other’s