Final Reflection

In the beginning of this class I thought I would never figure out how to even create my own page. Every time I would show up to class I'd want to rip my hair off I would get so angry at the fact that I couldn't figure any of this out. Slowly but surely I began figuring it out. With every assignment we received it was like a new adventure. Writing about what we like and enjoy telling other people about. As the class progressed I seemed to enjoy it more though from time to time or maybe a lot I would still get stressed about what to do. I wouldn't say I'm one of the best writers in the class because I would be lying but I did try. I enjoyed doing the assignments because it was about a topic that I was very interested it. One of the things I really didn't enjoy about this class was the NOFO. I think it is such a great idea that we can express our feelings towards something we are passionate about; in this case mine was about domestic violence and I am so happy that my team choose this. But the NOFO overall confused me VERY much. I didn't have experience writing a NOFO before I got here or maybe even now and the fact that I didn't know really frustrated me, because it was on a topic that I had been writing about. But other than that the other assignments I didn't mind. I also thought that the wiki blogs helped everyone out, it was sort of like facebook, posting how we felt in each class and then someone else would comment on it and help you from what you seemed to be confused about on that class. I do have one thing to say, this class was challenging.We weren't being spoon fed what we had to do it was basically up to us to figure it out. I think this is something that affected me I must confess. I like to have a certain structure so I know exactly what I'm doing. I'm the type that needs to-do list and check lists so I know exactly what to do and when to do it and not lose track of what it is I'm doing. So when coming into this class it was a challenge to figure it all out. But with every assignment I felt more confident that I knew what I was doing and off course with the help of my classmates I caught on quicker. I can't believe it's over, it's hard to think back to august when the class had just started and look to my final portfolio and see how many pages I created and how much I wrote. Not ever did I think that I would create as many pages as I did the first day of walking into this class. I think that all these assignments have made me a better writer and have helped me take criticism from others as well. The thing about the wiki is that everyone can see what you write, so if its bad you're basically screwed and if its good more power to you. I also think that is something that intimidated me at first, not wanting to show my writing to my classmates or not knowing what their reaction to my topics would be. Which I found to be completely rewarding because they always had something encouraging to say and great tips on how to improve my writing. Furthermore, the fact that my topic was chosen for the NOFO writing was a great feeling too. Though it has been a long process and A LOT of writing it doesn't end here like someone very wise told me the last day of class.I learned so many new things in this class that I will use in the future. From the writing to explore,evaluate, inform, it was all such a great way to expand not just in our writing but in letting others give us great pointers. I truly have gained so much from this class, but not just from the class but from my own writing. The writing doesn't stop, this is just the beginning.