Project 1 Reflection: Opinions

In this project I had many positive feelings towards it.  I felt that it was a very interesting type of writing and that it would ultimately help me with my writing skills.  To be honest with myself I am somewhat of a lazy person, having chosen Memorial Union.  Not to say that there is anything wrong with Memorial Union, but it seems like it would be one of the easier places to analyze.

I think I projected myself very well throughout this paper.  I gave a good description on Memorial Union and put in good detail.  I also gave two fine views from the perspective of a freshman and the possible perspective of a senior.  I showed how the senior, having more experience with the surrounding areas, would possibly see the Memorial Union as an annoyance.  On the other hand as a freshman I showed how they may see it as a fun, subtle or even crazy environment.

Regardless of how well or how poor I projected things in my essay, I had many struggles.  I struggled with the length of the paper.  It was sort of hard for me to get the sufficient amount of words to follow the prompt.  This was due mostly to the fact that I took some lengthy observations but only used one half of them in my paper.  As the final draft came around the words flowed more easily and were transferred to the paper with ease.  Another tough point in this paper was finding the best point to incorporate the lens that needs to be included in the project.  I ended up changing the several spots where I had included them on more than one occasion. The most difficult thing of my writing in project one was the analysis.  In professor Linthicum’s review of my rough draft he told me that I needed to analyze more; he informed me that several of my paragraphs read like a brochure.

I think I could have done a better job at analyzing my paper.  It was a tough aspect in my opinion.  In my future writing I would definitely consider going to the writing center and get some help on analysis of objects or places.  I think I have somewhat of a tough time analyzing things instead of describing them. In the future I would ask why and how more.  I heard that using those questions is a good technique to analysis. 

This work could also help me outside the university in further works or studies.  Many architects must analyze places, buildings, and objects for there career.  So this work could be used in a possible career for me or potential interviews.  All in all the project was difficult but rewarding.