Core Value 1. My work demonstrates that I used a variety of social and interactive practices that involve recursive stages of exploration, discovery, conceptualization, and development.

As you may know, this semester I definitely slacked off. This was by far the hardest English related class, possibly most challenging class overall for me. I do not believe my work overall has demonstrated the Core Value 1. For starters, I did not implement any recursive stages. Even when you left notes on my paper, I extremely struggled to implement them back into my paper. Was it because I just cannot rite, no. I am beyond burnt out. It is hard for me to even open my laptop screen. That is not an excuse, but it is one of the reasons why I was unable to complete that. I do believe I implemented the conceptualization aspect of the core value 1. This is because I wrote about an idea I doubt no one has ever done. Although I know I did not execute it to the best of my ability, I do believe I had a very good topic.

Core Value 2. My work demonstrates that I read critically, and that I placed texts into conversation with one another to create meaning by synthesizing ideas from various discourse communities. 

I believe this core value truly changed how I think. Like most people, I never thought counterintuitively. To be honest, I thought it was kind of pointless. However, in the beginning of the year I realized how important it is. This is because I enjoy the questioning aspect of everything. I am currently a physics major, and one thing that I always did was question everything I was told. This helps me truly understand something. By implementing this in other aspects of my life, I can learn and just see the world differently.

Core Value 3. My work demonstrates that I rhetorically analyzed the purpose, audience, and contexts of my own writing and other texts and visual arguments.

I feel like I achieved Core Value 3. When writing my research paper, I do believe that I achieved this. This is because my research paper’s topic was extreme. I knew exactly what audience I was writing about, and I knew I was writing against almost every English teacher. I do believe my essay had a purpose, and if I truly did everything 100% I could have a really good meaningful essay.

Core Value 4: My work demonstrates that I have met the expectations of academic writing by locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations.

I do not believe I have met the expectations of academic writing. However, I do believe I have used locating, evaluating, and incorporating illustrations and evidence to support my own ideas and interpretations. I believe I achieved this in my research paper. Do I believe I did it effectively, definitely no. However, I did believe I successfully incorporated illustrations in my causal essay when talking about the Phillies. For the evaluating aspect, I believe I achieved that when writing my definition essay by linking one topic to another. The transitions were rough, but I believe I did have a good idea while writing it.

Core Value 5. My work demonstrates that I respect my ethical responsibility to represent complex ideas fairly and to the sources of my information with appropriate citation. 

I do believe I did this in two of the three essays. In the definition essay, I believe I was very successful in achieving this. When writing the rebuttal essay, I do believe I meant to achieve this and in some places I failed. When writing against you, I did not any mean intentions. I am not sure if I came off as hostile, but I did not mean to. I truly do not have any mean feelings towards you. I have nothing but respect. In my cuasal essay, I believe I extremely failed this. By going against Google Scholar, I believe I did not go at it responsibly or fairly. I feel like I was going a bit too extreme, and some of my claims were not good enough for such an extreme topic.

Side Note:

I just wanted to thank you. You were nothing but patient with me. I barely did anything, but you were definitely one of my favorite teachers ever. I believe that you did of the most impact to me over any other teacher. Thank you for constantly pushing me. I appreciate everything you have done for me and my peers.