Review of the First Three Assignments

The first three assignments were a real shock as to what this class was expecting and how much work and effort should be put into the assignments. I am not saying that any assignment should be given more or less effort than others or done haphazardly but for each and every assignment there should be careful composition. The most important thing is to answer the prompts.

For 1.1 and 1.2 we turned in 1.2 without receiving 1.1 back so I am going to comment on both together. They were both based around identifying issues in your community that you cared about and then identifying your role in it. This caused two bad assignments to be turned in. After turning in 1.1 and then having to turn in 1.2 without feedback no one had any idea that they did the assignments wrong, and therefore, at least personally, the day we got them back and had the talk about how poorly we did really scared me about how difficult this class would be. I felt like I did a reasonably good job of answering the prompt but I missed some questions and that cost me greatly. Now, knowing that answering every part of the prompt is the most important thing and not necessarily writing an amazingly eloquent and fluid paper I have focused more on that.

For 1.3 I spent a long time making sure I hit every aspect of the prompt and thoroughly talked those points out. It took a much more careful approach to identify the audience and the broad audience. I think that it is important to read the prompts before class to be sure any questions can be answered in class instead of being confused when working on the assignment and spending longer redoing the assignment because the prompt was not fully understood.

I will now be keeping on top of assignments and beginning them much further ahead of the due date so that after reading the prompt and working on the assignment I will have class time to have my questions answered.