Formal Reveiw, What did you like about having a blog in a reading and writing course?

During taking English 100 the task of blogging was introduced. At first I was just a little skeptical, about how it was going to work in a reading/writing class. I liked the whole idea, because to me the thought of not having to write extra was great. After doing my first blog my opinion changed, as I started to type and neared the end of the post I realized that it wasn't all that bad. The blog enabled me to put my opinion down in a more convient way than writing it on paper, yet I was still writing in a different form. I really enjoyed writing blogs, as it also made me feel more comfortable writing my papers. The blogging was simple and easy to understand, and made it even more enjoyable to write without having to write something on paper by hand.

Evaluation of Task 4

What is the thesis for your paper?
How my view on reading has changed, and the importance of it from elementary school to college.
-Reading in the past living through time reading has been a major part of life, without realizing it i was reading and and becoming educated everyday of my life.

List the main points you make in your paper.
-Growing up with reading in the past and future.
-Jordan's essay Becoming Educated it gave me a new vision on reading.
-From elementary through up to college I have been becoming educated through reading material.

What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?
-I was not present for the peer review but I was able to have my girlfriend look at it. Brittany was able to help me understand a little better of what I was writing, as well as help with my punctuation, and grammar usage.

What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?
-Being able to receive help in class and get ideas of what to write about for the task 4 assignment.

How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them?
-In this task I actually had to break down notes and ideas of what to write before I actually sat down and wrote task four rough draft on paper. After getting a clear idea of what I was going to write I sat down and wrote this paper in a two day period as I struggled with task paper.

What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don't think you got a good handle on?
-If I could of I probably would of spent more time on it, I felt kinda rushed as other classes had papers due, and I wanted to try and get this one right knowing it wasn't going to be looked at by someone who really gives views on the paper.

What are most pleased with about this paper?
- I believe on this paper, I was able to relate to the essay pretty well I believe and was able to show some supporting detail.

Richard Rodriguez questions for reflection and writing

My relationship with books is not a big one, I usually try to avoid reading if at all cost. Throughout growing up I have never had reading pushed on me, or have someone really control what I read, except for like 4th grade when we were given incentive to read and write book reports. If we did do the task of actually reading the book and doing the book report we would receive a book it which was like a coupon you could use at pizza hut for a reward, of you reading the book. Throughout school I have also been distant from reading because through my elementary and Jr high school years It came to my attention that I had a speech problem, one that I still do today though not as bad. I had to take a speech class for stuttering, something that has always been embarrassing to me, and what made it worse was I had to read aloud in class were other students would make fun and laugh at me of course. After that I don't really read unless it's over an assignment or something I love to do. Like Rodriguez my aunt and my mom were both avid readers. Though they never forced it on me, and knew if they did it would of been pointless because I probably wouldn't of even tried to read any of the books. Throughout the years I have improved on that concept now  I'll read an assignment and not even think about it, now being back in school and having been through so much I have the desire to take it upon myself and read. Like Rodriguez in a way as well when I read thing's I didn't always comprehend things to well. Through time I have learned to do so, I remember on the day of my registering I was nervous about taking a place test for reading. Going into that test I stayed confident that I could read the material and understand it and that's exactly what I did testing out of reading something I probably would of never done before. As time goes on we all use reading in some form whether be at school, work, or on the Internet you have to read. Rodriguez was bound to read even  though his parent's didn't really approve of it. My aunt in the same way kinda helped discouraging me from reading, and do what I had to do to get by. I didn't like the idea of that and decided to start reading on something I enjoy. No, it may not of been big classics, but just book on cars mostly and some scary, though my favorite book is white fang. Rodriguez and I have things in common, Though now things are a little different, with time reading changes as so did Rodriguez and so am I..