A Retrospective
This class has taught me how to write more quickly. As life speeds by, my very long process had to be trimmed down to the basics. Perhaps I can hone this to make my writing more direct. I learned how to research primary documents, which I appreciated especially for somewhat obscure topics such as the Jewish American Congress. I also became a little more skeptical of the sources I used to only use, such as history websites, because I found some inaccurate statements in them. From reading primary sources I could see why the secondary and tertiary sources interpreted it that way, but it resulted in an inaccurate retelling. I enjoyed the concept of peer editing that this class used. This is something that I became very familiar in high school and I appreciate it still because of the growth it promotes in my writing. I enjoy seeing other people's styles of writing and adopting things from them that I am lacking in my own. I enjoyed the flexibility of the blogs. They are different ...
