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 than normal, which is cool. It was also interesting to see the different amounts of effort different people put into them as the semester progressed.

The most helpful thing I will take from this class going forward is the practice I had with the USC library resources. I have already used these skills in another class.