about the memo

This was a challenging paper to write. I really felt like I was just piecing together quotes from different articles. Because I didn't actually read some 0f the articles, we just read summaries, I felt like I was missing pieces. I know we are not supposed to apologize for our writing but I really wasn't happy with the way my paper turned out. I think it looked more like a rough draft than a finished work. The first couple of sections which were the ones I felt most strongly about, looked okay, but the further into my paper the weaker my arguments seemed to get. I just didn't have as much information for those as I did for revision and choice for example. It was definitely a creative assignment, that made me look at teaching writing in a new way. When I thought about English class in elementary school before this assignment I thought of those goofy text books that we had to work out of. Most of my classes try to get you thinking about what goes on in a real classroom and I felt that this was a great way to do that. Even though this was an extremely challenging assignment, I appreciate its value.