English 1302 Reflection Paper

English 1302 is a very demanding class but it was also a very useful one, since it thought me many things about researching and about supporting an argument. The main thing I learned is research since we had to find a lot of information for our papers. The course demands the student to write fifteen assignments, which means that almost every week there was a paper or a brief assignment to complete, thus making the class a laborious process. Although the course was going to be challenging from the beginning of the semester, the professor helped us alot even though we met in a classroom once a week. This class was not easy at all and I found various difficulties along the way, the first major obstacle I encountered during the course of this class was the time effort that was needed to look for the sources for my Literature Review. In addition, a problem that my graders noticed in my assignments was the synthesis of sources and I think that was because I did not quite get the difference between the synthesis and summary. On the other hand I acquired more knowledge on how and where to look for sources when I need some. Texas Tech University's library website did not really help a whole lot but Google Scholar and a search engine that only searches for website with the …show more content…
However, it has increased my capability to argue and search for data and I think that was an important part of this course since all the assignments were working towards the final Research Argument. Although, I learned new things I still need to work on my synthesis of source since I found that it was a recurring mistake I made throughout some of my assignments. Ultimately, the class has been effective and useful, and my professor has been very helpful and available, even during her office