Reflection On Disability In Contemporary American Culture

As I surveyed the various Writing 100 courses at freshman orientation, this class “Disability in Contemporary American Culture” immediately caught my eye. As a special education major, it makes sense that the subject of disability would be of interest to me. I thought that I would be fully prepared for this course after taking a memorable and intensive course in English last year. In retrospect, after attending class for about two months, I certainly did not expect to learn an entirely new process of writing. Never in my writing career in high school did we go through multiple stages of revisions or reflections, nor did we practice fundamental writing skills such as clear argument formulation, the insertion of naysayers or the art of summarization. I believe that my academic papers in high school would have benefitted greatly from implementing these skills. After acquiring and working to master these writing techniques through our various in-class practice sessions and multiple essays, I feel that I improved tremendously as a writer. As I examined the stages of my writing, I believe that my main claims have become clearer and I have become more successful at emphasizing why these topics matter …show more content…
Before this course, I would write a paper in one or two sittings and be done with it forever. Now, I have been able to adapt to new ways of writing a paper that involve peer review, my professor’s comments and multiple drafts, which have all contributed to improving my writing. Even with this progress, I still have goals for improvement. My goals are to be less wordy in my writing, to be more thoughtful and dig deeper in my analysis section, and to put more time into formulating smooth, clear transitions. I am hopeful that as I write papers in the future during my college career, I will be able to improve my writing skills further and reach these goals to compose many pleasing and satisfying