Reflection On My Ethnography Essay

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Out of the three essays I wrote during the English 122 class 2016 spring semester my favorite was the Ethnography essay at the beginning. I chose it because it required me to push beyond myself to get out and get the information I needed from someone else. The writing process was really hard for me at first but after I got further into it and sought out for help it became easier. I also feel like this was my best paper as far a prep and assistance goes, I meet with teacher, talked with a tutor, did the peer reviews and even though I did get a 158/200 I do feel proud of my work ethic during the planning process. The Ethnography essay challenged me as a writer and as a person who is going to start a nonprofit business one day this assignment helped me to gain the confidence and humility to ask questions and things of others to forward my gain an know that it is okay and to be comfortable in doing so.
I learned about the back stories of the people that have so much to do with making sure that I am successful during my time here at CCA. Also I learned that I can overcome my fears and that it is not as
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As far as why this specific assignment needed to be in this particular format I would say it’s because it didn’t require a great deal of formal information or need a lot of research done in to be recorded. It is important for us to learn all three of the essay format styles because it sets us of for writing throughout life in a formal since. And teaches us how to read other works in these formats as well as teaches us how to set up and chose the right format for the different types of writing assignments we may encounter during our college

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