Composition Reflection Paper

Composition II has been an interesting class that has helped me to adapt and grow as a writer. I came into this class not sure what to expect, besides the norm of writing papers, but even then I wasn’t sure what kind of papers I would be writing when I enrolled. It turned out that this class covered many topics as we worked on writing research papers for a topic of our choosing. In the time following the start of our assignments, there was a lot to learn about how to research, working with others, the mechanics of writing, and becoming professional in how we explain the information we’ve gathered.
When it came to research, I wasn’t quite sure where to start. Of all of the topics I had on my list, I went with the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. Diseases have always fascinated me for some odd reason, but I hadn’t always done much research on them beyond a book or two if they were in my school’s library. Finding out about Ebscohost was a pure joy, to find a database with so much information just readily available, and information that is from credible sources at that. It made researching my topic so much easier. There were also …show more content…
One of the weirdest things to adapt to was never using the words “I” or “you” as they are words we frequently use when we are speaking or thinking. However, these papers were not about ourselves, merely the information, and trying to explain our findings in a way that people would understand.
Throughout the semester, there was a lot for me to work on, between figuring out how to research, write, and edit, it became apparent that I was going to learn a lot with this class. I loved the fact that our topics were something that we picked out ourselves, and I found a topic that resonated with me. It quickly became a way for me to learn about not only proper and professional writing, but also about the human immunodeficiency