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Documentary Project
This semester was a little bit of a rocky start. With the film festival claiming our professor, the documentary project was confusing. However, once coming to class started, things became a lot less stressful. The professor had to push back the documentary project and offered a lot of helpful guidance and sources. There were plenty of opportunities for revision and editing. The process was wonderful while we were in class. I enjoyed that we had to post blogs about our documentary project because it kept us in the loop and helped get guidance from our other classmates on how to answer certain questions. Through the documentary project I learned more about the revision process, concision, verb tense, and how to not be bias. All these skills are very helpful and will help me be a better writer for the future.
Mock Interviews
Another portion of our class was the mock interviews. Those I was terrified for doing because I hate being the center of attention. Speaking in the front of a classroom is not something I enjoy because if I feel like I said something stupid it makes me feel like the whole classroom has noticed. Making up questions was also difficult but I am glad that we worked as a group. Once we finally did the interviews they felt like they were no big deal. I am glad that we did the interviews because they were helpful for the future and fun. They gave me more confidence.
Blogs
Blogs were a huge portion of our work. I felt like some of the blogs were a bit repetitive. Specifically with "what would you like to work on" or "what are your strengths/weaknesses" blogs, I felt like they were a tad bit repetitive. However, I truly enjoyed blogging because it gave me a place to express my own thoughts about topics in class in case we ran out of time. It was great to be able to see what my peers thought too. I know I was always looking at John's blogs in particular for guidance. Overall, the blogs gave me a place to express my feeling with the outside world. I tried to be more professional in them, because I was always conscious that anyone can read them.
Exercises
The exercises were another portion of class. I like to look back at the first, evil exercises and laugh. Whenever I think exercises I remember the conversation we had in the middle of the semester that was like a turning point in our classroom. The exercises were exactly what we needed after our conversation. I enjoyed doing them in class with my peers because we were able to bounce off ideas and our own experiences. It was actually a lot of fun and I felt like it was more real world when we did it in class. We became our own little police department. :)
Enhanced Skills
The enhanced skills I have gained were concision and verb tense. These are two big things that will follow me to the rest of my life. Another skill is being unbiased. I have never been told not to be bias in a paper. All the papers I write have to have an argument and I must choose a side. Telling the facts just as they are was easier than expected, except for the introduction. Oh man, that was hard to stop myself from going into a fluffy introduction. However, I was able to accomplish a lot and grow tremendously as a writer this semester thanks to this class.
Goals
The goals of the class were to work on Rhetorical Knowledge and Skills and Critical Thinking. Through all the assignments I was able to work on my logos, pathos, and ethos. In addition, I was able to think more deeply on the assignments. 
I am saddened that the semester has flown by so quickly. I wish you all the best and hope that we shall be seeing each other more on campus. I'll miss you!