Feelings About CARD 101 Progress

    
    Overall I feel good about my progression in this class. In the beginning, I didn't really know what to expect and didn't dive deep enough in my first essays. In terms of my Microtheme, I think I definitely could've explored the topic more to have more understanding about it. I feel like for my Microtheme, I did not do the amount of research that I should've and it could've been done more like my rational argument just with a more popular topic.

    The documentary project was a bit of a shift from what we were doing; however, my English class last year was exclusively film and presentations so I felt somewhat prepared. Similarly to my Microtheme, I think I could've gone a little more in depth in terms of rhetorical analysis and breaking down a few specific scenes. I definitely could've used more of the quote sandwich format for it as well which would have made it more organized as I feel like it's a little scattered.

    Lastly, my Rational Argument was the most challenging one yet. I chose a topic that I was interested in so that I would research more, but it was a little too niche as it was difficult to find sources regarding the topic. Despite this however, I think I did better at going in depth on this paper even though I couldn't argue everything I initially wanted to. This was a good experience as I got to struggle with not initially finding exactly what I'm looking for.

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