Nicholas Carr Reflection

I think that I summarized Nicholas Carr's article well because I read the excerpt in our textbook several times, and I decided to read the original full version from The Atlantic. This helped me to better understand what his message. After I thoroughly read the article, I sat and thought about how I could relate it to my life and my personal reading habits. Then I gave consideration to both sides of the argument and decided how I felt about it. The next step was to outline how I wanted to summarize his article and express my thoughts regarding it. I did this by jotting down a quick outline, and coming up with a thesis. After that I used the outline as a guide to keep me on track, but I just began writing what I remembered of what he

This is because I really like to make A's, and let's face it, I would be biased. I'm just playing with you, but in all seriousness, I do think that I wrote a paper worthy of receiving an A. I think that I gave an accurate summary, included sufficient supporting data, and stayed within the parameters that you set for the assignment. I was able to do this easily by utilizing the information that I have learned in class. That is another reason why I would give myself an A, because the point is to display that I have learned what is being taught and can apply those lessons

Carr said, and then pulling in information from other people and my own experience to back up my position. I think that if I had the time to read Dr. Twenge’s book that I could have given a better recap/explanation of the data that she has collected and the many ways that it correlates to what Mr. Carr was saying in his article. I did watch an interview with her and read an article by her in order to gather enough information. I was also able to read parts of her book via Books on Google Play. That was very helpful. Interestingly, the article that I found by her was also published in The Atlantic. Unfortunately, no one from class reviewed my essay, but I did go to the Writing Center. Cooper read my essay. He helped me with a couple of minor wording issues, but said that he thought that it was a good/strong paper. He did suggest that I expound upon what Clive Thompson and Marshall McLuhan were trying to say. He seemed to think that Mr. Carr didn’t interpret their meanings exactly how they had intended them, or that maybe it was not exactly in the correct context. I did a little research into both of the men and their original viewpoints. I decided not to expound on it though because the assignment was to summarize and respond to what Nicholas Carr wrote, not what Thompson and McLuhan had written on the subject. It also would have made my paper way too long. If I would have had more time to complete the