-Introduction & Thesis: Before coming to this course, the subject of writing mostly meant to analyze a piece of literature or take a stance on a particular issue. There were rarely any real world application from the written work done. In high school, I learned to structure an essay, format the sentences, and develop good grammatical skill. In the previous college writing course I have taken, I learned to analyze, prove a particular situation from a text, and help finding a solution to it. After ten weeks taking Writing 39C, I am amazed by the usefulness of the topics towards my future as a student, an active advocate of the society, or as an engineer. This course ties all the writing skills I have acquired and connects them to the concurrent …show more content…
In the previous writing course, I examined the story of eccentric Tommy Wiseau that had no implication after the end of the course; whereas, I got to learned about whitewashing in the film industry that it still prevalent in our society today. My role as a has switched from being only a writer to being a researcher and advocate. Likewise, my goal is different as well. As a writer, I often aim to write a perfect essay and trying to achieve the status of a legitimate author. Instead, now I am focusing on substantiate and attempting to eliminate an overlooked issue in the society. Through the process, I have also learned more about the events in the society. Overall, Writing 39C has changed my perspective on writing, and it allows me to take my …show more content…
I got to recognize any ambiguous or missing part in my argument. For instance, in my HCP on whitewashing, I started the argument with a brief mention on the portrayal of the race of Santa Claus to depict the prevalence of whitewashing. It was not until Tammy, my HCP peer, read the first couple sentences and thought that my topic is about the discrimination in the portrayal of race that I realized I made a serious mistake. In addition, I have remembered Rebecca’s advice that every piece of text that comes up is an opportunity to keep the reader’s attention. Thus when I was revising my HCP introduction, I immediately alert my readers on the severity of the issue of whitewashing and how it could lead to consequences that could duplicate the Holocaust. Usually I treat peer review as just an assignment to help each other. However, Rebecca’s clever assignment of peer edit have demonstrated to me the power of peer edit. I was assigned Sandy, who had a similar topic to mine, as my peer. Upon reading her AP draft, I learned new aspects of issue that I had never come across while working on my AP. Overall, I found myself immersed in Sandy’s AP draft; I was learning and at the same time trying to correct her mistakes. Since I was already familiar with her topic, I was able to not just read what is on the paper and answer the peer review checklist questions. This is much enjoyable than forcing to read