Project Two Reflection: Clutch

        I was very stressed with project two. I thought my draft was written well but I struggled with making changes. I thought the paper was strong and did not want to take out things that I thought were important. I struggled with coming up with new things and trying to make them fit the flow of the essay. Whenever I thought of my essay, I could not think of new things to contribute. I was getting nervous as to how I was going to change my essay. I took a risk. I took a break. I stopped thinking about anything related to the essay hoping that a break from trying to think of how I could change it would give me new ideas. Finally, Friday came and I had not thought of anything new. I did not panic but finally sat down to tackle the rest of the essay. When I finally sat myself down and stopped worrying about the essay, it became easier. After not thinking about the essay for what seemed like weeks, I got my groove back. While my brain seemed to click at the right time, I do not wish to take this approach again. It was very risky and nerve racking. 

I also struggled with the view of the project. I am not good at making things look pretty and having a writing assignment with pictures was tough. I did not know what pictures fit and which didn’t and I struggled in making a design for the project. I struggled with creating a map and did not know how to make the map large enough until the last minute. I will apply my work in the world outside of the university by creating projects that are more user friendly that people can visually enjoy. It will be a struggle for me, but I hope to make my projects viewable.  

       I thought my synopsis was done well and I really liked my annotations. I thought I wrote a strong evaluation and am proud of the work I did. I thought my project two was better than my project one. I thought I went a little over on the writing requirements but I thought the things in the project were needed. I really liked my criteria because I truly believe in what I wrote. I am not a fan of big classes and I thought this was my way of telling other people. I have struggled with the lecture classes and online courses and wished to voice my concern with the learning environments. I enjoyed finding sources that backed my opinion that large classes made things like class participation and debating issues harder. I found evidence that showed me that small classes was positive in many aspects that fit my criteria. 

I really enjoyed project two because it was something different. It was not the usual writing assignment and that is what I think caught me off guard. I understand now that projects in the real world will not all be just writing and things like design are vitally important.