First post reflections

I just looked back on my first post at the beginning of the quarter and realized I didn't say all that much. I said I was unsure and uncomfortable with my writing capabilities and it was true, I think that I was and now through this quarter I believe I have become alot more comfortable with them. I am alot more sure of my writing capabilities. As far as being a contractor in my writing I believe that stays true because I leave up sign posts and have my paragraphs organized and my paper the same way. I believe I have grown as a contractor though from the beginning of the year. I still have a bit to work on though but that is just natural no one is perfect.

Critical Thinking and Writing

As far as my critical thinking has grown I believe that it has in some aspects and not really in others. I have always been abe to sythesize information in my writing I just never really knew what it was called. But now that I know its name and everything I have been able to work on it and I am able to better sythesize information now because of my ability to make a better analysis.
My wiritng has always been decent at a base level. I was never really all that good at coming up with a awesome thesis, but now I think i can and since my analysis skills have become greater it helps out the process tenfold. As far as the citations and everything I could use a little more work but I almost have it down.

Close Reading and Research

Over this quarter I have grown alot and learned many new things.
This quarter I have grown alot in my Close Reading skills. I learned how to pull out main ideas from scholarly reading and articles better than before. The fact that we practiced alot of precis and annotated bibliographies. They taught me how to condense the main points of those scholarly readings into a summary.
As far as Research I already knew how to synthesize information I just didn't know that was what it was called. But I learned how to better make an argument in a paper and to better analyze the information inside of it.

"Performance, Feedback, Revision"

Revision to me wasn't really all that of an important concept to me before college. In high school I never wrote a draft just the final copy. Now that we have been writing all these different drafts I can see how much I can improve my work.
Revision is putting something just that much closer to perfection. It is making sure you get your point across to others clearly and perfectly. It is making a strive to perfection something we think is unattainable. Which is why Brinkman's rap holds true.
You may think your work is perfect at first but then you gain feedback. Feedback lets you learn your mistakes from the thoughts from a single person. And something else I truly became aware of in college is the diversity of the viewpoints of every single person. Which is why if you gain feedback from as many people as possible you can attain perfection. With every person's feedback you fill a blind spot and makes the whole ending product that much more great.
Perfection is the key word. It is an unattainable goal, yet it is a concept any person wishes to attain. You can't assume you are perfect off the get go because you won't be, someone else will always find a fault no matter how minute.
This is why I believe revision to be important now because like every other person in the world I wish to attain that great prize of perfection....