Reflecting on my ESSAY...

How do you think you did?
The essay was extremely difficult for me. I never didn't an arguemenative essay, so I was really out of my comfort zone. I know I didn't do as well as I thought I would. I really did work hard though. When I got my feed back from Craig I really wasn't expecting his reply, but I really understood what I did wrong on the essay from what he has told me. Reading his critique helped A LOT by letting me know what i can do next time to make my up comming essays better.
What have you learned about your writing process? writing- Philosophy?
I normally do all my prewrites the same and my work turns out great, but this time it was different. All I kept thinking was " oh no. what am I suppose to do? I dont know what this is? I dont get it. How am I suppose to put this together?" So I really struggled. My writing process has been pretty much consistant also. I've always started with an organized pre-write, then create a draft, look over it to see if it has anything that should be added in it, then create my final. I'm always doin informative essays since 3rd grade so it definately caught me off guard when Craig said we have to do an argumentative essay.
What have you learned about college writing vs. highschool writing?
I learned college writing is TOTALLY different from highschool writing. Highschool writiing is consistant in the ways you have to write. In college you can get a assignment which has just been introduced to you for the first time. From 3rd grade all the way through high school I have been taught how to make an informative essay and to make it concise. In college you may have to create several paged essays and make a different kind of point. You can get behind so quickly so you really need to make a plan you will go by the day your assgned an essay. The teacher isn't really leanient on you if your late so you really have to turn it in on time or basically "your screwed". In high school, you get so much time to work on it, the topic is first grade, and you don't really need to have a set plan. You just get the topic and due date, if you finish than turn it in, if you don't than get it in as soon as possible.
What changes will you make for next time?
Next time I will definately ask for help aead of time so I can get started and see what changes I need to make my essay perfect. I won't ask all the questions I need to be answered at last minute either. I think I should also get several people's point of view on my paper about ways to make it better.