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Formal Presentation
Reflection
Adyl Marie Feliciano
EN202 - English Composition II
Kimberly Bunts - Anderson
000024689
November 23, 2019
Reflection
The topic I chose is something I feel that should be brought up more because mental health among college students is quite an epidemic. I believe the topic I chose was a good topic, especially to see how many of my peers are struggling through the two targeted mental illnesses that I chose. If I had the time, I would work on this topic further to see the outcome of what these mental illnesses are doing to college students. From the start of this research, I was not happy with the other topic I’ve chosen and could not decide on which to settle. With this topic, I could not be any happier with what I selected because the data I have collected and the articles that I’ve read showed me what college students are going through.
The method I preferred was when we had to create a brainstorm and an outline. I believe that aided me in creating my research paper, as well as writing the essays we were assigned. The outline and brainstorm are very helpful for someone who is struggling to come up with ideas on what to write about or what to start with when writing their essay. The literature sources that I used for my research paper was very insightful and gave me a lot of information as to why college students felt the two mental illnesses. A few problems that I encountered through my search for literature sources was that I wasn’t able to obtain academic literature sources. Google scholar nor EBSCO was very helpful for me to find the type of information that I needed for my research paper. Though I found a few articles that were much more insightful and helpful for me. It also gave me a lot of information from college students themselves, which gave me a lot of emotional appeals. The type of sources that were most helpful to me and my project was the non-academic sources. The types of sources that I found most helpful for me to learn about my academic writing were the discussion assignments that were given to us because it was a good writing practice for me. A source that I found least helpful was the textbook because we rarely used it nor did we really need it in the first place for this course. I believe that I achieved the course requirements expected of me, except for the process essay because it wasn’t a process essay I was familiar with. Some of the skills that I learned in this course would be helpful for me to write future essays because there were some topics that were brought up that I never knew existed. Types of writing that I think will be required for me to do in future classes will be research papers.
Some of the skills I learned in this course would be helpful for me to find and locate information and literature as support. I think I am able to write academic essays in at least three different genres and support my reason. A writing skill that I think is strong and hope to develop more in the future is having a unique writing style. I believe that I learned enough about APA to apply it in future classes when asked, though I still have trouble when it comes to adding in the in-text citation. I think that this is a skill that I will use often in the future, especially when it comes to discussion topics or debates. Looking at and analyzing literature will help me support my writing or statement by giving me more knowledge about the topic I am trying to present. If asked to do primary research for my major, I believe that I could do it because this course helped me developed the skills and a background as to how to create one. The type of primary research skills that I learned was surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. These research skills are what aided me to write about my research topic. Though I wish we had more time to do these research skills because it isn’t an activity that can be done in a span of a week. The type of research I see myself doing in my future classes and in my future career is why and how the school system is managed to provide for our students and what doe is the school system doing to aid their students with mental illnesses. I see myself doing this type of research because it is important for me as a student and future educator to see how and what the school system is doing to provide for us students and future students.
In regards to this project, the weaknesses that I would like to work on is trying to piece together my essay because I found it quite difficult to try to make my essays flow. I found it difficult because I kept switching my topic from one to another because I was dissatisfied with what my results were going to be. Deciding on what to write about is an area that I need to work on because with limited time, you aren’t able to just switch topics as much you please to. For my academic writing, I feel that I improved in regards to how a research paper should be written out because I was never given an assignment where I had to write a formal research paper. This gave me enough background information and practice for me to look back on if I were to write a research paper in the future. Another aspect I wish we worked on was how we are able to come up with a research topic because I found that difficult to do.
The outcome of my research made me realize what college students are going through with their everyday college life. The outcomes made me see that behind a struggling student there is something more and I believe the colleges and universities should keep that in mind. I feel like I didn’t spend enough time thinking of the research questions I asked because there was so much more information I could not get from the survey I made but it gave me sufficient information to give me some background on my college campus. I feel that I should’ve broadened my questions and given background information on my research before giving my survey out to my peers.