Self-review

1. Which prompt did you select? Why did this one appeal to you over the others? What other prompts did you consider? I selected the prompt about Suzzane Britt’s, “Generation A+.” This appealed to me because I agreed with her point that she was trying to get across in her essay and I think that more people need to take notice to what’s going on in education. I considered writing on “Shame,” because everyone has experienced shame in one way or another.

2. Which mode(s) of writing were most helpful to you in terms of creating content? Did you primarily tell a story, compare and/or contrast or describe, for example? What other modes of writing/thinking did you utilize? I tried to use various different modes to help the idea of Britt’s essay and what I believed she was trying to express.

Primary mode(s): Description and compare and contrast

Secondary mode(s): Illustration and some narrative

3. What specific details will you include for your reader? Why are these details important? What do they accomplish? How education has personally impacted my life and teachers who have made a difference or have lacked influence on my education.

4. What “place(s)” or “scene(s)” do you try to recreate for your reader? Why are they crucial? Paste the most important scene in your essay below: An English class where I personally realized that past educators did not teach me all that I needed to know about writing. It is crucial because even though as students often times we don’t want to work for our grades, teachers have not been teaching students everything to prepare for higher learning. In the last paragraph Britt stresses, “If a teacher does not teach-and students do not learn-then the stately towers of academe become a little more than strip malls for shrewd shoppers.” We as a generation have forgotten what it means to educate and be educated. We have become infatuated with letter grades instead of the importance of what we take away from the classes and teachers. Yet, while we are concerned about the easiest way to get an A or pass a few classes, whose thinking about the next generation or the future Presidents or scientists. Will we have another leader willing to lead us to do great things or possibly run our nation into the ground? We as future leaders of this nation need to pursue education with passion and become “Generation Inspire” and not a generation full of failure.

5. Thinking in terms of your thesis, explain your main reason for writing…What are you hoping to accomplish in your essay? Why does it exist? I wanted to show how as a student in this generation I agree with Britt’s essay. How we have lost the eagerness to learn.

6. Thinking in terms of your audience, explain what choices you made with your reader in mind…What did you include, what did you take out? I tried to include as many details about my life as a student but as well as faults I found in the educational system.

7. What problems or struggles did you experience writing this draft? What kind of feedback would you like from your peer reviewers? I struggled trying to compliment Britt, I didn’t want to make her look wrong, but I didn’t want all the blame on students.