Reflections

I learned a lot about how writing circulates and develops over time.  Through this course, I've seen multiple examples of how writing can change over time and across multiple different mediums and sources.  I thought our work with Harris did a lot to help me conceptualize the different moves writers can make with respect to other people's work.  The first chapter, "Coming to Terms", really helped me to be a better critical reader, and the chapter's about forwarding and countering helped me to see what other writers were doing, as well as to incorporate these moves into my own writing arsenal.

I really enjoyed the news focus of this class.  I had fallen out of paying attention to the news last quarter, but I've become an avid follower recently, do mainly to this class.  Reading the New York Times started as just an "assignment", but now it's gone on to me just caring more about the world around me.  I also really like how we discussed the news in class.  It was always interesting to hear what other people were following, and I liked talking about the news stories I had seen.  I also found myself looking into stories a lot more.  I never used to look at different sources for stories, but now I've become more skeptical about different points of view.  Overall I really enjoyed this course.