The first reflection journal proved to be very beneficial in the sense that it provided my mindset towards the course, which was not necessarily good. I quote in my January 4 article that “Dr. Popham's goal in this course is to excite our inner writer; however, not everything in this world is so exciting,” implying that I don’t like English and don’t think I will. Although I didn't necessarily admire this course or what it was worth, the day Dr. Popham brought up citation analysis, I was actually excited. I said on January 25: “This has been quite useful because the words that can be associated with a keyword provide useful analysis. » I was quite surprised when I learned something useful in English class. On February 10, I'm writing about Dr. Popham's life-changing lesson about the forms of "becoming." Since then, "I really can't write my essays without thinking of better words that might fit the sentence better." As a result, when it came time to write my drafts, my peers and I didn't suffer much. On March 2, I explained: “I really enjoyed the free-flowing essays and therefore made them very enjoyable to read and review. » Reflection journal shows my changing attitude towards writing and helped me become concise