I believe my writing has improved considering how poor my writing was at the beginning of the semester. My main goal when this semester began was to learn to develop my writing so as to be able to write college papers. I know my writing is not where I want it to be , but at this point I believe I have made progress as evidenced by the way I combine my sentence, write a complete sentence with fewer fragments, as well as my use of active voice versus passive voice.

Over the course of the semester, I have been able to identify some of my strengths and weaknesses. One of my strengths is my use of the writing center as well as meeting with my instructor on occasionally basis, which helped my writing process. On the other hand, one of my weakness is my use of thesis statement. As a writer, creating an effective thesis has been one the areas that I have struggled throughout the semester. To create an effective thesis,I know my thesis statement has to be concise and clear so that my audience can understand it.

 So reflecting back on the progress that I have made, I think I have accomplished some of the goals that I set for myself. I think my challenge will be to continue to write so that I can  continue what I have learned in English 102.

In regard to analyzing another' writer argument and after thinking critically thinking about my own arguments, I was able to identify some of the areas that I could improve on. One of the area that I was lacking was my thesis. I was unable to assert myself when making my argument because my thesis was weak. I discovered that most of the arguments that I had written lack a strong thesis which made my argument less effective. So I learned that having a stronger thesis as well as assertiveness when writing could improve my arguments.

Another thing that I learned after analyzing another writer's argument is that my arguments are not well organized. I discovered that I need to arrange my arguments in a way that my strongest argument comes first and the weakest argument comes last. In other words, I need to do a better job putting my strongest points first and putting the weakest ones last. So I feel that If I can change these two things my arguments would be more effective.

My most compelling evidence is my claim that undergraduate student who enrolled in graduate school immediately upon completion of a four year program are likely to have a competitive advantage in the workforce. This is strong evidence because it makes sense, and my audience can relate to it.  Everyone that has completed a four year college knows how hard it is to graduate. Taking a break after a four year college for a job only make makes it hard to enroll in graduate school. After concluding that this is my strongest claim, I am going to be restating this claim in my essay as I make my argument.

My weakest evidence is my response to the claim that students cannot afford graduate school immediately after a four year college program. I argue that most reputable companies has tuition reimbursement plan that can help upset the cost of schooling. This is my weakest evidence because completing a four year degree necessarily does not translate to a good job. To make this argument plausible, I will let my audience know that enrolling in graduate give a better competitive advantage in the workforce, but I will also let them know that they might accumulate a lot of student loan while doing so.