Mapping Reflection

I usually don't really pace myself when writing essays, I usually like writing it in one day to just get done with it. With this essay, I had to pace myself. First, I was writing while I was sick with a really bad cold, so I just wrote the first body paragraph and thesis statement because I really didn't really feel like doing anything else. I then wrote the rest of the essay the following week. The part that came most naturally to me was research. I pick out what research I wanted to utilize and then structure what I'm writing based on that research. Although finding sources for all of the groups took the most time due to the fact that I picked a lot of groups, it was enjoyable to read the differing perspectives. If I wasn't really satisfied with what research, I got for the perspective I would continue reading other articles. I had previously read “War as a Racket,” but it did not strike me to use it until later in my writing as I was having trouble finding sources from veteran groups. So, I pulled the book from my bookshelf and re-read some of the chapters I had previously enjoyed. I would have liked to find a better representative for the military industrial complex. I don't really like the representative I chose, and I didn't really like his quote. I chose it because I was running out of time and because I needed a quote.

 

 

 

 

The peer review was helpful in further corrections of my paper. My peer pointed out where I needed to add facts, and where paragraphs did not flow well for her. I was able to break up some paragraphs and make some adjustments to the paper based on her suggestions.

 

The only part of my essay that involved AI was the sources for the think tanks, because I got those from my annotated bibliography. I use Doctor Frankenstein to find those sources. Doctor Frankenstein is an AI I utilized for this writing class. That was made to help students with this class. I used them to get those sources. I had ten different sources I could have utilized and narrowed it down for the paper. The part I am most proud of was the third body paragraph where I quoted “War as a Racket” because I liked the book. One area I still need to improve as a writer is probably putting less of my opinion into my things. I might need to put a little more facts on the paper. I like showing off my thoughts in this essay because I have a lot of thoughts on the military budget. That's one thing I have learned throughout all of this, is that I like to write on a lot of topics.