reflection- essay 2

It was difficult putting what I wanted to say into words. I knew the ideas I wanted to use, but not how to use them. It was fun getting to write about my family’s tradition. I have never known the details of the tradition or when it started, so it was fun to have a learning moment along the way. It was easy interviewing and embedding the quotes but hard trying to cite them. I had Purdue owl help me out the best it could. It was fun to laugh with my family about the memories we made, and it was fun to be an interviewer. Instead of following the “typical” procedures for an essay, I got to do something out of the ordinary, and interview people. This helped me take even more control the paper. I got to choose who I wanted to ask questions, what I wanted to ask, when I wanted to ask, and how I wanted to ask. It was cool to add in photos as well. This allows the reader to actually see the artifacts used, and the actual people involved. With the photos, actually having faces allows the tradition and the meaning come off stronger to the reader. It was not fun doing citations.