Cruz Campos, Eduardo

Professor Alamandrez

05/13/17

Reflection letter

This semester I had the most trouble with essay number two. When we began talking

about the topic proposal I was very excited because my English class had a debate on whether or

not technology could replace teachers. The argument went on for about 20 minutes and I kept

making valid points throughout the debate. When it came to writing down the essay I got writers

block and could not think of ways to provide my point. I had never got writers block in my life,

but I felt as if I knew everything I wanted to say but could not write it down. This essay was the

one essay all semester that I was excited for because it sounded so fun.

I think that it was the most difficult because I kept doubting myself on what I was going

to be able to write. I kept trying different ideas and tried to look up different ways that I could

search up research on the California State University Northridge databases but that turned out to

be the hardest part. I was trying to get information on how online educational classes can take the

jobs of the traditional in class teachers. Yet I could not seem to find any information on the

database because it seemed that all the articles were against my topic so I really had to search

hard and filter everything on the database.

I eventually was able to overcome these writer block issues but towards the end of the

due date. I believe I was able to overcome these issues because I went to the Learning Resource

Center, which really came in handy because the lady who helped me really helped me understand

how to put together my essay. I also found the ability of not including the reader in the paper

made my essay a lot stronger. I was also able to look up transition words that would help my
essay flow smoother. Most importantly I began to use my time management more efficiently and

was able to find about three to five sources that I would be able to use in my essay that helped

me support my point. I believe this essay was the one I struggled with the most because I wanted

to get my point across, yet I just did not know how to do it without making it sound opinioned

based.