User:Cadieblaser

bio
My name is Cadie Blaser, raised in Centralia WA. Through out school I was involved in many activities mostly sports. I still enjoy skiing, playing golf year around and horseback riding. Another passion of mine is to travel, Ive been to pretty much every historical place in the US. Three years ago I traveled to Switzerland and parts of Italy. Last year I attended Western Washington University for a year. I now attend the Art Institute in Seattle for Interior Design. I hope to design and decorate restaurants hopfully in California or Arizonia. I have lots of goals and plans for myself and cant wait to see where life takes me.

reflective assessment
Going into this class I was a little skeptical about what it would consist of. I figured since the course was called Analytical Writing, we would most likely be writing a few different types of essays. Instead we were required to write a group essay about a issue in our society. At first, I thought this would be an easy task but was quit mistaken after a few weeks. We decided to write about college and its effects on students education and coping with the change from high school to college. We decided to split up our paper into sections, mine being about the cost and financial help. I also touched on helpful ways of preparing student's and their parents along with different issues they don't consider when thinking about further education after high school. Researching was probably the easiest part for finding various sources which applied to my subject. The hardest part for me was not procrastinating and getting together with my group. I feel we struggled with the structure of our paper but after our meeting on the 10th week, our paper began to flow. It would have been much more helpful to combine our paper earlier in the quarter. For me, I thought writing independent papers would be more work but came to find this particular assignment more challenging. It wasn't trying to work together but more of thinking on the same line as my other group members so our paper would work well. If I were to take this class over, I would definitely start earlier than I did and get together with my group on a more regular basis. Overall, I feel I gained more knowledge about social issues in our country along with researching and collaborating in a group.