Throughout the semester I tried to approach all three assignments in a similar way, I researched and made rough notes with ideas on what It was that I wanted to discuss throughout the paper. However, I  think something new I did was taking screenshots of evidence as images, usually I just use text but the professors use of charts and statistics via surveys unconsciously encouraged me to seek visual information such as charts or images. I also utilized search engines and academic commons where I was hyper specific with the information or statistics I needed, for example with the neighborhood profile since the paper was already specific on it being in Harlem, I was even more specific in looking up gentrification in Harlem. I came across a very detailed article that helped reinforce the argument of gentrification. This made me take note of the usability of the Cuny academic commons. Seeing the results of the survey we took in class made me realize a lot of students including myself have a writing process we choose to stick to; however, I didn’t see many answers about a struggle in writing drafts which is something I struggle with. I found it helpful to ask peers for their opinions on my essays, for example I asked for help on what I should say in a conclusion. I find it hard to end my essay as I feel that saying “in conclusion” sounds elementary and I also find it hard to not just restate what I said in the introduction. My classmates gave me advice on posing a new perspective based on the argument I provided throughout my essay or expanding on the bigger picture of the paper. I think the only assignment I found relatively difficult was the neighborhood profile, I think this was because I had never done an appendix or written a paper in APA, the assignment also required more evidence and for me to include evidence from specific websites provided to us. I also found it hard to gain the courage to interview people on the street. In regards to my favorite assignment, I enjoyed the online community paper the most since I got to choose a community where there isn’t really a lot of conflict, I think in a world so heavily conflicted whether it be by politics or environmental factors, an online community where people can be silly and kind over something as simple as sourdough bread is what I believe the internet was supposed to provide. I also believe even the internet has began to lose its ability to be a space to escape real world conflict, and the sourdough community is an escape from the mean communities that can be online.  I enjoyed highlighting the simplicity and, in my perspective, pure silliness of the sourdough community.