1. Reflection Paper
English 102 at Delaware Technical Community College is a required course for students and one I
had to take this past semester. In this course, we have three large assignments consisting of an
informative research paper, argumentative research paper and a reflective essay. All three of the
assignments were required to follow an APA (American Psychological Association) format. Learning
to adapt to the APA format helped me learn to do things outside of my comfort zone and enlightened
me that I was not perfect in my writing skills as I had previously thought. Having to adapt to this
format should help me in the future to adapt to other assignments and for writing reports in my
future job. While I do think I learned some valuable skills in this class, I do think there are
somethings that could be changed that would have befitted me further or for future students. It is
a part of life that people will sometimes have to do things they think will be completely pointless, I
thought English 102 at Delaware Technical Community College would be one of those things.
Now that this class is coming to a closure, I realize that I was wrong. This class consisted of an
informative paper on a topic of our choice, an argumentative paper with a topic of our choice as
well, finished with a reflective essay of the course. The informative paper had the objective of
informing the reader about a certain topic without any opinion. The argumentative paper was to
present a discussion with
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2. Website Review Essay
After visiting and examining the PBS Web site, I was able to conclude that it is an extremely
successful entertainment and educational site. The Web site has won many substantial awards,
including the prestigious "Webbie Award" in 1998 and 1999. According to a recent survey, fifty
–six
percent of users at the PBS Web site are male and sixty percent are between the ages of eighteen and
forty–four. Forty–four percent of the Web site users have children and fifty–seven percent make
online purchases. (Gallup/Plaw Release: Survey of 40,000 Internet Users. Fall 1998.) The design of
the Web site is very bright and appealing to the eye. Its layout is inviting and easy to navigate. Its
design is consistent through all pages. There are many...show more content...
Another main section in the PBS Web site is called "TeacherSource." Its articles offer teachers
advice on incorporating cable, video, and the Internet into their classrooms and lessons. The
"Indie Scene" section concerns independent films and videos. It includes film reviews, a schedule
of movies, and interviews with filmmakers. The site has two different news sections, " Online
Newshour" and "News & Views." The "Online Newshour" section has up to date objective articles
with many photos. It also includes a new section geared towards high school students. The "News
& Views" section also deals with up to date news, but in a more subjective way. This section
includes opinion articles from a variety of people concerning more controversial news issues.
The section also has its own discussion group where users are able to post and reply to many
different topics. Other main sections on the PBS site include Adult Learning, history, science,
technology, and arts. The Web site also has its own shopping site called "ShopPBS." Here users
are able to purchase videos and books about anything from the Olympics to the rainforest. The site
offers users to sign up to receive a weekly email newsletter called "PBS Previews." The site also
offers television listings for PBS. In addition, there is a section where users can view the annual
report of PBS and find out about possible employment with the company. There is also an extensive
section where people interested
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