Assignment #2

When trying to figure out what I wanted to write on, many things came across my mind. I then narrowed it down to what I could somewhat consider myself as somebody who knew a little about what I wanted to argue. That is why I came to the conclusion about writing on why students should wear BYU apparel while attending here. I considered myself somewhat of an expert because I am in a situation where there are consequences if I wear other college/university apparel.

The first draft was easy to write because I was interested in the subject I was writing on. I have found that if you write on something you actually care about and are interested, you can write much easier than trying to BS a paper on something you don't care about. You can admit that you have done that, we all have. I found the peer review somewhat helpful in that my peer reviewers helped most with grammar, spelling, and word usage. They helped a little with the content of my paper but I found most help with content in a writing lab in the Student Athlete Building. My paper was refined there and more help was offered in my one on one session with Professor Keeley. That process helped me make my paper the best that I could make it. I'm curious to see what grade I get.

This process has been extremely different than how I used to go about writing papers. In high school, we would have peer review sessions and I found that they didn't help one bit. I would just figure things out on my own because the kids editing my paper didn't have a clue. Now, i'm surrounded my quality students that know what they are talking about and can actually help me and i'm willing to accept their two sense. Being a young adult, I don't like people telling me what to do or trying to give me advice, but taking this advice from my peer editors, it actually helped me make my writing better than it was. I listended to their advice trying to learn something and that helped me. I also found it extremely helpful having a tutor at the writing lab. More so, it comforted me knowing that the teacher gave me advice to make my Opinion Editorial better. No other teachers that i've had have taken the time, on a one on one basis, to help me make my paper better. One last thing that made my paper better was reading it outloud. Doing that was a simple thing that helped me catch many small errors. I will remember that for the rest of my papers as that assisted in making the flow of my essay better than it was.

I learned that there are many resources and knowledgable people who are willing to help me make my paper the best that it can be. I will make sure to use the writing center because, from what I hear from my fellow students, that it is helpful and makes their papers better. The writing process that was taught to me during class is the most efficient one I have been introduced to. I will use this, not only for this class, but all of my other classes that require writing. This makes my writing better than it would be if I were to continue to just go about my writing in an un organized manner. There is nothing that I wished we would have covered during class because everything I needed to know was introduced to me during class or during my reading. I would have liked to be introduced to the MLA format before writing my rough draft, but it was covered in class later. But all in all, things were discussed in class, and in my opinion, no major things were left out.

Assignment #1

The argument for my opinion editorial is that students attending BYU should not be allowed to wear other colleges or universities apparel to school. The audience I am persuading is BYU students who think it is OK to wear other college apparel on campus. This topic is well timed because the semester is just getting underway and this subject needs to be addressed.

Rough Outline:

Students attending Brigham Young University must not wear apparel from other colleges.

1. Pride- if you chose to attend BYU, you should have pride in the fact that you chose to attend school here and, if you are going to wear college clothing, wear BYU stuff. If you choose to wear other college apparel, just go to that school.

2. When purchasing BYU apparel, some revenue goes back into making BYU an even better place than it already is. It is our responsibility to make BYU a better place than when we arrived here. One way to do this is by putting money back into BYU itself by purchasing BYU clothing.

3. Marketing- By wearing BYU gear, it promotes BYU to the outside world. Prospective students may also see the article of clothing as a reminder that attending school at BYU is a good idea.

4. With BYU being a religious school, wearing BYU apparel promotes the LDS faith and can provide an opportunity to talk about and share the gospel with non members.

This outline lists solid reasons on why BYU students should wear BYU apparel. It is organized in a way to convince students who may be wearing other college clothing, to start wearing BYU gear. It also reinforces the idea about the importance of wearing BYU clothing on campus.