Document Type
Portfolio Introduction Essay
Publication Date
2001
Excerpt
This portfolio is an expression of what I have "picked up" this semester. This semester seemed to teach me that I could relate to some of the characters' feelings, experiences, and emotions. The principal skill that I learned in my writing was to integrate some my own experience into my papers. Prior to this semester, I seemed to just take papers for face value. I didn't try to "dig" very far into them. It seems that through the writing process this semester, I was able to learn how to find meaning behind the meaning in most of the books that we have read. After finding these "alternate meanings," I was able to integrate them into my writing, and I think these insights created a uniqueness in my writing. The common theme in the three papers that I chose to enter in my portfolio is that learning a life lesson can dramatically alter one's life.
Recommended Citation
Hansen, Barb, "Portfolio Introduction (2001)" (2001). The Valpo Core Reader. 575.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/575