Reflective

Reflective Analysis for Response Essay

This paper was confusing to me. I wrote one paper and argued throughout the whole paper. The second one I wrote I concentrated on just what the article says. I wrote it single spaced and had three pages cause that is what I thought the teacher had told us but to find out it was double spaced changed it. I have six pages of writing. I need to work on this paper a little more. I had a though time with the thesis… I still think that it needs work. I repeat many points in the article. Focusing on one article was tough, because I could not put my emotions into it, even though I know I did in some spots. I think this is a very good paper since I have never had to sit down and actually write one in my whole life. I think if I would have had more time I could have went more in depth and had time to think about my thesis. I was going to hand write my essay on paper first then type it but with one week turn around I didn’t have time so I just typed it instead. When I hand write something I get a better understanding of what I read. I was in a special education class for reading comprehension so I need to work on stuff more hands on instead of technology. I like to sit and let things sink in a while before I type a report/essay but again… the one week thing. It was hard to understand exactly what to write because the outline I was given was difficult to understand since I have not done many writing activities. I had to come up with new ways of wording and looking at the article from a non-judgmental stand point which was hard to do. I felt stressed when writing this paper because of the time frame and not being able to argue against it. I learned that I can write a paper which I never thought I could. The terms ethos, logos, and pathos are confusing. Writing has taught me new languages I never knew existed.

The fact that I can write something that I am interested in helps me to try my hardest to have other people see the same views that I have. I have not changed my mind about how I feel towards the tender year doctrine. I still believe that it should not be used in courts when determining custody of children. Both parents should be looked at and considered not one over the other. Fathers should have equal custodial rights just like the mother. After reading the article, I have questions that I have about the article itself. Why didn’t the author go and get more information about mothers who were always picked over fathers? If the tender year doctrine is “suppose” to be not used, then why are they still using it? How come it took so long to get the new gender bias doctrine? Writing about this topic has taught me how some people have different views than what I have and how judges make decisions when considering custody battles.

Writing this paper has taught me that there might need to be some edits, rewrites, and deleted parts. Never get rid of anything you wrote before because it might help me later on write the final masterpiece. The main purpose of writing is to get better information to the audience on facts and reasons. I think I did a good job of that in the paper.