Lauren Perez

Professor Nelson

ENGL 1302

11/16/21

Reflection Essay

Writing essay three was probably the most interesting one throughout the semester.

Because being on the other side of the playing field is something I would not except to stand on,

even though I knew from a basic understanding that hardships on sexual identity undergo more

than we assume. Especially when parents are just starting to get exposure and trying to educate

on conservations about LGBTQ. For example, if you look at it, fixed mindsets are involved

among the topics I have brought up, like religion, gender roles, and culture. What helped me

make essay three was the help of the previous essays, which were essays one and two. Essay one

taught me how to structure and organize an essay, and essay two taught me how to analyze

research papers from scholars to the best of my ability. What I learned in essay three that will

help me in other courses is that I will take the skills I have learned in my psychology classes

because I know the career path I will take is heavily involved in writing. Although a professor

usually likes to have a specific style or format they will want their student to follow, particular

skills I have learned may not be used in other classes. I have stepped outside my comfort zone

when writing this essay, and being open-minded and curious has helped me in my writing. My

overall strengths have progressively gotten better. My structure, organization, sentence structure,

and controlling my ideas from not being overwhelming have improved. Although my weakness

stays the same, I tend to type as I am speaking, which is grammatically incorrect. I think the

comments on my essay will focus on that I tend to order like I am talking, which can lead to
grammar errors, as I previously said before. The most challenging aspect of this essay was trying

to find sources that would support my argument: there is a gap in parental support in LGBTQ

youth. I had to change my wording when it came to finding articles. Thus, making connections

between the papers and the topics, I have mentioned.