When first presented with the learning outcomes for the UWP course, I pledged to trust the process of writing, revising, editing, and so forth. The learning outcomes included rhetorical knowledge, processes, knowledge of conventions, research, and metacognition. I strongly feel as though I have met these goals in the past 10 weeks. The learning outcomes I think I have improved the most in are processes and metacognition. Processes involves researching, reading, writing, editing, revising, and more to improve compositions. Metacognition involves reflecting on compositions and analyzing choices made during the writing process and the final compositions. In the past my writing has not been strong because I was rebellious and strayed from the process; I did not believe in it. As a result, my writing was weak and my messages were not being received by the readers. By allowing myself to open up to the process, my writing in this course was strengthened immensely. I was able to read, edit, and revise my work multiple times to get the product I wanted. In general, I have always been great at acknowledging my choices, thoughts, and mistakes in my life and actions. This translated smoothly to my writing. I was able to clearly see what I was writing and why I chose to write it that way. This helped me get my message across clearly and effectively. No matter how strong or experienced of a writer you are, you will face a dead ends and difficulties. The biggest challenge I face in this class was the Discourse Community Analysis, where I was asked to choose, research, and analyze a discourse community. As an engineer, I am bred to research and come to conclusions from that research, so when assigned the task, I thought it would be a slice of cake. This was not the case. I had more than enough research (primary and secondary), but was lacking my own opinion and voice on the research, and was unable to tie it together with a clear research question. I think this was so hard because in my entire existence, I have never used my own first person voice in an essay. I am trained in the college of engineering to keep my opinion and personal voice quiet when writing a 20 page lab report about x-ray diffraction of thin films, or whatever it may be. This was a new experience for me, but once I got my wheels turning, I was unstoppable. I was able to come full circle with this discourse community essay. By slowing down and really analyzing my points and research, I was able to go in depth about every question, comment, or theory. In the beginning, I was trying to say much, that almost none of my research questions or answers were getting across to the reader. After taking a step back and identifying the key topic I wanted to discuss, I was able to direct everything in that direction, helping with the flow and overall purpose of the essay. Although I struggled with this essay, I can definitely say that I am pleased with my final product. My favorite and strongest essay I wrote was the Literacy Narrative Essay. I actually had fun while writing this. My method for this essay was extremely different than my method for the discourse community one. There was less thought and frustration while writing. I sat myself in front of my computer and typed my story, from the beginning to the end. I tried to recall the details of my coding career and how every moment affected me then and today. I think this made the essay very strong and intriguing to read. I was able to convey exactly what I wanted to the reader and received great feedback from the peer editors. I have learned so much from this course, such as how to properly edit and peer review and how to perform primary and secondary research. I feel more confident about my writing and that is something I really wanted to achieve through this course. I strongly believe that confidence can make up for lack of experience in writing. I feel ready to face bigger writing challenges going forward and I am exciting for it!