Project Three Reflection: Laborious

For me project three was definitely the most difficult to complete out of all of the projects we were assigned this semester. I had a lot of trouble finding people who were willing to be interviewed because some were intimidated by the fact that their voice would be recorded and heard by others. Additionally, I had a hard time figuring which interview quotes would go where. Every time I would ask a person a question regarding the topic, they would either give really unintelligent answers or would not have enough to say.

            However even though there were a few speed bumps along the way, I am pretty sure that I did a few things right. Overall writing the essay was by far the easiest part. I found it east writing about ASU’s Circle K International community service club because I am part of the club and I already knew what the club was about and what they actually did. Additionally, I have done a lot of community service with the club so I had firsthand experience coming into writing this project.

            Through this project I learned that time management is crucial when completing an assignment like this. I will admit that all my interviews took place on a single day and that I did editing on the audio clips on one day as well and I feel as if it would have been a lot easier if I did the recording and editing in increments. In the future I will make sure to spread out the work over several days so that it doesn’t seem too overwhelming. I will take the time to make sure the interview also seems a lot more cohesive and for future audio essays, I will make sure I practice putting together and editing the audio clips.

            As far as the argument goes, I think that I did craft a convincing argument. Personally, I think it was very easy to create the argument for this community service club because it is a no brainer that community service is a crucial part in every setting. I also think that every interview I got gave each of my explanation paragraphs validity. I also think that I gave enough background information about the club and what the members do for people to understand why this club is important to the ASU community. However, I do know there is room for improvement and for my next project I will make an argument and try to rebut and shoot that rebuttal down to strengthen my paper.

            I plan to implement what I have learned in this project in the future by practicing my editing skills. I know in the future I will have to work with audio files again for other projects in various classes. I also plan to find a way to get better at interviewing people because this is also a very important skill I will need to know for future classes and jobs. Even though this project was very difficult for me, I think that I will do better on my next audio essay thanks to this essay.