1. Before completing this exercise I was very much a skeptic of cutting up and taping back together my essay. in fact I thought it would be a total waste of time and paper and that there was no way it would be beneficial. However after completing the exercise and seeing its benefits first hand I am no longer a skeptic. However I do feel like it is a little kindergarten style and requires a lot of time but if you are willing to put the time in and reconnect with your youth it can be extremely helpful.
2. I was very nervous and worried to disassemble my essay. What if I found the essay to be completely unorganized? what if I lost all order and simply had a pile of cut up paper in front of me? as I was cutting apart my paper I was fearful it would do more harm than good. I was however pleasantly surprised but only afterwards.
3. The outcome to my essay was a complete makeover. I found many things including a new order to my thesis and my body paragraphs. My essay did not survive intact but I believe it was for the better. I had more paragraphs in my "Keep" pile, in fact my discard pile was almost empty, instead I found a new way to organize almost all of them. For my essay I found order and flow to require the most changes.
4. Overall I learned the helpfulness of picking an in depth research paper apart and examining it piece by piece instead of simply looking at the entire work. I also learned not to fear reconnecting with my kindergarten side, he's still down there somewhere just waiting to come out.
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