Final Blog for Unit 1:

During the process of researching information about nutrition, and developing my article, I had planned on interviewing Dianne Feasley, the assistant director of campus dining services, but she was not available. We had emailed about meeting up, but this meeting had never happened. I was STRESSED. She was my plan A, B, and C for my interview! But then, out of the blue, a girl that lives on my floor, came to visit me. She saw that I was stressing out about finding a person to interview about nutrition for a rough draft I needed completed in less than two days. Then, she spoke those harmonious words: “My mom is a clinical dietician, maybe she can help you.” I was ecstatic about this. It seemed as if my stress was over, and indeed it was. Later that afternoon, I was able to Skype with her mom and get the answers to my questions about nutrition. In the end, I think that the interview with her mom was more interesting and useful than the interview I could have had with Mrs. Feasley who could only tell me so much about nutrition; I needed the dietetics expert! I composed my article and was ready to present it to my peers. During the peer review, I received great feedback, except for a few common errors here and there. This second peer review was more beneficial to me because I was able to actually read the articles thoroughly and so were my peers, so the feedback was more valuable. At the end of this unit, I have learned how to properly critique my peers’ work. I have also learned how to write in different styles, I have learned about the large spectrum of genres that I have not even touched on, and I have also improved my knowledge in the area of newspaper style writing. Unit one and its material have definitely helped me already, I am looking forward to the next units!