Project 2 Reflection: mind-opening

For this project I did well evaluating the benefits of Sigma Kappa. I did especially well in discovering how Sigma Kappa would benefits the women involved. This project made me realize that I undoubtedly chose the right sorority. The positive outlook on grades and networking and just making girls realize that they belong at ASU definitely showed brightly through my evaluation. I struggled with making the annotations very formal, especially since I had already talked about them in detail in my introduction. I felt like I repeated myself a lot moving from the introduction into the annotations and that I could have done a much better job at making the project as a whole flow better. From my evaluation I learned lots of things about Sigma Kappa that I did not really know. I had to learn some history for the introduction that was incredibly intriguing. I was not aware of the hazing policies and the no hazing history of Sigma Kappa. I figured that there was hazing in the past and they just recently got rid of the tradition. I also learned how much the sisters do together as a group to make sure that each sister grows as an individual mentally and socially. My writing process for this project was very bland. I feel like I could have found out more and gone into much more detail. To alter my process for the next project, I will do much more research before I actually begin m evaluation so that I have more knowledge already available to me. I will also use my sources in more detail, more often. The strength of my evaluation could honestly be better. I feel as though I should have used my sources more to make my evaluation more powerful. Also, I could have made the map much more formal. In order to do that I will use technology sources like the blog. If I still choose not to go the technological route, I will make my hand drawn map with more detail and more time dedicated to the process. Outside of the university, evaluation will be essential. I will have to continue to evaluate a multitude of things during college, and then even more once I graduate. I will have to evaluate different types of loans as college progresses, as well as different types of housing. To do these things to my best ability, I will have to do an enormous amount of research. After college, I will have to evaluate grad school options, then future career options, and so far beyond that as well. Thinking about how evaluation will affect my future has made me realize that having good evaluation skills is critical.