I felt that I learned a lot about social movements and the impact they left. However, it wasn’t like a history lesson but rather more about how different movements used different rhetorics to support their argument further. I already knew about a majority of these social movements (like the civil rights movement and those against the Vietnam war in the 70s). but I think I now understand the intent of these specific leaders. But I also appreciated the fact that we didn’t focus on just the famous figures who are the face of the movement, but also the everyday people who were the bulk of the movement. One example, I’m thinking of is the Black Panthers of CCNY. I believe the strength that I found in my writing is that I’m finding that my delivery is improving. I mean that if an assignment requires a certain presentation of the information I’m supposed to write (ex. formal, informal, inform, convince, etc.), I have a better understanding of the best way to do it. If I were to revise the writing, I think I would find more credible sources. I’m not sure if all of my sources are the most appropriate for this type of assignment. The reason why I say this is because it was hard to track down the origins of some of the protest captions. I would describe my engagement as less than average as I was more focused on working than my classes at the time. I think what helped me remain somewhat successful in this unit is that I was still pretty interested in the topics we had for this unit. I believe this unit is better than the previous one simply because it didn’t force me to delve into my personal life as much. I think more time to do active research in class (if we were able to go to the library for our class) would’ve been perfect. I believe in the future if I’m presented with an argument regarding any social movement, I would try to notice the form of rhetoric they’re trying to utilize.