Reflection 3: Finding Goals
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Finds 3: Finding Goals

I liked finding things other than pictures this week; however, when I went to compile my finds entry, I found it difficult to hone in on a project that I could link all of my finds to. Upon reflection on my Finds 3 entry, I relize that I will need some revision if I want my project to frame all 10 of my finds.

For this assignment, my argument is "to show my goals as a friend and teacher." However, when I took a look back on my entry before I wrote this reflection, I noticed that many of my captions did not link my finds to my project. Finds 1, 3/4, and 6 all deal with my goals as a teacher, a student, and a writer, and Finds 2 loosely touches on my goal to attend more Pirates games this season. Finds 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10, however, do not work with my project as it is written. These finds, save 7 (the letter from Pitt after 9/11/2001) deal with my personal life and my family.

Although I could link a few of these later finds to my argument by revising the captions to talk about goals of reconnecting lost friendships (5), I find it more productive to my larger course project to notice that the finds that I crafted my argument to speak to are those from my academic/professional life and those that do not fit are from a more personal part of my life. This makes sense, becuase I am often a carrear driven person. I tend to put work before everything else, so it stands to reason that I crafted a project that spoke to my goals rather than my relationships.