My summary, in reflection is a very common assignment for me. I’ve done plenty of summary-like assignments for my classes. When I think about it, taking notes and studying for an exam is summarizing. You’re taking what you were supposed to learn and read and summarizing it in your head so you can remember it for the exam. Also, I have a class where I have to write summaries, so that’s similar too in a way ha!

            The hardest part of the summary was actually finding a good article to write a summary on. The ones I found to be very lengthy in text, were actually lacking in information because they were being redundant, and the ones I found to be very information dense were pretty short and not worth of a 2-3 page summary. The easiest part was summarizing the article. It was like taking notes in class, you just take what you read and condense it into a more concise and to-the-point form. The article had a lot of information in its paragraphs so it was easy just to translate that into a more friendly and easy to read form!

            I wish I had the peer review by a student to assist me in writing this summary, would have made things flow so much easier. Without the peer review, I had no idea if I did something wrong, or something didn’t make sense, so I had to worry about whether I was completely off or if I was right. I also wish I had time to go to the writing center and make sure I wasn’t using any of my thoughts on the article, because that’s a big no in summaries. But I had neither, so I’ll see what happens for this paper and just make sure I get my help next time!

            I learned a lot about writing in my field, there is still so many other things to learn too! I learned that writing in my field comes in very different forms. There are memos and cover letters and e-mails, and much more too! Each single form requires a different style of writing and a different audience. It’s so interesting to know that there is different ways to communicate within a business or a firm, like its ridiculous on how important it is for the style and audience to be right when you’re writing these pieces! But, all in all, I found that communication is key in the business world, which it should be for every aspect of the job world.