Journal 5 - Justin Suter

Yancey refers to reflection as “the process by which we know what we have accomplished and by which we articulate accomplishment.”

Taczak defines it as “a mode of inquiry: a deliberate way of systematically recalling writing experiences to reframe the current writing situation.”

Yancey builds on other scholarship by citing and referencing other scholarly work to form and strengthen her own ideas. As she does on page 6 while discussing reflection she includes “it can mean an analysis of learning that takes place in and beyond the writing class (Paulson, Paulson, and Meyer).” Since she includes this we can assume she agrees with what that author is saying about reflection and uses it to build her own ideas. 

Both Yancey and Taczak say reflection can enable writers to asses themselves in writing and build on their knowledge of writing to accomplish future goals. 

Reflection is connected to each term we have discussed because not only have we reflected on each of these terms in class by discussing them and their meanings, we also learned more about each term and built our knowledge through these discussions. This goes with what Yancey and Taczak say about how reflection can build your knowledge of writing and that is exactly what it did for me. 

I took this picture at the 9/11 museum in New York and the entire museum is reflecting on the events that took place that day. This picture specifically reflects on the towers burning and crashing.