I’m not sure what we are supposed to be writing for this blog, but I’ll give an update about the third paper and the digital essay. I’m still in the process of revising my third paper, and I still find this one the most difficult. The fact that the paper is very general makes it harder for me, since I wasn’t given a specific direction. I fear that everything I’m writing is irrelevant or just fluff in the paper, and I can’t afford to have that since I won’t have time to revise it when we get it back. The good news is I know what’s lacking in my thesis, so that will at least be fixed.
I’m actually very hopeful and excited about my digital essay. I’m working with Bianca since Professor Kaufman suggested it would fit well, and it’s been a lot of fun collecting the data for the video. We’ve met a lot of crazy, funny people in the process of recording. We’ve also had the opportunity to look closely at a lot of areas in the city that locals tend to ignore since they’re so used to seeing them everyday. Once it is put together, I think it’ll be a really good video. If it is, I’m hoping it counts towards our grades. I would definitely be happy if it boosted our paper’s grade.