When I think back on the journey that was English 1101, I remember how it felt to run down a lacrosse field. I was a goalie; my home was in my crease on the defensive side of the field. While in my goal, my defenders were always by my side. It was my safe place, but sometimes I would be forced to advance the ball past midfield after I made a save. It was a contest that was won by either the defense advancing the ball in 12 seconds past midfield or the attack stopping them. After every save, the battle erupted, again and again, but occasionally when all of my teammates were covered, it was up to me to physically run the ball past half field in time. The offensive half of the field was uncharted territory, and I only made a few visits per game. I was vulnerable in the field especially on offense, but every time I would make a run for the midfield line, I was comfortable dealing with attackmen because there was four of us, my 3 defenders and me, against three of them, but as soon as I made it past half field, that one-man advantage…show more content… In lacrosse, we would have film days where our coach would go over our mistakes and how we can improve them. We were, also, expected to individually watch film on our own performance and recognize our own mistakes. Whether playing on the lacrosse field or writing a paper, evaluating and then editing your performance is key to success. I chose to focus on my introductory paragraph from my first paper about my bracelet because it alone has taught me the most. Through all the drafts and the final revision, I steadily learned how to center one idea in a paragraph as my problem was I would try to pack too much information into the one paragraph. The revision process left the most lasting impression on my writing as my strong suit on the next two papers was my new shorter concentrated
