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In my opinion my essays are pretty strong at doing their job, whether it be informing the reader about stem cells, or arguing that it is a good practice.  The strongest part of my essays is how informative they are because I was very eager to learn more about them not only for my essays, but for my own personal knowledge too.  Although the argumentative essay may lack length, I feel that a more "to the point" approach is better than boring an audience with too much information.  I found it ridiculous to put "Lasagna" in quotes after referring to the Hippocrates Oath, but it was necessary.

Throughout this course I learned a lot about logical fallacies and how to avoid them.  This knowledge helped my Jeopardy team grab a humble second place, but I consider it a victory because we came out with the most Play Doh.  Being able to identify logical fallacies helps outside of the classroom too.  Looking back on the campaign commercials for the election last year, I can spot a few fallacies, weakening their argument.  Before this class I knew nothing about MLA format, and now I realize how much more organized and scholarly it makes a paper.  I also taught myself how to use Microsoft FrontPage to make this website because I knew it had to be less tedious than HTML code.

Assessment of Essay Two