Welcome to my e-profolio! I am Lauren Spencer, a student in Professor Mary Hays’ Rhetoric 102 and 100 class. I was also a student last semester in Professor Mary Hays’ Rhetoric 101 class. I fit into the classroom community through my ability to paint my thoughts on a sheet of paper. I feel closely connected to all of my papers in this class because I felt like I had the freedom to let my thoughts roam candidly.

I am on a Pre-Law track here at the University of Illinois. I am great at evaluating evidence and even better at persuasion based on my evidence. I feel like in every paper I write I do not have a hard time relating all support back to my thesis, similar to the way I will be expected to do at as an attorney on day. Above all my main interest is GOD. I incorporate God into nearly every paper I write and that is how I have been able to make all of my papers shine.

While working through assignments in Rhetoric 102, I have learned a completely new element about writing based on research. I have realized the importance of research and how difficult it can be. Rhetoric 102 has taught me how I can use research to shape a paper in whatever way I want. Rhetoric has also taught me how to strategically evaluate sources to determine if they are ‘paper worth’ or not. As I wrote my papers in Rhetoric 102 this semester I discovered that some sources can be dishing out fake news on purpose, so this class has definitely made me skeptical about news. Although I am now a little skeptical, the class has taught me exactly how find out if a source has fake material or not.

Through rhetoric 101 and 102 I have discovered a lot about myself in terms on writing, all thanks to professor Mary Hays. I discovered how important organization is to me when it comes to writing. With that being said I write best when all of my core ideas are laid out and organization. I learned the importance of having a rough-rough draft in terms of organization. My rough-rough draft is where I do not think about organization at all, I just focus on how I feel about the topic. I focus on what claims I would like to make, and how each claim can be justified. My rough-rough draft is like the raw ground beef of paper. It is essential in a burger, but it just need a little shaping and to be cooked up.