As this semester has progressed, I have seen myself steadily improve. I think this is because I was able to take the comments that Professor Hays put on my critical responses and use them to create better papers. On my first critical response, I was mostly struggling with grammatical errors. Although I still make grammatical errors, I have gotten better at revising and fixing them. I also use passive voice too much within all of my papers. Like Professor Hays stated in class, in High School all my teachers marked off for using “I” in papers. Due to this, I make my sentences more complicated to refrain from using “I”. All throughout my first essay, I saw the areas where I used too much passive voice. The lesson that we had earlier this week helped me catch the passive voice throughout my previous papers more. When I start to revise my papers later in the semester, I will carefully check Professor Hays comments and make sure that my grammar is corrected and the passive voice omitted. I will revise all my papers with the skills that I learned in my workshop group. I hope that the end result of my portfolio will be mostly error free, while still staying true to my writing style. Throughout the rest of the semester, I will continue to look for the areas that I struggle with and revise my papers more thoroughly before submitting them.