This is a fantastic piece of advice as to how we can take our self-reflections and turn them into palatable writing pieces for a wider audience; while we are appealing to an audience greater than ourselves or UNIV 301 professor, we can still create a piece that is, at its core, very representative of our own thought processes without outside influences.

I actually struggle to follow this line of reasoning mainly due to the fact that external opinions, fear of judgement, and other outside influences may alter my course of reflective thought. However, I'm sure this practice would be very beneficial to those currently struggling to identify and analyze their own feelings or thought processes.

I am interested in how we will actively apply such metacognitive practices to our assignments and coursework in UNIV 301; will we complete exercises that are expressly meant to fine tune our ability to "think about thinking", or is it implied that we should develop this skill on our own and apply it to our coursework?

I think it's really important to note that aside from just one semester of reflective journaling in UNIV 101, this is still a relatively new practice to many students; there's likely to be a learning curve and adjustment period as we begin completing assignments in this course.

I consider this to be a great representation of unconventional or unexpected ways in which we develop new skills every day

I am interested in examining the different methods in which we are encouraged to reflect and how reflections are demonstrated throughout this book