Writing the three portfolio essays

This week we had to write our three essays for our portfolio, which I actually enjoyed doing.  It was kind of cool to look back on the semester as a whole.  I was able to really evaluate what I did and how I grew as a writer, which I wasn't sure about before.  I'm going to be honest, I was a little skeptical about this course at the beginning.  I never was a big reviser in high school, and I didn't see myself making big improvements on my writing because I was confident with the way it was before.  However, I feel that with the group work and interaction with others in the class I was able to model my writing off of theirs and better my own work.  I would definitely say I grew as a writer because I branched out and tried new things.  I never have written an editorial, and I am not really used to writing narrative or personal essays from high school.  

I really want to sit down and take yet another look at my portfolio before doing my final revisions.  I am very interested to see what my reviser has to say about my writing, and hopefully I will get constructive criticism so I can perfect my writings and be confident in my work.