Reflective Essay: After Action Assessment

After Action Assessment Essay 1 After reviewing the corrections on the week one essay, I have found what my strengths, weakness, and what my areas of improvements are. This essay was the first paper that I have written in a very long time. Although, it was littered with errors, I still feel that I did well on the essay. I find that the best way that one can become great is to observe all the mistakes that one might make and attempt to lessen the mistakes or rid them completely.
There are some of the corrections that I was quite unsure about, such as the way I used the word “aspects”. With some confusion, I researched the definition of the word “aspects”, which I found to be “A way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view:” (Dictonary.com). I felt at the time that this would be adequate for my point that I was attempting to illustrate in the essay. To mitigate these types of mistakes I will dedicate more time to ensure I understand the meaning of the words and ensure that they are used properly prior to submitting the essays to the instructor.
While writing my essay, I found myself drifting off at times and hitting mental walls. Because of this minor inattention to detail, I referred to the
I have always been confused with the use of commas and I knew that this would be a problem with me. I had originally thought that I had ensured that I had all commas in their correct places. However, I was informed of these errors and was given a link to further help me in understanding the proper use of a comma. After reviewing the attached link I now have a better understanding of when a comma should and should not be used. After conducting some research, I found that one would “use a comma after and introductory clause, after a long introductory prepositional phrase or more than one introductory prepositional phrase” (Driscoll, Brizee