At the beginning of the year I wrote a paper, checked for grammatical errors and thought I was done. After learning about the recursive writing process, my article writing process changed dramatically. My original thesis for the research paper was: “Despite some people's belief that technology is progressively destroying humanity, it is evident that technological advances have brought great benefits to human connection through its contribution to improving education , health and communication". However, after writing the 5-page article, I used the recursive writing process to consider, investigate, correct, and reconsider the content of my essay. Later, deciding that my thesis was too broad, I narrowed it to focus only on education, rewrote the five-page paper, and tried the recursive writing process again until I had a paper that I thought represented the best of my abilities. A second area in which I improved was critical reading. The unique pieces chosen for blog discussions exposed me to new content and new perspectives from my colleagues. I found the blog discussion refreshing and inspired me to think critically from multiple perspectives. The blog discussion on environmental racism was particularly controversial. At first I thought that Flint's situation was obviously a race issue, but after examining the opinions of others and their evidence for