Argumentative Essay On How My Identity Has Grown

I haven’t grown. Literally, my height is the same as it was on September 1st. However, my perception and identity has grown. I have grown as a writer and as a person. My life has changed because of the people around me, such as my peers, my family, and my teachers. Without these people in my life I wouldn’t have evolved during these past few months, I would have stayed the same. I think that in order for a person to grow there needs to be different opinions and different perceptions around you. In order for you to change you need to develop empathy for others. At the beginning of the school year I was naive, old 7th grader, but as time passed I’ve grown and changed. When I walked in through the door of Ogden International School of Chicago my “status” changed. I’ve become an 8th grader, young as a newborn 8th

My autobiographical narrative was terrible. If someone would invent a time machine… can I borrow it? I was never a strong writer, especially I suck at narratives. No I am sorry to inform you that I do not think that my narrative writing improved significantly. It improved but not a lot. However one thing that has improved is my argumentative essay writing. When we first started writing these essays on the beginning of January I used words such as firstly and secondly. Now I know that this is so 6th grade. I learned to write goo topic sentences, write good connecting sentences as well as transitional ones. So you can claim that I basically learned everything about narratives this year, which indicates that I have evolved as a writer. Argumentative essays became my favorite assignments. I love to argue. Proving people wrong is satisfactory. Many things that I have learned this year changed me as a writer, which I think is the best reward.

Becoming a “modified” person could be both a good and a bad thing. In my case I changed for the better. I changed and now I understand myself and other