My first writing test was in fifth grade. I prepared all year for this one test. I practiced on prompts that were about the level for a fifth grader. When I sat down on test day I opened up the booklet and read the prompt. The prompt read, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what is beautiful to you?” I read this prompt and was mesmerized. This was a huge prompt for a fifth grade boy. I sat there and thought for what seemed like forever, I was so mad that I got this prompt. I started to cry because I was so aggravated. My teacher came up to me and tried to comfort me. I was so lost on what to write about, then it hit me. My sister was beautiful to me. She was always been the one I looked up to. I wrote mostly about her external beauty …show more content…
I had a teacher that emphasized writing, but I no longer thought that I was a good writer. All the writing prompts I had that year were not interesting to me. I was able to write about them, but never enjoyed writing about them. I went throughout that whole year writing decent at best essays. I started to regain my confidence in my writing, but never considered myself above average. I knew I could write decently, but I never enjoyed it. I took the eighth grade writing test at the end of that year. The prompt was decently easy, it was “What is the most important invention ever”. I wrote about how important the wheel was. When I received my scores, I was surprised when I found out that I scored above average. This helped my raise my confidence in my writing …show more content…
This year was the year I improved my writing capabilities the most. I wrote a research paper that year. That paper was the hardest writing assignment I have done. The paper took about two months from start to finish. I had no idea what to do research on, so my teacher gave me a challenging topic. I wrote my paper on if ADHD medications actually worked. The hardest part of this assignment, was that there was little research on this specific topic. There were no studies that I could find that could say definitely whether or not the medications actually worked. I had to include variables that go into the perception of the medication working. I searched extensively to find sources. Writing this challenging paper, actually helped me to enjoy writing more. My teacher helped me learn how to write in MLA format and how to write papers like I will have to for college. I started to enjoy writing again because I had a teacher that made writing enjoyable. I wrote another research paper my senior year. I still had the research paper I wrote the year before, so I just improved on my paper from the year before. This was the lazy way out of doing the assignment. I regret this decision now, because I lost a great opportunity to write another paper and improve my writing skills
Once I reached high school my love for writing dimmed. I was taught a formula on how to write the perfect essay. The dreaded five paragraph essay was engraved in my brain: An intro with a hook, a thesis, body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Constantly being told my creativity wasn’t formal, so when I wrote papers it was more facts and evidence and less short stories and experiences. My writing became dull to me and reading over my papers and stories was a dread because I could see the drastic amount of lost creativity. Although I still received high praise it felt as if the papers I was writing wasn’t
Over the past year I have grown as both a person and a writer. My writing has improved
Throughout the semester i only learned few new things but i did improve and solidify my skill of writing. Before my first year of college my skills have always undermined by other high school english teachers and with that came disappointing grades. I am writing this paper as a reflection of the semester and the progress i have made as a writer. I now understand many things that my high school teachers have done a poor job demonstrating and i am grateful that i decided to take my own route in my education instead of their syllabus. I entered the semester with anxiety that i would perform as i did before but i clearly outdid my own expectations by receiving top grades on my essays.
I haven’t done a lot of writing in the past. However, the writing I have done has just been for my school. I have never liked writing so I kept writing only to what I needed to write for school. But the kinds of writing I have done are reports, autobiographies, and writing about people from history. I never wanted to do my writing assignments like I was supposed to, which didn’t help me learn how to write. I also have the writing I did last semester, which wasn’t much. But the writing I did do last semester helped my writing so much. Last semester I learned how to put a paper together and what goes into a paper; I didn’t know a lot about writing before last semester. Also, I learned how to do MLA, which I had no idea how to do before. Writing is difficult and I don’t see myself using writing often.
The halt of acknowledging that my skills weren’t what I thought they were to be as I had such a high standard for myself, I believe I became too comfortable with my writing in that I ignored the changes I needed to make. The push from my AP teacher to see what I was doing wrong and how to correct it, gave me what I required to develop proficiency. My main influences that majorly impacted my writing went from thinking I was the best to learning I wasn’t the best and moving past that to self improvement. Positive and negative experiences both affect you in ways that will always be for the better, because you learn from your mistakes and you can further your progress. Always trying your best and not being afraid of change will promote self improvement which will always help your growth in writing, and as a
As a second language learner I have never expected myself to be a perfect writer throughout the semester. Even If English was my first language still, I would not be a perfect writer. It is not about first or second language, it is about how well I understand the learning objectives. Then organizing and writing with my own ideas and putting them in my paper. I am going to be honest, I am not good at English subject and English subject is my strongest weakness than the other subjects. In this paper I will discuss and analyze my own writing, reflecting on the ways that my writing has improved throughout the semester.
In high school, writing changed dramatically. Getting praised for my good writing in middle school; now my writing was getting criticized and from my teacher's point view my writing skills weren't were they suppose to be. Hardly ever being glad to free write, I was given topics that seemed to get difficult each time I was given one. I now had to give my open on certain topics, analyze articles, provide in an argument telling why I do or don't support a certain topic. I often had difficulties writing down what I had in mind. It's like I wouldn't know how to make everything flow together. After having to write so many essays, writing became my way of coping with life problems. Writing about my problems in my free time made me a better writer, also. Throughout high school, I wrote tons of journals and short stories about things going on in my life. I still wouldn't consider myself a great writer but writing a lot in high school did impact my life in a positive way and improved my
Throughout middle school I never did like the idea of writing papers specially given by instructors with unbearable topics. Coming with an impress thesis statement and with an inspiring conclusion were the main issues in my writings. The body paragraphs weren’t fully well written because of my lack of focuses in the subject but somehow, I tend to always succeed my way through with an A or a B the least is a C. Couples of times my grade for English classes had me thinking maybe I’m not as awful as I think I am as a
In high school my writing skills could have improved dramatically. When I started 9th grade year I realized that I needed I realized that I needed an improvement on my writing skills. My writing style made my papers simple. When I needed to learn how to write complex and well developed papers. So, when I started receiving C’s and D’s it surprised me. I knew something must change. I finally realized that my classmates were writing better than I. I started making my papers more complex and making my sentences stronger. When I applied myself I became a stronger writer. As I took the diagnostic test I saw I made multiple mistake that I also make in my papers. On this test I made a 70. From this I can see why I encounter the bad experiences in high school and college.
The Scripture that calls me to the ministry apart for being a church member is 1 Samuel 16:1-13. More precisely verse seven, which states, “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart” (King James Version, 1 Sam. 16:7). After reading this, God destroyed any excuse of not answering the call of God in my life. This Scripture tells me God does not emphasize the outward abilities, strengths, appearances, or social status, but the Lord focuses on the heart. My Lord first reached out to me on February 14, 2000; when God visited me, this was my first experience
I used to be a good writer, what happened? I’ve thought about this every time I’ve been in the middle of a paper struggling to finish it. Attending the Minneapolis public school system for most of my life I had never taken a writing oriented course before college. My English and history classes were the closest thing to a writing class. Things like grammar and mechanics weren’t a high priority in these classes, as long as you got your main point or summary across and it made sense you’d get an A. This created a false sense of confidence in my writing skills which were quickly challenged when transitioning into college.
I first became aware that people were different racially at the age of seven years old, when my parents and grandparents would tell us how our ancestors and grandparents were treated by white people before I was born. They taught us about slavery and told us all the things black people would get in trouble for, such as drinking out of the white people water fountain which was not allowed. We would listen to the stories of how my great grandmother went to jail for beating a white police officer for putting his hands on her and calling her bad names. How my great grandmother’s youngest son father is believed to be a white man because of his mix hair texture and white looking skin color.
When one looks at their life, at any stage in which they live, it is pivotal to see clearly how they are finding meaning, purpose and direction within their daily decisions. As I’ve learned to value the role of community and covenant relationships in my life, it has been a challenge to continually commit myself to overcoming my flesh and correctly align myself with God’s intentions for my life. As part of this transformative process in centering my worldview on Christ’s love, I’ve concluded that all of life’s ultimate questions are found to have been correctly answered in the Bible; repeatedly in Scripture, and specifically in one verse, I have found that it sources everything in life to the glory of God. Romans 11:36 centers our attention on Christ, from whom we derive all answers to origins, meaning, morality, destiny and identity for our lives: “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (ESV).” Not only does the most credible book ever written support this thesis, but in “Making Sense of your World,” it is strongly communicated that “God alone is the ultimate reality and everything else is derived from him (Phillips, Brown, Stonestreet, 2008, p. 44).”
Interning at the Home of the Innocents has allowed me to learn the full circle. From forming goals, implementing activities, and looking at the progress made by each child. My schedule has not allowed me to participate in care plans, volunteer and new employee orientation. Along with completing a new admission assessment but they are things I would like to do. Before interning I didn’t realize what kinds of communication I would encounter, I have learned a lot communication practices interning at the “Home”. I have been able to develop specific skills such as communication and creativity that helps me throughout my internship and that could help me in other future job opportunities. I have also been able to implement a lot from my Outdoor Leadership
During the weekends when I go home, I am given the pleasure of working in the after-service tutoring programs that happen at my local church. Children of all different ages get help from the Youth Group in a multitude of areas that range from statistics to simple grade-school math or writing. Children are split up based on grade-level (elementary, middle, and high school) and then once again split by the subject they need assistance in. They are then assigned teachers based on which grade levels the volunteers signed up to teach and what subjects they are adept to teach in. Though it is more of a tutoring session than an actual classroom lecture, the basics are the same and it is a great experience for both the students and the tutors. I generally