The Importance Of My Personal Narrative

The journey

I left Lebanon when I was 10 years old. My entire family traveled to the United States in order for us to get a better education and live in a more peaceful place. I never had good English speaking skills and my writing was extremely horrible, that 's what made me so insecure about my writing until this day. Looking back in time to my previous school year, I remember myself struggling to write a five paragraph essay and worrying about how I’m going to do in college if I’m still struggling with this five paragraph paper. You might think I’m just lazy and not enough educated student who can 't write a five paragraph essay, but the truth is I’m actually a smart person, but I was still haunted by one fear that was haunting me ever since I came to the US. Now that you know why I’m always worried about my writing and why I used to struggle with writing a five paragraph essay, you can understand why I

At first I was extremely positive that I wouldn 't be able to pass and do well in my first English college class. But time has proven me wrong. I never had enough confidence in myself and never had any positive image regarding my future. One thing that I actually had in mind and I knew for sure it was going to happen was me trying my best. Ever since I signed up for my English class I had in mind that no matter what, I’m always going to give my best and try my hardest whether I was going to pass or fail the class. Thats where I can see Metacognition take role in my road to success. It was never self confident it was just me, something that I knew I would never give up on and at the end it did happen. As mentioned in the article Metacognition Is the Forgotten Secret to Success by Stephen M. Fleming “Metacognition is how we identify our limitations and compensate for them” the author was trying to tell the readers what 's the meaning of Metacognition and how important it is for student to