Reflection Paper

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

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

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