My Personal Writing : My Goals In School

Currently, I am crossing a huge bridge from high school writing to college writing. Which means there is going to be plenty of room for my writing skills to progress in various ways. After putting thought into where my weaknesses may be in my writing I have arrived to a conclusion of 5 personal goals to improve my essays. My 5 goals will be the pillars that keep my bridge up and from collapsing, by the use of these 5 goals I will easily transition from high school writing to college writing.

The only way you can become better at doing something is simply by continuing to work on your craft. Whether it is a hobby, an interest, or a profession, if you don't keep working, then you will remain complacent. A year ago, I thought writing was one of those things where I would just be complacent in. Not because I didn’t wanted to work harder at it, but because I thought of writing as one of those skills that came natural to you, or you did not have it at all. I always wanted my writing to improve but never knew how.

A community college is a great stepping stone for students who are on a budget and plan to obtain a degree higher than an Associates. As my career choice, Nurse Practitioner, requires a Master’s degree I am looking at many more years of classes and a lot more financial burden than that of an a registered nurse at the Associate degree level. In this paper I will explain why I have decided to take this course now, what my expectations are of this course, what I hope to gain from the experience, what I would like to read and write about based on my career path, and what some possible issues associated with my chosen career path are.

Personal goals usually have theirs ups and downs but in the end the satisfaction of completing a goal is unmatchable. Goals are helpful guides in life that steer you towards achievements and goals can shape a person’s life. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life was shaped with his goal for equality of all races. King instead of being known as a baptist minister his goal shaped his legacy and now King is forever remembered as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. The same can be said with my experience in building my computer which shaped my future forever. My personal achievement of building a computer is responsible for many decisions in life.

During this semester, I learned more about writing than I have throughout my whole high school career. The first thing we really covered was parallelism and that was probably the most used topic in all of our writing. To be completely honest I think this was the first time I had ever heard about parallelism and I still have no idea how to use it. We really focused on comma placement because in the beginning we were all just putting commas in random places, but now I feel as a whole we learned how to use them much more efficiently. We covered semicolons and where to place them, but still do not know how to use them either. During this semester I definitely improved my writing based on the fact that we wrote a ton, but I do not think my writing techniques have improved as much as I would’ve liked them to.

As someone who enjoys literature greatly, I have read countless books and set a multitude of writing goals based on the level of audacity the author displays. One of the more immediate goals I’ve put into play, is to improve how I relay my ideas. An idea is what’s holding the paper together, and without excellent ideas the whole paper would fall to ruins. Much like drawing, I’ll envision a picture, or in this case idea, of what I want to do, but as I start to write, I’ll find the result very different as opposed to my original plan. An additional immediate goal would be to extend my vocabulary and ability to spell words. As unoriginal and basic as it may sound, even with the uprising of all the current technology that allows the word wide web

I’ll be honest, I really don’t have many goals. I usually just try to live in the moment, as cheesy as that sounds. I do whatever makes me happy, like watching Pulp Fiction while writing this. Samuel L. Jackson is an amazing actor; you want to know who his inspiration was along with mine? Bernie. Freaking. Mac. Now back to this essay, a lot of my classmates’ goals are probably better than mine and I’m okay with that. My goals pertain to me and they may even change in the future whether or not I achieve

English has never been my strong suit. During high school I took many advanced placement classes in all subjects except English. I have always been fascinated by the sciences and those were the classes I really excelled in. I thrived on my ability in those classes and honestly tried to avoid English because I was only average. Now, looking back at my high school writing experience, there was not a whole lot of writing which would make up for that explanation. I took many film as literature classes, reading classes, or a mixture of both reading and writing but never just writing. I think that will have a lot to say about my writing this quarter.

A goal without a plan is doomed to fail. My goal for graduate school is to acquire new writing skills and to refine those I already possess. I want to be the best writer I can be and my plan is to utilize graduate-level education to me my goal of being a better writer. Northern Arizona University’s Master of Arts (MA) in English (Professional Writing emphasis) is the best way for me to do just that. As a foundation for my studies I have a vast amount of experience and formal military training in the field of professional writing.

Warned about the difference in difficulty of academia in college as I wrote essays for standardized tests, I prepared my academic work to adapt to my surroundings. However, these preparations didn’t come close to the quality hands on experiences I have obtained in my freshmen year. When I concluded my first semester at Montclair State University, I utilized the knowledge I gained about the composition of a proper essay and apply it to my writing. My writing improved significantly when compared to the essays I produced as a student in high school. However, as the academic year comes to an end, I have found that I have exercised the true meaning of adaptability over the course of this semester. This time has been a period of growth where I have exercised my reasoning

Goals to accomplish during English Composition are improving weak points as mentioned in Journal 1: grammar, word choice, and vocabulary. Also mentioned, these components are crucial to improving in writing and are used to become a good writer. To improve as a writer is one goal, another is to simply do well in the class, pass, and obtain the credit. Furthermore, as a dual enrollment student, taking this class is more a less a sneak peak of growing up and moving onto college. Part of the college experience is the advancement from high school, with this, there is a change of mind, change of grading, change of atmosphere, et cetera.

We have been taught to set goals for most of our lives. The goals have ranged from reading a certain book, to passing a class, to even getting into your dream school and earning a degree. Even now as we push forward to complete one of the long-term goals we must remember to set smaller goals for ourselves to keep from getting overwhelmed. When set properly, goals drive us forward in all that we do.

Looking back on it, there could not have been a better way to start the greater part of my high school career than Composition I. The writing skills I learned throughout this course will help me later in my writing career. Compositions I made me a successful writer and helped me grow. Each essay in Composition I was different, and thus brought on different challenges. Through it all, it was worth, and I would not be where I am right now if it was not for Composition I.

The rising sun is reflected from the French windows, everything in the office seems being covered by the golden sun, the air is mixed with various fragrances. Standing at the entrance of the company, tiptoed, and looking inside curiously, the huge office is well organized, with flowers on the table and delicate paintings on the wall, just like my visualization.

Throughout my college experience I have got the chance to learn some new things from a few different teachers on writing, writing hasn’t always been a strength of mine. When I was younger I had a hard time reading so that didn’t help my writing skills, it actually made it quite difficult. My first year at Western I had to take writing, I thought how hard could this be but I struggled and the professor I had was really hard on us, he was always pushing us to write more from the heart. I ended up getting a C+ in the class and had to have him the next semester for the next level. I didn’t always agree with the things he made us write about and how we had to read out heart filled papers in front of the class but every time I got up there and had