Personal Narrative: My Shortcoming As A Writer

I have truly enjoyed writing for most of my life and after this class I will continue to enjoy writing hopefully with more skill. I have always viewed myself as a fairly strong writer and this class has reaffirmed that for me, but it has also shown weaknesses in my writing. As an introduction level class this has been one of my favorites; at some point I will take a higher level, even though it is not required for my major. Even though this class is almost over I am continuing to learn. I also love that this class will help me with literally ever other class in my college career. I am not a particularly strong reader, but as my writing skills improve so do the reading skills. While in this class I have learned a lot about everything from what I can improve, to subjects that interest me, and constructing a successful paper.

I didn’t have to physically fight in school and I wasn’t subjected to overt racial discrimination. However, I was discriminated against on an institutional level by attending public school in Compton, CA and in a rural desert town in LA County called Lake Los Angeles. Demographically, Lake L.A. was mostly poor White but we were part of a wave of minorities that began moving there because of the cheap houses on large sections of land. There was limited access to rigorous curriculum and I remember not feeling engaged in school as a child. I was naturally curious and wanted to learn so I was always self-motivated and succeeded in school. However, there were very limited opportunities or access to college prep courses or Advanced/Honors sections of courses. I never even met with a high school counselor once. I was self-motivated enough to make sure I earned good grades in my classes but I had no idea what the application process for college was all about or what A-G electives were. I was caught up in a numbers game and I wasn’t one of the few who were given the additional resources and support needed to be prepared to attend a four year university right out of high

How can I become a better writer? Throughout my writing experiences, I have learned I have many weaknesses along with strengths. My experiences with writing has not always been the best, but over time, with lots of practice and instructions from my instructors, I can proudly say that I have gained a better understanding on the layout of essays and papers. As well as understanding how to write correctly my goal as a writer is to learn how to overcome my weaknesses and use my strengths to my highest ability. I have many strengths, weaknesses and goals that I plan to achieve and overcome in my college career.

This is related to me because of my fifth-grade teacher. She was my English and social Studies teacher. I will admit I am not the best at English and Literature school work. When I report card came out the whole class had low A’s and so much lower on their report cards. Everyone was shocked by their grades, I received a low “B” in her class. A couple days after receiving our grades for the quarter. The principal came to our class to tell us that our teacher had given almost all of us a lower grade letter because she felt it. I think it was because we were a

In my first “Who I am as a Writer” paper I stated how one of the areas that I needed to improve was writing. I went into more depth talking about how my writing is not descriptive enough and how I cannot grab the reader's attention. Even though I still need to continue making improvements, I have gotten better in both of these aspects. Compared to my papers in high school my introduction paragraphs have improved.

I’m reaching out to you as a concern parent in regards to incident that happen on 03/10/2017 Friday. My daughter Ahneya Barrett had an unfortunately altercation with another student and Mr. Alexander at Western Branch High school use unreasonable force with my daughter; moreover Mr. Alexander made the statement to my daughter, “That’s what you get” as she slid into the wall. I have related my concerns to Dr. Whitley and the administration staff; nevertheless can’t anyone address the issue about my

The first suspension was for five days (out of school) because a classmate spoke to her as a result the hit her. The second suspension was for five days (out of school) because she heard someone sneeze. The client says, she told the female student she was too loud and then proceeded to hit her with a closed fist. The third, five day out of school suspension was initiated because a female classmate removed her cell phone charger from the electrical socket and plugged up a pencil sharpener. The client admits to punching the female and starting a fight. The fourth out of school, five day suspension was because someone sat in her chair. The client advised she attempt to pull the chair from underneath the female classmate and proceeded to fight her. The fifth out of school suspension was took place two months prior to her giving birth to her daughter. The client advised she was physically attacked and beaten by three females at

How long was I going to continue to ignore the fact that I desperately needed help with my writing? Reflecting back even in high school it seems I’ve always had the same problems when it came to my writing. Maybe it was the fact that I was too lazy to take the extra time out to write out a rough draft, unless of course it counted towards my grade, or maybe it was the fact that I never paid attention to my grammar because I was always rushing. Either way it goes once I got to college I realized I wasn’t going to be able to skate by with just putting my initial ideas on paper and turning them in, if I really wanted to get a good grade I would have to work for it.

So, that if I had any more concerns it would look like my child is the problem and not the school. Ms. Sterling has had several complaints against her from yelling at the students. So, why would the principal put my daughter in this class when there are two other classes, which the ZH class I heard nothing, but good things about. The principal did not want to change my daughter’s class from the beginning, but since I was persistent she made sure to make this a damaging move for my daughter. On two occasions I provided the principal with a copy of documentation from my daughter’s physician about her condition. On December 1, 2015 I provided the school with my daughter’s 504 accommodation. The next day my daughter was forced to hold it again and had another accident. My property taken from daughter, alter, and damaged. The school has violated my daughter’s civil rights as well as her educational rights. My daughter was taken into the office and forced to write a statement without my consent or knowledge. My daughter is now harassed on a daily basis for minor

I have my eyes congealed on going to college, but I allowed negativity in my life to encumber my grades, my social life, and my happiness. My freshman year in high school was problematical for me because I attend North Atlanta High School, which is a very diverse school in comparison to my middle school and elementary school; which are predominately black. I experience racism and was condemned solely based on the color of my skin; not my intelligence level, not my behavior in class but for the reason that my skin was darker than others. A Caucasian male said to me “My dad has enough money to buy your family and make them my slaves”. I was enraged and filled with anger; instead of informing a teacher I punch the boy in his nose. As a result

My First Semester at Paul Quinn, I had got very sick which got to the point where some days I couldn't get out my dorm bed, Which was causing me to oversleep or I didn't have the strength to move. I didn't have money to go to the doctor in Texas because my insurance didn't cover me in Texas. when I got home I booked me a doctor appointment on January 9, 2017. I found out I had type 2 diabetes ( which I have on paper ), The doctor tested my blood and all my test came back over high at the point she wasn't sure if she wanted to send me back to Texas.She put me on Metformin pills. I also have a learning disability (Visual Perceptual/Visual Motor Deficit), Which I have on paper. My high school teacher Ms. Shauna Davis sent me the documents,

In December of 2013, I was told that I was not considered for the full-time temporary faculty position in political science on South Campus by Dr. Sonia Nieves because I was not able to teach international relations even though I have graduate level coursework in international relations and Political Science degrees do not specify a focus. I later found out that, this requirement was false and inconsistent with Broward College’s Faculty Credentialing Manual and that Dr. Nieves hired an adjunct faculty member from another campus who had the same degree as me. This left me in the middle of December with no classes for the upcoming spring term despite my ability and record to fill my classes and outstanding reviews by students and supervisors. Dr. Neves also mentioned to me, on several occasions, that it was always a major scheduling “hassle” to be forced to find a downstairs classroom in order to accommodate my ADA needs.

I returned to full time education to College after having a gap in my education for over ten years. I was a mature student and I was a little apprehensive at first about starting because I didn’t know what to expect. There were several groups on the course I thought I was in a very nice group at first but after a few weeks things changed and the bitchiness and back stabbing started. I was in control of my anxiety at first but the singling me out and bulling got too me. Making it hard for me to be in class I would go and see the Colleges Councillor to help me calm down and to keep me on track with my work. My grades got worse with missing classes as the bulling got more and more then I eventually had a panic attack in class and reluctantly told the tutor I didn’t want to get them in trouble. My grades suffered from this I worked my hardest to pass the course, but I did not for fill my potential. I later found out that I could apply for the Foundation course for Community Health and Wellbeing at USW something I did not think I could ever do with my grades. I had applied for the Adult Nursing Course previous, but I did not meet their criteria with my grades. Now starting Community Health and wellbeing, it has now given me a chance to make something of myself and to be proud of something.

It’s true what adults say to worry about yourself and do not worry about others, but there was no sign of impartiality with this woman. Students’ that she favored, abused her kindness and did a lot more then turn their heads. They would turn their bodies a full 360 degrees. It got to the point where I needed to finish my last year of Carver without giving Ms.S a wrong look or nasty attitude. This wasn’t the worse of my problems.

Throughout my childhood, my human dignity was supported and abused on multiple occasions. In one instance, my dignity was supposed was when my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson, stated how proud she was of me for the progress I made that year. Mrs. Johnson built my self confidence up throughout the year through praising me for my good grades, and encouraging me to speak up in class without feeling insecure. However, on