Reflection Paper

Writing makes me feel free from my mind and put all my thoughts and feelings into it. It feels calm and soothing when you write. I remember when I was little we always had to write our stories in cursive which always helped me to remember things like my vocabulary. I want to improve on my grammars and my words in the future ahead of me, which will take me to the higher roads of writing. I can say what I want to say and express myself without the fear of being judged. Those who'd judge my writing have no right to read it. I write to perforate my emotion and escape the cruel. Writing is my art form, and I will do it whether it is appreciated by others or not. Writing is a therapy for me to keep us writers alive and communicate and share each

Writing is not just marking letters, words, or symbols on a piece of work. My perspective states that writing is not just expressing yourself through words; in fact, it is mostly one’s expression; your emotions, thoughts, beliefs, etc. Correspondingly, according to myself, writing is extremely artistic and evocative way to reveal one self’s personality. Most important, I am in the creative writing class, because I desired to be in it, due to the fact that it is my passion, it is a way I can express myself thoroughly, and it makes me feel as if I am in a whole different world where I can reveal everything I desire.

Writing is a way of reminder for writers about their past experiences, struggles, and accomplishment and being able to put them into writing makes all those memories and moments permanent. It also helps them make their life pleasurable and give them a way to imagine how they want to live their future life. Writing is a lifestyle for people who want to express themselves about everything in their life.

One of the things I feel very strongly about is writing. I like how you can say whatever you want knowing that it is your opinion. You have freedom over what you say. Some things that are written could be seen as controversial, but in the scheme of things, most of what is said is okay because at the end of the day you have the right to freedom of speech. Personally writing is an escape from life, whether it is full of pain, sadness, chaos, or just plain boredom. A few years ago my imagination was bright. It held quite a bit of good ideas, but somewhere along the way to now I lost most of that ability to think of the most random plot lines or ideas to write about. My creativity slowly burned out, kind of like a candle. Then one morning not too

Writing has been an outlet for me, and has allowed me to express my passions, guided me along a trying time in my life, and has forced me to acknowledge that I can’t let a disease define who I am, and moreover has pushed me to discover that I’m a passionate young man

Do we do it as a gratifying interest or is it a replacement for the emptiness or loneliness we feel? Everyone has a story to be told, but we all go about it in a different way or form just like two very well-known authors, George Orwell and James Baldwin. In the essay from “Why I Write” by George Orwell, the author presents his personal journey to becoming a writer. He also explores the reasons for why writers write and what they write. In addition, in the essay from “The Creative Process” by James Baldwin, the author presents writers in today’s society.

Personally I feel that writing can be a great source in expressing our feelings, hopes, and dreams that can’t be conveyed through spoken words. Especially, looking at Autobiography of Red in which Geryon used writing to document moments in his life and how he felt during that time. The only down fall with writing is my case is organizes my thoughts to flow how I would like them to.

Writing for me is a way of expression. It is way of letting go, without anyone having to know your thoughts. I believe writing is more interesting when you are doing it without being forced. Writing can be used in many different areas of life whether it is in school, work, or even at home. We are always writing, even when we don’t think we are. Writing can help you be successful in life, it is a very important qualification on a resume. No place of employment wants to hire a person who is unable to write. Businesses need to have people who can put their ideas on paper.

The idea of writing has always fascinated me. Being able to understand another person’s thoughts, through words on a piece of paper, is a curious concept. From twenty-six letters in an alphabet, feelings can be expressed, emotions can be evoked, and fantasies can be told. That is what I have always loved about writing. From an early age, I thrived in the euphoric feeling I got when I could translate the stories in my head into a tangible thing. I can even remember my debut as a writer way back when I was in kindergarten.

In my opinion, writing is defined as fun, a way to be creative and a way to help me clear my mind. It allows me to express my own individuality. Writing may be known as a bore to others who cant seem to find their own writing style, but if you have that "gift" of writing it comes easy no matter what subject or topic. That 's where my liking for writing comes in. I 've always been able to take a topic and write about it without any problems. Once my brain gets going, its hard to stop.

Writing has always played a huge role in my life. I’ve been reading writing for as long as I can remember as I have an immense love of reading. This love would grow into a love for writing as well; I still stumble upon journals and writings from my five-year-old self about the happenings in my kindergarten class. As time would go on I would discover academic writing, and how to convey my thoughts on what was the topic of student that particular year or semester in my schooling. Later, writing would become a constant for me, and a comfort; I was known to my friends as always having a journal, and a pen on my person. I learned to write down my feelings and my thoughts, song lyrics that were in my head, reflections for the day. I learned how

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

I have great interaction with individuals from all levels of society, education and backgrounds. In the past, I have demonstrated that I can deal with highly sensitive issues (hostile and angry individuals). For example, my co-workers regularly request my assistance dealing with the public, and I help them prevent the situation from escalating to a public relations issue. Recently a claimant came to the office extremely upset. She wanted to file an Appeal because she disagreed on how the Processing Center (PC) calculated her back payment and issued the SSA-1099 with the incorrect information. After reviewing the actions taken by PC and her records, I determined that the letter sent by PC did not contain all the necessary information; it did not include the Worker’s Compensation and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) offset. I explained to her how the offset was applied and sent a request to PC for a detailed letter with the offset information. She understood and was relieved that I clarified how her benefits were calculated and decided not to appeal the decision. I also have the tact and sensitivity to deal with individuals from different social backgrounds and education levels. I am also fluent in Spanish and English, which gives me the opportunity to deal effectively with a wide variety of individuals, organizations and groups from different cultural backgrounds and nationalities. I was referred a claim that was previously denied because the claimant didn’t

Language. A big part of everyone's life since birth, and for me one of the biggest adjustments I had to face at the age of six. Until the age of six I lived in the Dominican Republic, my homeland. I cherished this country like the holy grail and I could never Imagine leaving it behind. Until then, the only language I would speak was Spanish, the language I was raised on. I was very shy as a young kid, I didn't talk as much as I would now, I didn't really interact with a lot of people besides my close friends, which I did everything with at the time. It was great that I could easily communicate with them through Spanish, this would all change when I had to move to the United States. I had to learn English in order to be a successful as a young kid here. Some kids would take years to learn English, some kids weren't even interested at all, but I knew that I needed to learn it as efficiently as I could, I was not all that excited to learn a new language. I was already used to my first language and was afraid of failure when it came to learning english. However, just one teacher changed the way I viewed learning English and helped me enjoy the learning curves of a new language.

Throughout each life stage I have encountered weather it being the past future or present I have faced and will face changes. The changes are influenced by the developmental stage, developmental tasks, psychosocial crisis, and central process for resolving crisis, radius of significant relationships, and the coping strategies I have adapted to. Within these aspects previously listed that have influenced me in the past, present, and in the future I have successes and barriers that have also shaped me into the person I am in my present stage. By way of example, the psychosexual theory and the social learning theory draw relation to my development and experiences that have shaped my development through my life stages. Upon the early adolescence, later adolescence, and early adulthood life stages I have encountered have helped structure the development I have in my present life stage.