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Mrs. Rickert
Exam Essay
In the last few months, I’ve grown a lot. My writing abilities have improved, I’ve read books that have changed my opinions and beliefs, and I’ve learned to work as a team with other people.
Throughout the school year and the semester, I’ve read books that all seem to challenge my own moral code and my opinion on issues presented in the world today. Most of my reading material this year has been higher level nonfiction. Through the books I’ve read, I’ve learned a lot about myself as a person. The pattern in the reading material is rather clear: they all involve social and global issues that are rather controversial in nature. They involve issues that people try to avoid in casual conversation because the topics, more often than not, lead to arguments and disagreements. One of the most influential books I’ve read, I am Malala, has greatly influenced my opinion on the global issues we are facing with terrorism and has inspired a passion for the right to education. Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti and How To Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran have allowed me to develop stronger opinions of issues like abortion, the gender pay gap, and doubly standards that are present in society today. Many of the issues I’ve come to think heavily on are ones that I had not had a very strong opinion …show more content…

With the 100s of pages I’ve written I’ve learned a lot about myself and my writing abilities. I think I’ve grown more because of the weekly assigned pages more than I did for any of the assigned pieces I’ve written this year,The weekly five pages of writing ranged from nonsense to my deep philosophical thoughts on life. Because of the excessive journaling I’ve done, I’ve witnessed more growth in myself as a writer than I’ve ever seen. In the past, I’ve struggled with getting my thoughts on paper. My brilliant ideas weren’t ones that I could get down on the page and it

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