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Short Story Of Writing: Mrs. Brennan

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Ever since I’ve been young, it seems that there has been one question that could never be escaped; what does the future entail? This answer to this question is hardly ever finite, and changes throughout life similar to the pattern of Earth’s crust. When we are young drastic changes occur, however as we age the change becomes increasingly stagnant. In an ideal life one finds their niche and all change in desire will cease. I am still in my metamorphosis phase, however I have discovered that a large portion of what I want to do comprises my ability to write. When I reminisce on my intense areas of passion in my childhood, three venues come to mind immediately. I have always loved animals, sports, and writing, however the three do not …show more content…

I always had a creative knack with the pen and created stories which my teachers would rave over. My first piece that drew the attention of an elder was a story of a clown in my third grade class. My teacher’s name was Mrs. Brennan. In Mrs. Brennan’s class we had an assignment in which we had to draw a disfigured clown and then match it with a story to describe the life story of the clown, when the day came that the assignment was due, I did not have mine and Mrs. Brennan was extremely angry, improvidently, I found it in myself to disregard the fact that my work was past the deadline and work at my own pace. After about two days Mrs. Brennan notified my parents that I had not turned in the project and test weighted assignment. My parents asked me about the paper and I told them that I was still working on it, and after about a week it turned into a big deal. My parents scheduled a conference with Mrs. Brennan to see what was going on with my lack of initiative and productivity in the class, little did they know, this was quite the opposite of what was going on. When we arrived at the meeting, both my parents and Mrs. Brennan glared at me with extremely stern and disapproving faces, I howbeit had a large grin on my face, which infuriated both parties more and more as each minute of silence passed. Then finally my mom exclaimed, “Well what do you have to say for yourself?” I then pulled a …show more content…

But I guess I’m what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you” This quote summarizes direction which my literacy has swayed my life throughout my years. I have not always had a plan or a concrete desire for what my literacy should be for me, however my hobbies, company, and environment have shaped the way I have been impacted by it. Earlier I stated that three passion which encompass my life are athletics, wildlife, and writing, but quite frankly for my whole life the majority of my time has been allocated to athletics. This however did not make me the stereotypical lackluster athlete who disregards his studies and puts all focus and efforts into becoming a highly trained behemoth. Through the use of my intense involvement in athletics I was able to connect with literature using the words and wisdom of greats in the athletic

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