What I Became Essay

How to become a good writer. There is some major difference between highschool and college essay. High school and college are different things for writing an essay because it's exploring your more skills on writing. In high school, I never had experience as writing essay or speeches. Because in high school, it is not require that every student have to write an essay on academic ways. If a student doesn’t want to write essay academic way, then for a student can write an essay on his ways. Because in my high school, it does not require that everyone have to follow the MLA/APA format. We just had to finish the essay, because it’s required to graduate from high school. But when I started my first semester in college, and the professor gave us first assignment writing about the introduction of an essay. I was really get stressed on that time, because I really don’t understand what to write introduction in essay. But I try my best on my first assignment. Writing my three essays has taught me how to write the essay in academic way, how to format them correctly, and analyse the text and question before writing the essay.

When presented with the question, “who are you as a writer?”, I was speechless at first. But after thinking about it, I realized who I am as a writer has been influenced by so many different sponsors throughout my life and there was not a short, concrete answer. Brandt mentions that “literacy is sponsored by people, institutions, and circumstances that both make it possible for a person to become literate and shape the way the person actually acquires literacy.” (Brandt 43) My attitude towards writing has been influenced by teachers, both negatively and positively, by my mother, and by academic assignments over the years. My answer to the question can only be answered by a narrative of my writing life. I have convinced myself that I am a terrible writer, and when presented with a writing assignment, I get anxious instantly. I see writing as a burden and a huge obstacle that gets placed in my life. Academic writing is not fun, but something I value due to the fact that we are a grade driven society. When writing, I write to the guidelines in order to receive points for the requested criteria. The reason being, I gave up on expressing my own ideas because I had been shut down by so many teachers throughout my education. I tried to write down what came to my mind and put my own twist on things, but that was not the “right” way to write papers. In order to make both my teachers and my grades happy, I wrote what they wanted to hear, and even then I was not to the level they

I have always been thinking that what makes who I am today. Whether my family, my surrounding or my own personality. I have been trying to find out the answer and I think that I have found out the answer. It is a combination of all of the criterias mentioned above that have shaped my personality and made me who I am today. Although I might not really sure who I am to others, but I will introduce myself to you and tell you who I think I am in this essay.

When I was younger, I was an extremely quiet kid and as a child and I was deathly afraid of needles. Well, I had to get a shot from the doctor that was pretty bad for the nurses and the doctor. Another time is when my mom could not find me and had to pull together a search party but I was in the back yard the whole time. These experiences shaped my life and I became me.

If someone is asked to point out my most notable characteristic, that person would most likely to remark my timidity. However, I must justify that my timidity and reticence partly stem from the oppressive environment in my early years. An environment that obliterates confidence, defers the dreams of the youth, and strives for extreme conformity.

There was not a specific moment I became me, it was more of a gradual thing. After many years of growing up I realize who I am. I know I am honest, strong, and sometimes I take things too literal. I know that I am still growing up and I have not completely became who I will be, but this is me now.

“You need to stop being so afraid of these things,” said a great teacher of mine, Mrs. Stacey Hetrick. She was commenting on my reluctance to stand up for myself in a particular incident, but it applied to so much more. Everything in life daunted me, and I feared the challenge of taking on and overcoming its obstacles. While I had the potential to do great things, I was too afraid to act. She recognized this, sat me down, talked to me, and became the first person to attempt kindling the embers of potential lying dormant within me. She had that direct, piercing gaze that bores into yours and engraves its intent into the back of your eyelids; that tone of voice that leaves its message lingering in your ears; the smell of introspection clinging

At a glance my life, specifically my early childhood, looks and will continue to look pretty easy. An upper-middle class, suburban, white kid, with two loving and supportive parents, grandparents to match - it all seems just peachy. On the outside it looks like everything has come easy to me, school, sports, friends, etc. No bumps in the road, all smooth sailing. However, from my point of view - on the inside - quite the contrary is true. I am where I am today because of one, very specific, reason.

In Composition I, Mrs. Henry assigned us the task of writing to share information about ourselves. Our group consists of Kane (David Pharr), Kylah, Joshua, and Kendra. As a group, we chose to share about three topics that would reveal the most about our personality and character.

There have been very few events throughout my lifetime that I feel have impacted or inspired me with such noteworthiness and that I know will change my outlook on the world and affect me forever. One of those events occurred when I traveled to Portugal, my parent’s homeland. From this excursion in 2007, I learned the importance of family, most importantly the distant kind. It provided me with a totally different perspective on the world and how large and extended one’s family can really be; even across cultures and continents. I felt so fortunate learning this lesson at a young age and growing to appreciate the ideals I was brought up with as a child. The family I have in Portugal has always been there; however, their faces have aged and

Since I could remember I’ve always been that shy kid in class, the one who sat in the back and did anything to avoid speaking in front of everyone. At first my shyness did not affect me greatly because it was something that I knew I would eventually grow out of, but as my freshman year of high school rolled in things only got worse. I experienced my first bump in my road in which my confidence as well as my motivation to succeed began to go downhill and although it did not affect me academically, it affected my self esteem and my ability to connect with others. But towards the end of the year something clicked and I used my weaknesses as a way of motivating myself to succeed.

This assignment asks me to interview someone that I thought was different from myself. Looking to a newly made friend. Soliciting a buddy named Farik if I could ask him a few questions about being a Muslim and for him to try and explain some of the principles of Islam. Farik agreed. We met in my home during the day, when my abode is the most tranquil and calm. Now remember he is just dong me a favor and is not an Islamic scholar in any shape or form. Having been raised Roman Catholic and being deployed a few times to the Middle East, I still felt like I did not have a firm grasp of what a Muslim or what Islam is really about. As in other faith traditions, Muslim scholars have developed varied positions and responses to the numerous questions and issues that have been raised and discussed over the past 1400 years in the various lands where Islam is practiced. These perspectives and resulting practices differ partly because of the diversity within the Muslim community in geography, ethnicity, culture, and age. One of my recent favorite additions to this semester has been the introduction or pushing of the 13 “Principles for How We Treat Each Other.” These principles provide a rich framework for dialogue with classmates about how we build community through our communication behaviors. They also align beautifully with what I see as one of our most challenging core competencies at Valencia, which is Value, which asks that we identify, express, and commit to our values.

The question who I am or who someone is as a person is sometimes asked, but what if that someone doesn't know yet? So then you have to find out who you are as a person. Therefore I will be discussing my high school past, my writing past, and where I see myself in the future. These will help show who I am as a person and how I feel about myself and my writing abilities. Here is who I am.

Who am I? That is the question not even I know the answer to because only time can answer that. Time changes everything that we’ve known or what we thought we knew. I too have changed many times over because of the situation and setting. I’m from one of the smallest and poorest nations in Asia where we live in different type of lives we have different culture, and few races unlike America. America has a different environment in which it has many diverse people that are from all around the world with different languages, races, and cultures. What always remained with me were my values. I have many values that have made me who I am today, but the most important are growth and persistence. They are both correlated to each other, but they hold different and bigger meaning to me. To me growth means expanding your knowledge to do something better. For others growth can be calculated in small amount or different physical properties, but for me it is all about the mind (brain). Growing is very important not necessarily by height, but with mind because it can expand beyond horizon and beyond others’ ability to see. For example, some of the greatest minds in history had amazing observations like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci, Aristotle, and many more. With this principals I can make myself more and make my future brighter by expanding my knowledge everyday. I strive growth, do with it I work for excellence with vision.

My personality has significantly changed over time from the time I was a teenager till now that I’m an adult. Age has significantly contributed to how I view things, how I react to issues, and how I interact with other people. Some of the factors that have contributed to changes in my personality include entering into committed relationships and advancement in my careers. I have developed increase in positive traits like conscientiousness and a decrease in traits that are considered negative, such as neuroticism. Compared to the time I was a teenager, I have significantly become more responsible, more agreeable, and more emotionally stable. I remember I used to fight a lot when I was a teenager but as I grow into adulthood, I have learnt how to handle issues and control myself as well. In essence, my personality has significantly improved. When I was a teenager, I used to be irresponsible, unsociable, and shy. However, I have since become friendly, responsible, and outgoing. This has made me live a happier life compared to the life I was living before. Living a happy life has improved my personality in the sense that it has made me become more conscientious, more emotionally stable, and more agreeable. My pattern of feeling, thinking, and behaving has since become consistent over time and in different situations.