What I 'm Considering Sharing At Your Session

"Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness" (Orwell 316).

To better explain let me make a comparison. When I am assigned a writing assignment or I am writing because the action is being forced upon me I find myself not enjoying the process and overall the end result is subpar. The perfect example of this would be my junior year in high school when I was enrolled in AP english literature. I dreaded the majority of the class simply because there was so much writing involved in the entire course and therefore I was constantly writing just to get a grade. Being forced to write in such high volume every week for an entire school year was not enjoyable for myself and as a result the

Whenever the bookshelves became too full, we would take a banana box and fill it with books. The boxes were stored in the garage. When I had finished reading all the books in the house that I wanted, I would go out to the garage. There I would spend about an hour looking through the books. After finding a stack of books that seemed interesting, I would go inside to read. There is probably have about 9 banana boxes full of books in the garage.

In Shannon Nichols’ “Proficiency”, she bout her dislikes writing due to her experiences. While I was growing up, I never knew I would not like writing. People remind me of how I had great handwriting and loved to write stories. In college, I continue to struggle in writing essays and it is a challenge for me. Although Shannon Nichols and I despise writing growing up, we both have grown to become successful writers.

From the time I first learned to read, I found myself fascinated by books. As I got older, a teacher realized that my reading level was above that of the other children in my class, and sent me to the bookshelf to pick out a “chapter book” to read. With the envious eyes of many of my peers following me, I chose one (probably the one with the most colorful cover art) and began to read it. Little did I know, I would finish this book in no time, and my life would become consumed by reading from that point forward. I soon felt compelled to put some of my own ideas onto paper, and thus, I discovered my passion for writing. However, my skills would be, and are to this day, suppressed by one thing- first drafts. I have never been able to sit down

Teaching was very natural for me. I felt comfortable and confident working in all my classrooms. I was fortunate to have the support from all supervising teachers and they provided me guidance and knowledge as I continued to grow in the classroom. I couldn’t wait to go to college so I could focus on teaching every day and officially start my journey as a future

For a long time I didn’t know what I would like to pursue as a career but when I reflected on my life I realized some of my favorite times in life were when I was teaching someone something and when I was learning. In my future career as a high school teacher I will able to do both of those things. Seeing peoples’ eyes light up with interest because they

I had to read the Bible, newspaper articles, romance and scary books. As I got older and even though writing was not my thing I wanted to try my hand at writing short stories for a magazine, which never happened.

I was wondering how you came up with the book, did you just think about it, did

“As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive,” wrote Malcolm X. As I grew up I really wasn’t a reader. Slowly as I continue to read I started to enjoy it .Today I love to sit and read a good book every now and then. Maybe someday I will write my own book.

Writing has never really been a passion I possess. I wouldn’t go as far to say I hate it, but, I wouldn’t want to say I love it either. For some, writing is a way to escape their own messed up worlds and creates a new, it’s exciting, adventures, and daring, but, to me, writing is such a tedious task that I as a person do not have the patience to withstand. I haven’t always disliked writing; I actually use to enjoy getting all my thoughts down on paper and coming out with my own little masterpiece my parents could hang on the fridge and boast about to their friends. The worst/best paper I ever had to write was in fifth grade; I had to describe my top three very best friends in five paragraphs or more, then let my elbow partner grade it on a scale from 1-6 ( six being the best.) I put my all into that paper; it was going to be my best paper yet.

I took books to bed with me. I was always reading, whether it was choose your own adventures, Encyclopedia Brown, anything. But it wasn’t until I was given Siddhartha that I really came alive to the broader world of writing.

Every one has their subjects that they love and hate, and for it was defiantly writing. Writing is something I dreaded for a long time; I developed my hatred towards writing since probably elementary school. I hate writing when I’m expected to put a spin on a subject that just doesn’t work for me, personally. There are many times when I have papers due and sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say towards the topic. I could write a paragraph but to continuously write paragraphs after paragraphs it gets a little harder. I always contradict myself in my writings but that is something I have grown out of. Writing is time consuming and requires a lot of effort. They require a lot of planning and usually some accompanying reading and note taking. Taking notes is one of my weaknesses. In some intuitions like my high school for instances there was not enough time is given to the rough draft and not enough feedback is given before the essay receives a final grade. I personally believe that not everyone is a "natural-born" writer; but I do believe that everyone has the capability to become a decent writer.

In today’s society, many people, but especially young people seem to hate writing. Young people ranging from the ages of 15-25 and older people referring to ages of 26 and up.

In junior-high school I bought How to Read a Book, read it, was mightily impressed by it, acknowledged to myself that the techniques it described were important and valuable ... and then put the book on the shelf and didn't think about it again.