Hello, my name is Yolanda Page. I graduated from high school in 1998. When I was a teenager I use to love to write in my journal, but, that ended over 20 years ago. Over the last 18 years, I have been a full-time stay at home mother of 8 amazing children. I love to take care of my family, which is a full-time job in its self that never ends. In 2012, I began attending Bethel University. I have encountered countless amounts of issues writing academically throughout my college career thus far. Maybe, I lack the understanding and confidence that it takes to be a good writer. Hopefully that will change someday. I was and still am, extremely nervous about taking this William Shakespeare class. Before taking this class I knew that William
Writing has affected my life for the better, but our relationship is still rocky. I never realized how much of an impact writing would have on my life, until I began my career in law enforcement. Prior to my career in law enforcement, I was a student-athlete. I always viewed writing as a chore, something that I had to do, and that always frustrated me. It frustrated me, because, I did not think I was good at it. I then discovered personal writing. I began writing letters, telling stories, the whole nine yards; I learned to allow personal writing to be an outlet, and that helped me to become an overall better writer. After I became familiar with personal writing, writing started to grow on me. I found myself doing more and more writing, and I was enjoying it. When I enjoy writing, it makes the whole process seem easier.
I began writing with basic vocabulary and barely any sentence variety. As the year progressed, I learned to advance my vocabulary and word choice in addition to incorporating a diversity of sentence structure. Nearing the end of the school year, I acknowledge that I have grown and learned more about writing. I anticipate that I will receive even more arduous writing assignments that require more research and time. Although it will be challenging, I feel confident that I will do well because I feel well prepared from all I’ve done this year. As I grow older, I will have to continue to write. I know I can take the knowledge I’ve learned this year and apply it to future papers for years to
I am Shakia Warner, 20 year old female from Brooklyn. I attended Martin Luther King High School, focusing on Drama, Computers, English and Math. Always had a passion of becoming a journalist. An aspiring freelance writer, writing is a form of way I express myself, I want to give a voice to the people that feel like they have no voice at all. I want to be able to tell the stories that often go unheard-of or often get ignored. I get the opportunity to meet lots of people from different fields and each one will challenge my perspective towards life. In School, I Started off as an entry level role taking assigned stories for the student Newspaper, then I was able to source and pitch my own stories, I created a story about how children do not get
I love to write and help others with their writing. Though I do not have experience with writing and editing for pay, I do have experience writing and editing for pleasure. I have experience in many other fields as well. This Fall of 2015, I will be schooling online at Southern New Hampshire University. I will be working on getting my BaI want to write for Teen Scene because the idea of it being written for teen by teens is very unique and interesting. I'd love to be apart of it and help grow your audience. I see a bright future with this platform. Also I feel like my writing style would be appreciated here. My writing style is fun and easy to comprehend. It's not uptight at all, but still sounds literate. I have a way with words, I've been
We all have dreams. My mother always dreamed of being a teacher; however, life took her for another turn and her dreams were not fulfilled. She became a stay at home mom instead. She used me to achieve her dreams of being a teacher; therefore, I became her student. From the age of three, she began to teach me the basics of reading and writing. By the time I started kindergarten, I was very advanced in reading for my age. My first day of school, I was appalled when my classmates could not read simple words. Did their mothers not teach them to read like mine had? This was the start to my reading and writing journey. My writing history has had a significant influence on my current writing strengths, weaknesses, and style.
I am currently a sophomore at the University of Central Florida studying Communication Science and Disorders. I have taken many English courses where I have had to do many different types of writing as well as editing and proofreading.
When I see the word, college writing, I honestly start to feel butterfly’s in my stomach, to the point where I feel as if I want to throw up. I have always had trouble when it came to be one’s fate in writing. I hunch because I get bottled up and over think about how am I going to motivate myself to start writing, are the readers going to like my writing, does it sound acceptable enough, etc. When I see writing, I see a whole bunch of different essay prompts, like so much starts to pop up into my head. Writing is something that I like but have trouble with and now that I am a college student, I now understand the meaning of college writing and what it is that comes from it.
I am similar to the novelist Anne Tyler because she once said “If I waited ‘til I felt like writing, I’d never write at all.” This is me all too well because if I also waited until I “felt” like writing I would not ever write either. Writing is not something I do for fun; it is like a chore. In this paper I will discuss what kind of student I am, how strong my formal English writing skills are, any special needs I have, my major, and dream job.
Even before high school, I had written several poems and short stories of varying genres and lengths. However, I became serious about creative writing in the tenth grade when I endeavored to write a novel. I finished the framework of that novel and since then have decided to revamp it. In addition to that work, I have authored the beginnings of a second novel, over thirty poems, and fifteen stories, both short and long. Currently, writing is a hobby, but in the long run, I aspire for my writing to be a means by which to extend my reach in the medical field and to expand my
As my Writing 39C course comes to a close, now is a great time to look at the journey I have taken to get here. I’ll start with my high school experience with writing. Although, I wasn’t a terrible writer, I didn’t strive to be the best writer I could be. Although I had a decent writing skill, enough to pass the AP English exam at least, I never really pushed my writing abilities to anything beyond the minimum amount needed to pass with a decent grade. Once I got to college, however, writing was a different story.
Hello, I'm La'Marion Patterson a 26 year old native of Dallas. I must add that I will be turning 27 on January 28th. I will be telling people I'm 21 though for about 2 months. LOL! My son is my pride and joy. He is such a handsome little guy that feels my life with a lot of joy. He is my reason for getting back in college to pursue my dream in becoming an elementary school principal. I love to talk but my confidence is at its lowest when it comes to writing. Other than this class being required for my degree plan, I am taking this class to become a better writer. When I’m not studying, everyone that knows me usually can find me at work, singing, taking pictures, at my sons school volunteering, or at a kid friendly place enjoying all the time
As time passes, my writing has matured. When I was in sixth grade, the sentences I wrote were short and curt. They improved in seventh grade, but then my writing became long and repetitive. Rereading them now, I realize how much my writing style has developed. My vocabulary has expanded and has become more diverse. My papers flow smoothly and are well-worded. Moreover, the
Registering for an English 1101 class, I would never have thought my writing was remotely exceptional. On the first day of class, we had to write these diagnostic essay (I wrote about picking my major) to see where we were at in our writings. The day I received the essay back was the moment where I truly considered the being a writer. Besides my grammar and spelling errors my teacher, Mrs. Emma Perry, wrote “very powerful and emotionally descriptive writing - are you sure you don’t want to be an English Major?!” I have never really considered it before but I’ve always had a guilty pleasure for becoming a blogger, news anchor (my inspiration came from Nancy Grace and Robin Meade), and even one day writing my own memoir. I could remember when I was younger being so shy to speak up that in my mind I would imagine acting out interviews and seminars. It wasn’t until that moment where I truly considered becoming an English major. From henceforth, I began reading the Red and Black newspaper, writing with great passion in every essay and improving my communications methods. Realizing this new passion for writing and being in my detached
Over the course of this past semester, my ability to write has improved tremendously. Prior to undertaking this course, my expertise in writing was not as fine-tuned as it should have been. I had never previously been enrolled in a class specifically tailored to writing-- which was quite clear. Upon reading my past works, it becomes apparent that my writing style consisted of fluff, small words, and inconsistently structured sentences. These problems have, for the most part, been remedied with the coursework I have tackled in College Writing. Rather than long, drawn out papers that take an eternity to reach the primary point, my recent work is much nicer in terms of composition and grammar. I credit these improvements to the three primary
High School career, I have never thought of myself as a sophisticated or even well-developed writer. Throughout my years at North Kitsap, English class has never been my strong suit, mathematics is where I am meant to be. I started out the year often using personal pronouns, weak intensifiers, and spelling/grammar errors. Now at the end of the year I have learned to stop those from occurring as well as using more formal diction and more rhetorical devices as I write. This year I believe my writing has gained sophistication due to all the essays assigned my Mrs. Dunbar. The experience obtained from all the essays has given my recent and will give my future essays higher quality content which will prolong my writing in a stronger direction.