Before reading Maddalena’s essay “I Need You to Say ‘I’: Why First Person Is Important in College Writing,” I always thought that using “I” in an inquiry writing or any writing in college would be immature. It would look like my writing would be look down upon like if it were a middle school paper. I also feel like using too many “I’s” becomes repetitive, so this would become a weak writing because of the poor word choice. Maddalena mentioned that first person “has an important and irreplaceable place” and that it needs to be used appropriately for the audience. One of the reasons she explains in her essay is that the audience understand who is speaking. This relates to my first inquiry draft because when I talk about my personal experience,
