Reflective Essay: My Experiences Between Reading And Writing

As a child I was never into writing or reading. My childhood consisted of playing outdoors, taking care of my younger brothers, and playing video games or riding my bike when I had the chance. You could say I was never the “book worm”, I was more interested in other activities. It wasn 't until I had gotten the fundamental skills through grade school and high school, that I realized how much it helped me now. In high school and through grade school, I didn 't have the best experiences with writing or teachers. I was never really inspired to write, I wrote only when I had to do so. Mindlessly writing things that the teacher would tell us to write. And in return, receiving my papers back full of red marks. Discouraging of course, more than having to write a paper is the dreadfulness of having to “re-write” it. Again and again it always felt like an endless cycle. Writing a paper, turning in a paper, getting it back to correct mistakes, and then turning in what was considered to be “acceptable” for the …show more content…
Now taking this college course, I was extremely worried it would be mundane and a normal writing course just like the ones before. Writing to write. But to my surprise has been very different and insightful in the most positive ways. I have definitely acquired some new writing skills. For example, some of the terms that have stood out for me are Focusing, Pre writing, Reflection, Exploration and of course Revision. These terms stand out because as I have mentioned before, my idea of writing was “do as I say” from the teachers I had before. It was very by the book. With little room for any type of error. Growing up through the years thinking any type of writing should be “perfect”. So now with these new skills and knowledge of writing I feel I can be more expressive, yet maintaining the skills I acquired from before. Knowing I still need to have direction, focus, and revision of what I