A Pivotal Point Of My Research Paper

At nineteen years old I have written more papers, letters, texts, e-mails and notes then ten people can even remember, and in all honesty only three really stick out in my memory: a four page paper on my dream vacation from ninth grade, my five page research essay from last semester, and my very first college essay also from last semester. With these three in mind I decided one was not like the others, thus my most memorable writing experience would have to be my very first college essay, a short three page paper assigned on a pivotal point in my life, entitled “No, Because I Said So.” This is my most memorable writing experience for three reasons, the first being because it was so difficult for me to write, the second, it took me writing the paper to fully understand the life lesson my pivotal point had taught me, and the third, most important of all is because I was able to share my essay with Mrs. Barrett, thanking her for creating the pivotal point in my life. …show more content…
I had such an incredibly rough time thinking of a pivotal point in my life. Most people had something jump out at them, this was nowhere near the case for me. I can remember staring at a blank Word document for at least an hour. I have always had a fairly easy, drama free life. I was not recovering from anything, I had never had an addiction, and I had always had a very good head on my shoulders. I finally got the idea late one night when I couldn’t sleep. The idea had actually stemmed from the idea of dropping my math class. I remembered my high school experience with Mrs. Barrett and trying to quit livestock judging. I got out of bed and wrote what I remembered. I read through it, only to realize that being told no for the first time in my life was not a pivotal