Communicative Arts In High School

I feel that I should be selected as a district-level nominee because I genuinely believe I could add to the Communicative Arts section of the Governor’s Honors Program. I believe I would bring much to the program. Not only do I write above my grade level according to writing tests, I also thrive in group discussion. As can be read in my teacher’s nomination form, I can add much to the discussions that are a huge part of the Communicative Arts. In all the Language Arts classes I have taken, the same thing always happens. The teacher tells the class we will have a discussion and I get excited- what could be more fun than having an analytical conversation about literature with my peers? However, when the discussion actually happens, I find myself frustrated and even bored. While I come prepared to engage in scholarly exploration, my classmates largely refuse to even read the literature for class, much less have intelligent discourse about it. Most of the comments my classmates make are basic and elementary. In addition, my classmates are simply not as passionate about Language Arts as I am. When we read plays together in Literature, I dramatically perform a monologue, many times even …show more content…
As I stated previously, I have been told I write very well. I even enjoy writing non-fiction. When a teacher announces an essay, most of my classmates groan. I, however, smile, because I love to write. I even spend my free time writing for pleasure. I enjoy writing short fictional stories and posting them on the Internet. I write these stories not for Internet fame or glory, but simply because I love writing. This is one reason I am interested in attending the Communicative Arts Governor’s Honors Program. Because I get most of my writing feedback from Internet comments and not people skilled in writing, I feel my writing is not at the level it could be. If I attended the program, I know my writing skills would increase tenfold from the