I have had quite a journey with writing, and all of the experiences that I have had have led me to believe that I am an okay writer. The first memory that I have of writing something is from the first grade. Our teacher would have us write short stories about whatever we wanted to, and then she would bind them into little books. I mostly wrote about my stuffed animals going on adventures. I am so glad that our teacher did this- it made writing seem like an exciting activity that was accessible even in 1st grade. In the third grade, I learned all about the art of cursive. I loved cursive so much, and it made me write more so that I could practice all of the swirls. Around this time, I would write the beginnings of stories. If I was ever bored,
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I decided to sign up for a class called ‘Popular Fiction: Reading in Installments.’ I thought that this class would be simple- the description said that it was a class where we would read classic works in the way that they were originally published. The problem for me was that were weren’t reading them at the pace that people were able to read them! We read Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend, which I will say is a great book, but our professor would often have us read 200 pages in 2 or 3 days. He would then quiz us on each section, to make sure that we read. I was hard for me to read the sections closely on that kind of schedule, and often he would ask specific questions like: “What color was Mr. Boffin’s cane?” and I would have no idea. He also would have us write essays, but we would have 2 or 3 days to read the 200-page section that we had to write about and also write four pages about it. Needless to say, I lost a lot of sleep during that quarter. The third quarter changed everything though- I took a Rhetoric class. I wasn’t sure how I would like it because in the course catalog it was listed as a writing class, and after the last term I was not too confident in my skills. Rhetorical writing is amazing though- there are so many techniques and interesting ways to get people to think what you want them to. It was by far the best class that I took at WPI in any discipline. I ended up getting the highest grade in that class, and I was so happy about
I decided to sign up for a class called ‘Popular Fiction: Reading in Installments.’ I thought that this class would be simple- the description said that it was a class where we would read classic works in the way that they were originally published. The problem for me was that were weren’t reading them at the pace that people were able to read them! We read Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend, which I will say is a great book, but our professor would often have us read 200 pages in 2 or 3 days. He would then quiz us on each section, to make sure that we read. I was hard for me to read the sections closely on that kind of schedule, and often he would ask specific questions like: “What color was Mr. Boffin’s cane?” and I would have no idea. He also would have us write essays, but we would have 2 or 3 days to read the 200-page section that we had to write about and also write four pages about it. Needless to say, I lost a lot of sleep during that quarter. The third quarter changed everything though- I took a Rhetoric class. I wasn’t sure how I would like it because in the course catalog it was listed as a writing class, and after the last term I was not too confident in my skills. Rhetorical writing is amazing though- there are so many techniques and interesting ways to get people to think what you want them to. It was by far the best class that I took at WPI in any discipline. I ended up getting the highest grade in that class, and I was so happy about