I have been writing since I can remember being in Elementary School. Now that I’ve reached college that it’s become easy for me to write papers and short essays in general or about what is going on in my life. Writing gives me a style of memory and understanding that gets me by. My view of writing at first was something just as simple as putting five to six words together and making it a sentence that made sense, but as I have taken more classes, I concluded that there is way more to writing than what I pictured it to be. English hasn’t been my most exciting subject, but I have someone managed to get by with a understanding on what is required. In this essay, I will discuss the experiences I’ve been through up until now. Then I will later go
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When I first started in elementary I was just writing sentences using five to six words, but as I kept going I am now writing papers that are anywhere from five to six pages. I always had a curiosity on why we never learned much in elementary, but as I got older my curiosity was answered. Being in elementary was a start on small words that had eventually lead me to writing big papers. After eventually going to High School I realized how important writing a paper was and the benefits that came from it. Upon entering High School every paper I had to write was required to be no less than 2 pages. After completing High School, I went on to college in which now I am taking more writing classes. Starting English classes in College has been an eye opener and a big challenge. Reflecting on my writing I knew that once I entered college there would be way more requires that needed to be added to a paper than just what I had previously done for example I have to read through the syllabus and look for what the requirements are to meet in order to complete a paper. An example of a paper I just did was having to explain was a step by step dish on how to make tacos. After looking at what had to be in that paper I knew it would be easy to complete until I came across it being MLA or APA. I became lost even when looking at the examples so I had to confide in my professor to go more in depth as to what this …show more content…
After all the late nights and long papers, I’ve somehow made it to my last and final English class. My only incentive is that I’m taking it online and I have time to plan and get my materials gathered. However, with I have a few struggles and downfalls which are creating a work cited, citations, and thesis. When it comes to the thesis I never knew this existed and always had trouble with creating one. I would spend hours at looking at examples and others papers and still never understood what it’s about or how it ties into a paper. Now that I’m taking my final class I now understand that it is the eye catcher sentence that makes the readers want to read more of what the paper is about. Another downfall was my citations and work cited page. I’ve always had trouble on how resources should be cited at the end of a sentence or paragraph. My struggle is not citing the source with the correct resource, which I tend to misconstrue quotes and books the wrong way. Than I must take the citations and put them on a work cited page in order. This becomes a struggle because there’s a certain way the page must be set up but I always tend to screw it up even with all my sources being noted. There is this quote from Camerin, Nairn, and Higgins they state that “They have not yet developed a more experienced writer 's understanding of writing or ability to deal with
When I first started in elementary I was just writing sentences using five to six words, but as I kept going I am now writing papers that are anywhere from five to six pages. I always had a curiosity on why we never learned much in elementary, but as I got older my curiosity was answered. Being in elementary was a start on small words that had eventually lead me to writing big papers. After eventually going to High School I realized how important writing a paper was and the benefits that came from it. Upon entering High School every paper I had to write was required to be no less than 2 pages. After completing High School, I went on to college in which now I am taking more writing classes. Starting English classes in College has been an eye opener and a big challenge. Reflecting on my writing I knew that once I entered college there would be way more requires that needed to be added to a paper than just what I had previously done for example I have to read through the syllabus and look for what the requirements are to meet in order to complete a paper. An example of a paper I just did was having to explain was a step by step dish on how to make tacos. After looking at what had to be in that paper I knew it would be easy to complete until I came across it being MLA or APA. I became lost even when looking at the examples so I had to confide in my professor to go more in depth as to what this …show more content…
After all the late nights and long papers, I’ve somehow made it to my last and final English class. My only incentive is that I’m taking it online and I have time to plan and get my materials gathered. However, with I have a few struggles and downfalls which are creating a work cited, citations, and thesis. When it comes to the thesis I never knew this existed and always had trouble with creating one. I would spend hours at looking at examples and others papers and still never understood what it’s about or how it ties into a paper. Now that I’m taking my final class I now understand that it is the eye catcher sentence that makes the readers want to read more of what the paper is about. Another downfall was my citations and work cited page. I’ve always had trouble on how resources should be cited at the end of a sentence or paragraph. My struggle is not citing the source with the correct resource, which I tend to misconstrue quotes and books the wrong way. Than I must take the citations and put them on a work cited page in order. This becomes a struggle because there’s a certain way the page must be set up but I always tend to screw it up even with all my sources being noted. There is this quote from Camerin, Nairn, and Higgins they state that “They have not yet developed a more experienced writer 's understanding of writing or ability to deal with