I struggled writing my critique essay. I had to overcome the nerves of writing my first essay of my college career. So the problems I had are those expected of a first time experience. I had problems with several different elements of the essay. I struggled with my ideas, editing, and my vocabulary. Once I understood what was expected in a literacy narrative, I began to gather my ideas. Many stories came to my mind that I could have wrote about. I thought about my mother reading to me when I was very young. I thought about me hating journals in the seventh grade. Then, my idea of the accelerated reading program came to me. It fit my criteria. This topic gave me the needed length and an interesting story. Once I began writing this story, I
