My life took a drastic change when I transitioned from a public to private school. I ended up at Lighthouse Christian School where I was taught to write research papers. It started with memorizing all the grammar rule and format that was expected from my English teacher, Mrs. Dennis Carroll. At first, I was timid to know the preparation and information before beginning to write a paper. Into one month of school, I received my first writing assignment was gathering background information on Martin Luther King Jr. On the inside, I felt incapable of trying to type a research that the teacher would be impressed involving creativity and interesting. In that moment, I realize I anticipated additional encouragement to fuel my thoughts and combining
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For this reason, I continued to ask for help until my parents decided to hire a tutor, Julie Grimwood. She would come to my house for two hours after school to help with my writing assignments. After several hours of practicing, I continue to use all the material I was explained to improve on each writing assignment. Then I had a second assignment requesting me to add specific details to capture the reader’s attention. The topic I choose was “Hispanic Traditions” to inform my teacher the culture I was raised in by my parents. When, I received it back the teacher commented expressing, “You spoke naturally which impressed me greatly.” I was immensely proud to know that I had written a research paper that impressed Mrs. Carroll. Throughout the years, while I was still a middle school student the requirements and grading scale continued to get challenging. The number of hours I spent typing felt eternal not knowing where to begin or how to …show more content…
The purpose of this learning process is to learn from your mistakes to keep improving on each of my assignments. Along the way, I enjoyed searching and reading examples which helped inspired me to create a message in each of my papers. Throughout the years, I can still remember the useful information I was taught from my teachers throughout middle and high school. If it were not for all the encouragement and helped I received my writing skills would not be the same. Although, I experienced many hours of hard work into writing a paper it has allowed me to prepare myself for college. Until this day, I continue to use the feedback from my professor last semester to continue to improve since there is always time for
For this reason, I continued to ask for help until my parents decided to hire a tutor, Julie Grimwood. She would come to my house for two hours after school to help with my writing assignments. After several hours of practicing, I continue to use all the material I was explained to improve on each writing assignment. Then I had a second assignment requesting me to add specific details to capture the reader’s attention. The topic I choose was “Hispanic Traditions” to inform my teacher the culture I was raised in by my parents. When, I received it back the teacher commented expressing, “You spoke naturally which impressed me greatly.” I was immensely proud to know that I had written a research paper that impressed Mrs. Carroll. Throughout the years, while I was still a middle school student the requirements and grading scale continued to get challenging. The number of hours I spent typing felt eternal not knowing where to begin or how to …show more content…
The purpose of this learning process is to learn from your mistakes to keep improving on each of my assignments. Along the way, I enjoyed searching and reading examples which helped inspired me to create a message in each of my papers. Throughout the years, I can still remember the useful information I was taught from my teachers throughout middle and high school. If it were not for all the encouragement and helped I received my writing skills would not be the same. Although, I experienced many hours of hard work into writing a paper it has allowed me to prepare myself for college. Until this day, I continue to use the feedback from my professor last semester to continue to improve since there is always time for