Reading and writing has always been a challenging subject for me and people assume that because I’m an honors student that I don’t struggle, but that’s just not the case. I used to approach every writing and reading project with a negative attitude because I wouldn’t know how to go about it: getting it started, what order, how much, and how to end it were the main problems I came across. And while I stumbled over structure, clarity, and getting the point across, my grammar and vocabulary I notice was rarely the issue. I knew what I wanted to say and how to say it most times, but translating my thoughts into understandable words, that’s where the real difficulty began. Writing is a form of communication and as we all know that’s something I’m
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Whenever we had a class assigned book to read, I could breeze through it and have enough to get the gist and pass the essay-test afterwards. This year, though, forced me to break my habits because — unlike literature classes in previous years — your intent was never to just assign a “did you like” or “what’s your favorite character” essay. The amount of writing projects you assigned had me feeling like I was caught in a riptide all year; most times I felt as though I was drowning, and every now and then, I’d be brought back up to the surface and allowed to breathe. I felt terrible agony with each essay — mini, macro, macho, informal, formal — but I soon realized how strong my reading and writing skills could be and eventually, by slowing down my quick process, I became more insightful in my reading, and writing became an easier task to achieve. Aside from the typical vocabulary lists and other run-of-the-mill literature assignments, I learned more about this subject than I believe I ever had; I learned not by being behind a wind looking at it, but interacting and having to utilize it. I think the most mind blowing thing that I have learned this year was something you informally taught me: the three dot scene break. It’s stupid, I know, but I have seen it used in books before, yet I’ve never had to use it. That’s the case for a lot of things that I’ve actually learned this year — I had a basis but as far as using my knowledge, it first happened in your
Whenever we had a class assigned book to read, I could breeze through it and have enough to get the gist and pass the essay-test afterwards. This year, though, forced me to break my habits because — unlike literature classes in previous years — your intent was never to just assign a “did you like” or “what’s your favorite character” essay. The amount of writing projects you assigned had me feeling like I was caught in a riptide all year; most times I felt as though I was drowning, and every now and then, I’d be brought back up to the surface and allowed to breathe. I felt terrible agony with each essay — mini, macro, macho, informal, formal — but I soon realized how strong my reading and writing skills could be and eventually, by slowing down my quick process, I became more insightful in my reading, and writing became an easier task to achieve. Aside from the typical vocabulary lists and other run-of-the-mill literature assignments, I learned more about this subject than I believe I ever had; I learned not by being behind a wind looking at it, but interacting and having to utilize it. I think the most mind blowing thing that I have learned this year was something you informally taught me: the three dot scene break. It’s stupid, I know, but I have seen it used in books before, yet I’ve never had to use it. That’s the case for a lot of things that I’ve actually learned this year — I had a basis but as far as using my knowledge, it first happened in your