Surviving English Class

Surviving English Comp 1 Writing Class
Writing is one thing I hate the most. It was hard to write an essay for the first time because I did not have the knowledge or concept of this writing style. Before this class, I thought I knew what writing was all about by expressing my thoughts, ideas and feeling. I know now that I had the wrong concept on how to write. I can express my thoughts, ideas and feeling, but if I put them in the wrong contents it does not lead the reader to the point of the essay. I hope I learn to write a great essay before the end of this writing course.
I had been out of school for nearly forty two years and I believed I knew everything that I needed to know about writing. The first in class writing assignment showed me that I knew diddly-squat about writing, I never knew that there were so many different types of essay. The first essay I wrote was a bomb and opened my eyes to what is needed to write a really good essay. It helped when the teacher would group us into four or five and we would use the time for brainstorming or group discussion on different topic. We would use these topics of discussion to do our next essay. At first I thought this was time consuming, tedious and unnecessary; however, I soon …show more content…
My confidence began to slowly melt into a large puddle of water. However, I hoped with my second in class writing assignment I had begun to understand the process of writing an essay. I passed the second in class assignment with a better grade that gave me hope that not all was lost. Nonetheless, I began to enjoy the days in the writing class. I have written three essays and in class writing assignments with improvement in each one that I wrote. This is the final essay for this semester, I am excited, curious and nervous at the same time when it is time to check the grades, but those feelings should not affect my confidence that I have finally written a great