My Writing Journey

Writing Through the Years
The experiences I have had with writing began in the early stages of my life and has impacted the way I feel about my performance in this subject. While some people may have had positive memories from when they learned how to write, others may not have. I believe that my journey has been a combination of both.
In my own experience, I used to struggle keeping up with the level of reading and writing I was supposed to be on. During first grade, I spent most of my time separated from the academic class, in the lower level reading room. I recall the embarrassment that I associated with going to the other room. While in that room, I concluded that if I practiced reading and writing enough, I would become proficient in the
Unlike in my Academic English Literature class, this course taught me how to write research, argumentative, literature reviews, and persuasive papers. It also taught various techniques to support my views. Although this class also involved descriptive rubrics, I was still able to learn effective ways of expressing my thoughts and voicing myself. My teacher always said, “don’t write a paper that you didn’t spend time thinking about”. She said this to ensure that her students would know what they were talking about and how they felt about it before they wrote it. Whenever my teacher would say this, I was encouraged to respond to the prompt with a well-constructed response. For example, one assignment asked us to write a paper that explained the how the symbolism in “Lord of the Flies” had an effect on the theme of the novel. Before we had the class discussion on the paper, I was extremely nervous to write the paper. I did not enjoy the novel and I felt that the prompt would limit me from writing my thoughts. The class discussion made me realize that it was alright not to agree with everyone else. We were told that we still had to write about what was relevant to the prompt, but the teacher also explained techniques that would allow us to include our own thoughts as well. When the discussion was over, our teacher said her famous line again and I was able to walk away feeling ready to respond to the prompt. This course taught me how to be confident completing writing assignments while using my own