Writing is something I don't really enjoy doing. Transferring my thoughts to paper as clearly as possible is difficult for me. In the past, the goal of my previous teachers was to make sure I knew how to write but didn’t make sure I knew how to write well. My meaning of writing well would be using correct grammar, fluency and a clear understanding. I believe if you have to question what someone wrote then it wasn’t written very well. The question is who am I to judge another’s writing?
I call myself a reader. I love to read books. Fiction, nonfiction I don’t care as long as when I start reading it I can’t stop. My elementary school teachers used to tell me if I want to know how to write then I should read but I never found that
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I had a hard time trying to elaborate on the idea I was writing about. When writing, sometimes I can rewrite an idea over and over. Most of my teachers would notice and write notes on my paper telling me that my writing would be great if I had more evidence to back it up. This became an issue in research papers because would assume that I didn’t do the research correctly. To help me with that problem, I started asking different questions regarding each piece of information to help me elaborate on it. I asked questions about the writers in my research and their motivation in order to elaborate more in my writing. Another thing that helped me improve my writing was reading other examples of the type of paper I was writing. I always make sure it was on the same exact topic but just the genre was …show more content…
I have to stop trying to avoid it and try to embrace it. The grammar and the actual writing is something I hate. I would rather talk it out then put my ideas on paper. It is something I have to get over if I would like to continue to succeed in my career. Thinking about all the possibilities that writing well could get me I know that it would be worth. There are so many thing in writing that I have yet to learn and this means that my journey in writing isn’t over. Writing is a journey that will never be over as long as I am able to
In “The Importance of Writing Badly,” Bruce Ballenger encourages his students to write about how they feel and to not worry about it if it is not the perfect piece. He means that when you are writing that you should not worry about it if it does not sound perfect but can continue writing if it does not make sense. When someone is getting ready to write an essay they should take out a piece of paper and come up some ideas to talk about. This would allow someone to start thinking about what they need to include and what they want to put in there to grab the reader’s attention. Ballenger is encouraging his students to write badly. He stated “When I give my students permission to write badly, to suspend their compulsive need to find the “perfect
A typical high-school student struggles in learning new concepts, in AP Language & Composition many students learn new challenging concepts which make the class difficult.
The biggest reason why struggled the most in elaborating is because of my consistency of getting off topic while i'm writing. I tend to lose focus of the main argument i'm trying to get across and i think that stems from more personal issues in my life to be precise. I tend to write and get off track with a certain task or thought thats not relevant to the paper and i have trouble making things sound cohesive when i get back to writing, One example of that is while I wrote my Bisexual vs Pansexual compare and contrants essay, I had begun talking about the history of the Bisexual movement and some how started to discuss the issue of bisexuals vs swingers. One of the biggest issues i struggled with in writing is expanding my vocabulary. I feel as if I got back into reading and writing as much as i used to it would make my vocabulary much more extensive.
In today’s time, the skill of ‘writing well’ has become a more and more sought after. The reason is that this skill is becoming endangered. But why is writing well important? Ultimately, writing is a form of communication. Being able to communicate well with others often plays an essential part to solving problems that will inevitably occur in both our private and professional lives. Writing is the primary basis upon which one’s work, one’s learning, and one’s intellect will be judged. This type of judgement occurs in college, in the workplace, and in the community. Writing well promotes one’s ability to pose worthwhile questions, to explain a complex position to readers, and to give intelligent feedback. To write
Forgiveness by the World English Dictionary is the “act of forgiving; state of being forgiven, disposition or willingness to forgive”. But what does it really mean? That is my question. Is being able to forgive and not forget the same thing? In my life, I have found that true forgiveness is a quality that separates us from other species and it is what makes us human. In order to truly and sincerely forgive, one must, aside from saying they have forgiven the person, let it go and not hold a grudge against that person. Just, as Mahatma Gandhi once said: “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong." I believe that holds to be true.
There can be many interpretations of what good writing means to someone. In my eyes, it means to deliver a topic while using your own words. Being able to use the correct grammar and organization plays a significant role in this. Along with these abilities comes the little skills, such as punctuation and spelling. Although having someone tell you that your writing is good can be helpful, it’s not necessary to find out whether it actually is or not. You are able to identify that your writing is good if you are able to clearly read and comprehend what you have written.
Middle school is the transition from being a 5th grader who walked in lines everywhere they go to being able to do whatever until 7:40 A.M. Within reason of course. Those lockers are tiny and the combinations are new adaptations. You hide your stash of gum inside your locker the aroma is pleasant unless your gym clothes are inside.You hear your phone buzz off and remember to shut the thing off. You see textbooks the size of China inside and your big backpack full of homework. You grab for your books and then shut in with force and off class you go.
1. David’s primary purpose in sending a message is to inform the reader that the car company will not honour the customer’s claim. The writer’s priority is to inform the reader that the company would like to honour the claim, but point out that it could not happen because the warranty is expired.
Praiseworthiness can raise an individuals’ confidence. They won’t be afraid to do things they thought they never could do. How can praiseworthiness be defined? According to Google, the term “praiseworthy” can be defined as “deserving approval and admiration.” The ability to have determination, bravery and being hardworking are three important characteristics of praiseworthiness.
The intent of this evaluation of Langer’s (2002) article is to find the schemes he employed to acquire knowledge on how adult’s student respond to demand computer class, reflect critically, in summation, the contrast between non-traditional and traditional students about the use of deviations journals in the field. The focal point of the study casts light on the strength and weaknesses portrayed in his report on the use of journaling among traditional and non-conventual students (Langer, 2002). The construction of this subject will produce five major elements starting with the research questions and purpose. The second factor is the theoretical/conceptual foundation, followed by the method, solutions, and ending with the
When composing an essay, or journal entry, or just plain writing, I struggle as a writer with avoiding awkward or wordy phases in my written work. This struggle is yet again based on last year’s experience and feedback from my English class. Improvement with this struggle can be made by the following strategies: reading over my paper more carefully, avoiding the use of words that sound intelligent but don’t flow with the paper, and editing my paper with peers. Recognizing this struggle and following these strategies would improve my writing.
Writing a paper on the writing process is pretty hard. The writing process is different from one person to another. You come across questions like, 'What exactly is the writing process?'; and 'Must you follow one persons writing process if yours is different?'; This is where I came across the answer to my questions, write however you wish to write. If one person likes free write first and another person likes to write a draft first, let them do how they please.
Although there are some actions that many people agree on as to being just, the whole concept of justice is vague. There are no clear cut definitions of what justice actually is or even what it means for a society to be just. There are many different opinions and beliefs, two of which belongs to the philosophers John Rawls and Plato. Rawls’s idea of justice revolves around the two main principles in which he believes how society should run. These two principles, equal rights and the rearrangement of inequalities, ensure that everyone has the free will to do and become who they want without being limitations placed on by society. Plato’s, on the other hand, offers a completely different idea as to what a just society is. According to Plato, justice is a result of a highly structured society, in which each person has a certain role to perform, doing only what they are most suited for. At the top of Plato's society are the guardians, those who renounced personal interests for the sake of knowledge, and their words are justice. Although both Rawls and Plato offer two completely different version of what it means for a society to be just, I ultimately agree with Rawls’s
I believe that achieving success in teaching very different aspects of life may still combine similar processes. My life in high school was very similar to the lives of many other students in that it revolved around two things: sports and school. My sport of choice was tennis and my favorite academic area was English. Unexpectedly, I found many similarities led to a successful performance in both areas. My understanding of the need for a good program to follow and a lot of practice with it led to success in both tennis and my academic performance (especially English). Upon becoming a recognized player in my area, I decided to take the skill that I knew better than any other and utilize it as a
I’m worried. Right now I am sitting in a little cafe in downtown LA, waiting for him to get here. Looking around at the details in this place helps to distract my mind, [ADD RANDOM DETAILS HERE]. The lights above me are shaped like squares and rectangles, they are soft but at the same time light up the place very well. Everything in this cafe is very modern and has a relaxing vibe to it. The table I am sitting at is in the corner and facing the windows, so I look to my left to take a glance at the menu above the counter where you order, and I hear the bells jingle as someone opens the door. As I turn to look who it is, my heart is beating out of my chest, I’m not ready to see him yet. But oh, thank god it’s not him. It was just a