How Would You Change Your Writing Skills

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Everyone is expected to use their writing skills either for homework or note taking. The first week of college and I'm already having up to 3 pages of notes for each class. I would like to be more organized in my writing. Although there are more things I would like to change about my writing, I'm satisfied with the way I write.
In my previous schools, teachers would complain about how my writing was too small to read. After changing my writing, I started to write a bit bigger, the teacher would complain that it was sloppy to read. I was only focusing on the style of my writing instead of the proper way of how to write. Therefore, I feel that my writing skills aren't were there supposed to be right now.
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