My Writing Experience

During my high school and part of my college experience, I feel as though I have received a modest amount of writing instruction. Particularly during high school, my writing instruction felt more class and goal oriented rather than personal and direct. Because of this, I uniformly feel that my grammar and understanding of writing as a subject lacks the basic fundamentals.

Since my writing journey in college as began, I have learned more about sentence structure and clarity through reading more academic articles and, also, through reading edited work. What has assisted my transition from high school to college writing has been reading over and revising my own writings after it has been peer edited. All of my submitted papers thus far have

Although a generalized class discussion is good and will remain in the back of my mind, pointing out areas in my own unique writing aids succession quicker.

I would consider myself more goal-oriented reader than a pleasure reader. Although I have read books that I do genuinely enjoy, more likely than not, I appreciate reading for a purpose. Because my class load is very engrossed in reading many articles and book asserts, during my down time I would rather focus on more mindless activities. I do not have anything “against” reading, but I do struggle to find the desire to read when not given instruction to.

The books I have choose to read more recently, such as The Transatlantic and On the Run, were suggested by a family friend who knows my interests. My interests include books that are concerned with inequality, class struggles, and historical events. Therefore, many of the books I enjoy to read are non-fictional, or incorporate a degree of non-fictional elements. Because the majority of reading I partake in is for academic gain, I do persistently reread. Rereading is huge part of my understandings of text. If I do not reread, I feel very uncomfortable reciting events that have happened. For the books I read for more of a pleasure purpose, I do find myself months after wanting to reread the book