My writing automatically improves every year as I mature, but as for reaching my goals, it doesn’t always happen. Thanks to this class my writing has exponentially improved, and I can write with more depth but writing an essay is still difficult for me. It can take me up to an hour just to finish one paragraph because I’m constantly thinking about how to put my thoughts on paper or just looking for those thoughts. Before college I used to procrastinate a lot when doing major assignments, but then I implemented a strategy of 25 minutes of working then 5 minutes of break, that way if I get “writer’s block” I don’t get discouraged and keep on pushing through. I haven’t met many of my goals, however, I’ve gotten significantly closer to achieving them.
I’m not very proud of my essays because I feel like what I wrote in the previous essays wasn’t my best. However, I’m somewhat proud of the Blogs at Baruch posts because of the comments that gave me some satisfaction with my work. The post I’m particularly proud of is the personal memorial because after I finished it, I showed it to my cousin and he loved it, so I was happy.
The most challenging assignment for me was the 1st essay about our literacy narrative. I’ve written about a similar topic before in high school, and even then it was difficult for me to write about. I don’t know what it is but when it comes to putting my life experiences onto paper I have to dig deep and really search within. I’m not even sure of who I really am so when I have to write about who I am on paper it’s somewhat of a hassle for me. Honestly, when I read my essays over again, I catch so many of my mistakes and I need to pick on so many things that I feel like I could’ve written better. I realized how important it is to re-read my work several times no matter how much of a hassle it is because I’m not perfect and tend to make lots of mistakes.
In the end, I was able to transition to college English a little easier because of this class. Also, I’m thankful for being put in the 9:55 class for this time because any earlier and my first semester would’ve been significantly harder.