Personal Writing Statement

Writing has never been my strongest suit until I started high school. English is my second language, so I would struggle during elementary and middle school with articulating my thoughts (I took ESL/ENL up until elementary). This and being given boring, traditional writing assignments made me hate writing. That was until I had my English teacher in 11th grade (I will link his blog here). He did not give us students any of the typical writing assignments. He gave us the freedom to use our creativity to write anything: we had quick writes, mind maps, basically whatever we had in mind.

Concerning writing, I always worry about my grammar. Sometimes I unconsciously go from present to past tense (or vice versa). It is something my English teachers have picked up on quite a lot, and I am currently doing my best to get out of the habit. I also worry about repeating certain words in my formal papers.

I really hope to improve my writing somehow in my ENG2150 class.