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Professor Birkett
ENG Comp 1
Throughout my life and my school career, I have used writing to explore many subjects. Either
as a hobby or for school, I found that writing is a valuable trait. I do not enjoy writing reports,
because many times the prompts are limited. But, I do enjoy writing poetry and song in my free time.
Even as a current college student, the writing that I dislike doing is the writing that is required for
classes. My dislike is attributed to MLA format mostly. Articulated, written ideas seemed unnatural for
most of my life, until I completed high school. Although I find writing in school pedantic, I am very
passionate about poetry and lyrics, because with those two types of writing, its about what is between
the lines that touches my soul. I get better at writing the more I do it, but I do not consider it
pleasurable.
In elementary school, my English teacher saw my potential to be a writer, and decided to teach
me the English alphabet. Since that day, I've never been the same. As a youngster, my teachers would
explain to me the difference between a noun and a pronoun and I couldn't help feel like it was a waste
of time. I was only five, but I could tell that writing wasn't for me. Finger painting was my expertise, as
was using my imagination and I loved it. I was too young to appreciate what comprehension and
High school taught me many fundamentals of writing such as paragraphs, sentence structure
and audience. Writing in high school seemed easy, as there wasn't a specific format for papers. Each
teacher had different expectations of writing, usually ending with a research paper that took an entire
quarter to create, and made my eyes bleed. But, alas I was more concerned with football and girls to
really appreciate the writing fundamentals that my teachers conveyed. Darn hormones! Unfortunately,
no matter how amazing my Spider-Man valentines were, they were always misspelled, and I found out
then that there was nothing romantic about misspelling simple words.
Four years have passed since my high school career in writing; now I am in my freshman year
of college. Now I finally realize why I learned the things I did in high school. Knowledge builds on
itself, and the same goes for writing. College writing has a format you must adhere to, and there is
more writing to be done than ever! Now I hope that with a better understanding of the building blocks
of writing, I can appreciate what my teachers were trying to instill in me at a young age.
My love for songs and poetry are the only things that have stayed constant through all these
years. These formats taught me the meaning behind a set of words and how the words directly
influence emotion. Poetry and song have helped people to open their hearts, and have also have shown
to be quite therapeutic. Now, my valentines are top notch. My only regret is that I do not have more
time to expand my portfolio, because once I grew up my distractions went from football to a steady job.
From job applications to computer applications, writing is very much a crucial part in my
everyday life. Between the time I was taught the alphabet and now, it has been a circle of learning and I
have become more adept at writing. Even though I still haven’t written my song that will eventually
lead to my stardom, and I haven't perfected the art of writing manuscripts, I am working towards it.