English 435, Post 1.

Myself as a Writer

Well, I always thought I was a pretty strong writer. Like most of high school, English classes seemed especially easy to me. I couldn't figure out why other people would have all kinds of problems in their writing, like incorrect uses of commas or citations, and yet they jumped off the page to me. By my junior year of high school, friends were constantly asking me to proofread one homework assignment or another. When I decided to pursue law school, my mom recommended that I take English as my major. Not only was it easy for me in high school, but it would be a great assest for law school.

Three years later I realize the error in my ways in assuming English would be just as easy in college. While I still had my basic knowledge of English and grammar, so did everyone else in my classes, and I began to notice subtle differences in how I write my papers compared to others. I'm not especially creative when it comes to things like a catchy title, and I tend to use the same descriptive words over and over to describe a situation, but I feel that I can keep the flow of my story pretty linear. In every English class I take, from writing in the workplace to creative non-fiction, I pick up new things I hadn't thought of before. My writing might have been good for high school standards, but I still have a lot to learn in the college world.