Modern Mythology 2022
Cycle 2
Goal Setting and Growth
Ever since the beginning of senior year, the phrase, “college application” has been floating around everyone’s heads. Mine was no different. During winter break, when I was cramming in college supplements, I just had one faraway goal—finish writing.I asked others to peer review my essay. Almost like magic, they would pick out mistakes I didn’t even realize I had made. I always knew I wasn’t the best writer, nor the most creative, nor the most descriptive, yet this experience showed the gulf between me and those who helped me correct my essay. From this experience, I set my mind on becoming a better writer. Through the rephrasing of just a few odd words here and there, my thoughts would still be conveyed cleanly, yet so much more eloquently. Compared to the edited version, my words were very rigid, stiff, filled with the same sentence structures and bland adjectives. Writing is a skill that will always be used in life.
In the classroom, writing is present in almost every class. It’s a skill constantly utilized. Realizing my shortcomings, I have friends around me who are better writers, reminding me to correct mistakes and give suggestions. Writing, as it not only is the transmission of words to paper, it is also the art form that is left documented. To reach my goal, I started a google doc and would like to add bits every now and then. Improvements come in increments; I believe that I will eventually get better as I keep on practicing and learning . From thinking that, “Oh, it’s alright to be bad at writing, I’m just more of a math person”, to changing my perspective on this topic.
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