I faced a strange fear of writing as a child. I was always nervous while doing it, and I never felt quite proud my final product. It finally clicked with me during my freshman year. My writing didn’t sound original because I didn’t write the same way that I talked. The words I wrote on the paper didn’t form sentences that anyone would speak in a conversation. They sounded foreign.
I decided that my writing wasn’t going to stay the same. I had to change something. The kids, and most teachers, in Holt were ok with sub-par work. I was not. My phrasing and flow improved tremendously. I enjoyed reading my papers in front of the class. It felt so much more natural. I finally understood that I could accurately convey a point while also being moderately entertaining.
At one point, I even started to add jokes in my papers. Anytime before that point, I was scared to say anything that wasn’t strictly academic. My writing began to sound more like a series of clever tweets than some boring research paper. My teachers appreciated it. They liked reading something that was unique. It must have helped me on the AP World History Exam as well. I definitely made a joke about communists on one of the essays.
I decided that my writing wasn’t going to stay the same. I had to change something. The kids, and most teachers, in Holt were ok with sub-par work. I was not. My phrasing and flow improved tremendously. I enjoyed reading my papers in front of the class. It felt so much more natural. I finally understood that I could accurately convey a point while also being moderately entertaining.
At one point, I even started to add jokes in my papers. Anytime before that point, I was scared to say anything that wasn’t strictly academic. My writing began to sound more like a series of clever tweets than some boring research paper. My teachers appreciated it. They liked reading something that was unique. It must have helped me on the AP World History Exam as well. I definitely made a joke about communists on one of the essays.
More like "great leap backwards!" Nice try Mao.