what is clarity
English 100 section 0813
September 30, 2013
What Is Clarity? My educational experience has taught me where among my peers I stand as a writer. It has shown me what I am good at and what I am not good at. As well how I have improved and over all what I want to become in life. Education has shaped my identity; it has taught me how to hate writing. I feel like I have made very little progress in my writing abilities since the beginning of high school. In elementary I felt writing was not as complex as it is now. During my elementary years I was assigned free writes. Free writes are timed writings that all my teachers assigned, which consisted of a topic they chose and I would create a story about the topic. For example, I would have to create a story with an imaginary super hero. I noticed my classmate’s stories were better than mine. Furthermore by the time I reached junior high I started to get assigned essays. During my sixth grade year with Ms. Jaltabacian I was taught the basics of English composition such as the development of an introduction paragraph, the main point paragraphs and the conclusion. I was also taught the different types of essays one can write, such as narratives, descriptive and persuasive. My first essay was a descriptive essay on aerospace engineering and what requirements are needed to become an engineer. For example an advanced math and science back ground, such as calculus, statistics, physics and computer science. This essay helped me discover the career path I wanted to pursue. For seventh and eighth grade I had the same English teacher Ms. Medendorp and her teaching style was different to what I was accustomed to. She prepared a lesson out of the textbook. She would have the class read out of textbook, answer reading questions and write opinions about reading. This is why I am able to analyze a text and understand it. Ms. Medendorp would assign essays. These essays did not have to make sense or be clear as long as it had proper
September 30, 2013
What Is Clarity? My educational experience has taught me where among my peers I stand as a writer. It has shown me what I am good at and what I am not good at. As well how I have improved and over all what I want to become in life. Education has shaped my identity; it has taught me how to hate writing. I feel like I have made very little progress in my writing abilities since the beginning of high school. In elementary I felt writing was not as complex as it is now. During my elementary years I was assigned free writes. Free writes are timed writings that all my teachers assigned, which consisted of a topic they chose and I would create a story about the topic. For example, I would have to create a story with an imaginary super hero. I noticed my classmate’s stories were better than mine. Furthermore by the time I reached junior high I started to get assigned essays. During my sixth grade year with Ms. Jaltabacian I was taught the basics of English composition such as the development of an introduction paragraph, the main point paragraphs and the conclusion. I was also taught the different types of essays one can write, such as narratives, descriptive and persuasive. My first essay was a descriptive essay on aerospace engineering and what requirements are needed to become an engineer. For example an advanced math and science back ground, such as calculus, statistics, physics and computer science. This essay helped me discover the career path I wanted to pursue. For seventh and eighth grade I had the same English teacher Ms. Medendorp and her teaching style was different to what I was accustomed to. She prepared a lesson out of the textbook. She would have the class read out of textbook, answer reading questions and write opinions about reading. This is why I am able to analyze a text and understand it. Ms. Medendorp would assign essays. These essays did not have to make sense or be clear as long as it had proper