College Admissions Essay: Writing In High School

As a child, I constantly had my nose in a book. Reading came quite naturally to me, Jane Robinson, and I still carry that passion today. As I grew, I gained another passion; writing. Elementary started my passion through the teachers making the class journal about their lives. These journals helped me to learn to write down my thoughts and keep track of them in chronological order. Writing continues to be a vital part of my education that I enjoy. Writing has been a passion of mine since childhood. During elementary I wrote complex stories of whimsical adventures in my notebooks. Pages upon pages would be filled with fairies, castles, and daring rescues. My passion for writing continued into middle school. My friends and I would create stories together about band members or celebrities we were obsessed with. A website allowed us to use our new-found technological skills to write stories about characters and then share them with other people who enjoy the same characters. Middle school transitioned to high school, and my writing skills seemed to be lacking.
Writing in journals for class or writing stories for entertainment proved to be great fun. The writing level of elementary and middle school was easy to learn and work with. Arriving in high school, I felt confident in my writing skills. High school level writing proved to be more challenging. After English I, I felt unprepared for the rest of my high school writing experience. I grew to become uninterested in writing for the next two years. I procrastinated finishing any writing assignment I was given. Though I received decent grades on my assignments, I could have received better grades had I not procrastinated writing my assignments. My attitude toward writing has changed from disinterested to excited with my Composition I and II classes. I have learned much in the first semester of this course and I have grown to enjoy writing again because of this