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Reflective Essay: History Of My Writing
History of My Writing
My writing history started in 2012 when I arrived in the United State of America. First, I studied English as a second language at WESLI for eight months. When I began studying at WSLI I have faced many difficulties. I passed most of these difficulties easily. By that time I used hate writing class because I used get really low scores. Writing was my main issue in English until when I transferred to ELS institute. At ELS I had many essays and one research paper. In the begging I used to spend two to three days to finish my essays. One of my instructors encouraged me a lot to improve my writing and she kept saying to me “practice makes perfect”. One day I took her advice and I started to practice writing everyday. I practiced
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