When I was in elementary school be did some writting but focused more on reading until fifth grade. Even then it was not a major part of our school day. Despite the lack of a writing stimlus in school I found it at home. From grade four through upper middle school I had a journal and wrote in it almost every night. I would write about what went on that day, what my hopes, and what my wants were. I think that his helped to develop my writing because I did so well in high school with writing. As a writer I used vocabulary that I got from reading books. I sometimes get a "What does that word mean?" I also found that my role as a writer improved with reading (another nightly activity). As I went through high school I did well on writing assignment but when I got to college things changed. Instead of getting As I was getting Bs. To me this was the end of the world. My school told me that they had prepared me for college very well. They were lying. Kids in my school went to Yale, Harvard, and MIT. This was something my school proudly mentioned. The funny thing is they don't mention the drop outs. I'm sure they are few but it still happens.
Now that I am in college I have had to write numerous papers for a ton of classes. I get help from the writing center but I find that my peers are the best judges. Most of them aren't afraid to critique a fellow student and they are learning the same things that I am. Developing my writing over time has been a long journey but it keeps going, changing as time goes on.
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