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Ashton Jordan English 1102 Professor Padgett 9th April 2013 What writing has done for me and

for society Through out a persons life there are struggles every individual has to endeavor, and everyone has their own way to cope with these circumstances. Growing up in a stable household and never facing many hardships life always felt easy through out my childhood. I always made good grades, performed well in athletics, and thankfully never had to endure a family crisis. My first true hardship happened when I was 10 years old, and Ill never forget that for the rest of my life. At the time I did not know how to react or cope with the situation, and my mother could tell. My mother said when she was a little girl she used to write all her stresses, and crisis in a journal. She told me that it could be a good way to deal with the pain, and honestly it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. To this day I write in my journal about my daily struggles, and it is honestly one of the only things that keeps me stress free. I have always been a successful writer, and it has always been something I have been passionate in. Writing has always been one of those things that I dont see as a chore but more as an opportunity to learn more about myself as a writer. My parents have always been very stressful with me on how education makes you who you are in the future. Looking through my writing from my childhood to where I am today, it surprises me of the progress I have made. I know over time your vocabulary becomes more define,

but the things I used to write about still intrigue me today. Growing up I always used to write about my daily life, and write short stories using my imagination. My teachers used to always use my writing as examples to the class not only for it being grammatically correct each time, fore they could tell how much heart I put into my work. From elementary school to my years in college today teachers always had different laws when writing. In elementary school teachers always used the expression More is less. I have always used this phrase when I write because I honestly believe it. I rather write a two page paper that had all the aspects needed to be addressed than a fivepage paper filled with fluff and stuff prevalent to the topic. When I was in middle school teachers always told us to write three paragraph essays including an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion. I never really liked that format because I always had too much information to sum it up into one paragraph. Teachers would always get irritated with me because I always used my mothers advice to use the five-paragraph format. One of the most depressing days in my writing career was when I was in seventh grade and had to write a paper on the great basketball player Pete Maravich. Known to be the best basketball player of all time before Michael Jordan entered the league, there was too much information to follow her guidelines. I turned in the paper and she failed me due to her strict guidelines. My mother said it was one of the best biographies shes read, and I entered it into a contest. One of the things I learned from this experience was not to let peoples judgment on a paper get you down. If you firmly believe in your writing that is all that matters in the long run. I always loved reading Madeline LEngles novels growing up due to her desire to be a successful writer. Before her novel A Wrinkle In Time was published she was denied

a total of 29 times before it was published. Reading her autobiographies she said she never got demotivated from their opinions but they inspired to become a better writer. She was one of the big reasons why I wanted to become an English major growing up, besides my mother. I have always been fascinated with fantasy novels such as C.S. Lewis The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. His series was denied a stunning 800 times before making his big break. My personal opinion of bad writing and good writing defers from other peoples opinions. When reading someones work I need to feel their passion in their writing. Its hard reading a paper with a dull tone, and not a lot of emphasis in it. One of my least favorite books is the novel Eragon by Christopher Paolini. He always didnt describe the book well, not including details that could make the reader confused. It seemed as if he tried to rush through the book. A novel that I personally believe is good writing is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Through out his career he said that he had a rough life dealing with severe depression. Writing he said saved his life. Growing up he would write short stories for he said it got his mind of his stresses. Through out history is shown that writing is shown to relieve depression, and help relieve stresses in someones life. At the end of every semester I read the essays, and stories I compose to see the progress I make with my writing. Every semester my writing greatly improves, not just grammatically, but I show more passion for each topic I write. After reading my essay on The geniuses from the novel Outliers I can see that I did not show enough personal opinion in my writing but it was more of a summary of the book. This paragraph really sticks out to me because it is a prime example of how my essay was a summary. The

result of his experiment showed that none of his geniuses made great strives in society. All though they were pretty wealthy, his hypothesis was incorrect when he stated that there would be huge strives in medicine, art, government, education, and many Nobel Prize Winners. There were two students at an elementary school in California that his field agents studied but decided that their IQ was not to their standards so they did not choose to make further tests on them. These two students ended up winning the Nobel Prize. At first I did not know how to attack the topic because I did not how the teacher would like if I added how I really felt about the topic. After typing this essay it really showed me how much I have improved as a writer. It made me read all my papers to see the dramatic improvements in it. The following paragraph was an essay I had to write on how Women changed the outcome of World War II. This was an essay I put a lot of pride in because my family has always been a military family, with my grandmother being a nurse in this time period. I received her personal stories, and it really made me feel as if I was in that time period. I had passion to what I was writing. Throughout World War II the American women showed patriotism even if they were not performing military duty in Europe. They excelled in the factories making supplies necessary to fight in the war. American women ignored the disrespect the society was saying. They were determined to work in society and make a name of them selves. Women were quoted to have better motor skills than men, which was said to be from the common practice of needle work so they were useful with wire fuses on bombs and to fill metal casings with gun powder. Many accidents came out of the factories. Over 210,000 women were permanently disabled and at least 37,000 lost their lives. Even though the majority of women were not at the battlefields in Europe, they were heroic taking on the previously male jobs. From

being pilots to being undercover agents women fought proudly for their country, earning respect from both society and the world. They were the turning point of World War II, without their patriotism the outcome of the war may have been different.

Writing truly makes a difference in the life of the writer, helping to deal with personal catastrophes. Through history the majority of successful writers were dealing tragedies and wrote with extreme passion in their writing such as John Steinbeck. It personally has helped me through out my life, and has made set high expectations not only in writing but also in my life. After learning how to write at the age of three, I always was fascinated with it. Writing always helped me through tough situations, and has made me the person I am today.

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