Just a few days ago I was looking through my old school papers. The ones I have deemed special and kept to remember my journey through education. I decided to go on a quest to find a paper I wrote for each and every year of school. Wow was I surprised at really how much I have changed. I started in kindergarten talking about living in a mansion with a zoo and spelling every word very wrong, with somehow my teacher knowing what I meant and correcting "I hat bokli" to "I hate broccoli". I went through a time in elementary where I always wrote about my dog (who is still around and 15) and each one was oddly exactly the same except for better grammar.
Once I got into middle school is when I thought I was smart. I would write about big political issues and get A's, not because they were profound or offered any real insight, but because the teacher were surprised that at a 7th grade level I was writing about politics! Once I moved into high school the topics were a little more set, they were done just wanting to see if you can write. They now wanted you to write on certain topics. But given the opportunity to verge off a set topic I found my myself writing about social issues. The need for universal healthcare, the tragedy of cancer, the problem with capital punishment, etc.
Now that I am in college I don't feel I have to many issues with writing. While my grammar may not always be sound, I think I normally get my point across quite well. This is just one stop in my writing journey. I am exact looking back at what lies ahead.
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