Education Paper Reflection

Writing is never easy, and for this reason I dreaded taking a college level writing class. In high school, I struggled to average similar grades in my english classes as other classes. While writing this paper first paper, I felt extremely nervous, and am stressed to receive feedback.

Sitting down to write, I tried to remember all of the tips and techniques I learned in high school, only to realize those are irrelevant now. College writing is totally different, and a standard template is no longer accepted. So I decided to write the initial rough draft straight through and see what came out of it. After tweaking, I went to the writing center and realized I had a lot of work to do. It took a lot of structuring and editing to complete the paper. Writing is definitely a personal experience because you put a good effort into writing about how you feel on a topic, only to realize it’s not good enough. Not the opinion, of course, but the resulting expression of that opinion through the writing. Since it is your own writing it is hard to review and pick apart the parts that aren’t good enough. Overall, this was a difficult task. I don’t know if it was the topic, or that writing proves to be a challenge for myself in general. 

Focusing was difficult while having to develop a topic/thesis. This is true for all unless the topic is something you are passionate about, and let’s be honest — who’s passionate about a college paper? Finding a groove, a way, or mood that works well to inspire writing was necessary. I don’t know how I did on this first paper, and I can’t even begin to guess. But I’m excited to improve and bring it up to standard to that of an educated college student.