In Class Writing 1

    Reading and writng are two subjects in school that will never go away. In elemenatary and middle school, reading and writing seemed simple, fun, and enjoyable.  Hitting high school and now college, these two subjects were and still are a challenge and are no longer the high point of my day.

    Reading use to be enjoyable and keep the mind and imagination running free, but the books I was forced to read make reading unfavorable. I was no longer at the age where I could read "Junie B.Jones" or "Captain Underpants. I was reading books such as "Huckleberry Fin", "Macbeth" and "Pride and Predijuce".( I did somewhat enjoy the last one). During in-class readings, I always found myself losing focus because the books did not interest me. I would always start off reading with the class, but then caught myself thinking about my next class or something I thought was more interesting at the time. The worst part was taking the book home and having to read it. I would sit down, read a paragraph then not have a clue what I just read. I found that the best strategy for me was to read and reread until I finally grasped the concept of the story.

   Believe it or not, reading was not the most difficult. Writing had it beat by a thousand miles. My senior year of high school, I took AP (advanced placement) English 12. Throughout the year I had no doubt in my mind that taking that class was the biggest mistake of my life. The constant in class essays were a pain in the you-know-what. It was hard enough to write papers, but to write them in a limited amount of time was my downfall. The most difficult part about writing was getting started. I would sit at my desk praying for any idea to come to mind. When I finally got something down, it was always troubleing to use "words that make you seem smarter". With all the negatives of writing I found some good in it, by the end of my senior year I was a more improved writer from where I started.