Eng 101-107 Spring 2009

Literacy Narrative

After I failed the test the first time, I began to hate writing, and I started to doubt myself. I doubted my ability and the ideas I wrote about. Once again not knowing the purpose of my writing, I failed the second time and things only got worse. So perhaps to protect myself from my doubts and because of the harbored feelings that English was unfair and unexplained, I stopped taking English seriously. Perhaps because of that lack of seriousness, I earned a 2 on the Advanced Placement English Exam, barely passed the twelfth-grade proficiency test, and was placed in developmental writing in college. I wish I knew why I failed that test, because then I might have written what was expected on the second try, maintained my enthusiasm for writing, and continued to do well. After once being a brilliant English mind, I feel like the possible English opportunities were ripped away from me, all because of the lack of a simple explanation. I think this experience is probably shared by many other students and I would reason that the English world has been robbed of many people that could have carried this world to the next level.

Posted at 08:50AM Apr 20, 2009 by Catherine Miller in General  |  Comments[1]