Letter of Introduction

Throughout both high school and college, i have never really read or composed essays or stories on my own. As bad as it sounds, the only time i have is when it was forced from a class in order to receive a good grade. When forced, however, i do enjoy reading books. Majority of the time i enjoy mystery novels, those of which involve you to think and figure out the problem being discussed. For instance, books like Sherlock Holmes and other of those nature usually keep my attention. History novels, on the other hand, i find boring and hard to keep up with. Although they are full of information, there is not enough action or suspense to keep me interested.

In high school, a teacher that really excelled my writing skills was Mrs. Lovelace. Being an IB teacher, she was very good at critiquing techniques and finding the problems in students writing abilities, and in turn offering a solution and ways to better the situation. For me, transitions from one idea to the next seemed to be the problem but with her help i feel i have heavily improved. Throughout my senior year, the primary pieces of literature we composed involved critiquing both poems and short stories. As a result, i feel i am prepared for the many blog entries to come. Other than these required in class essays and critiques, however, i have not done much writing.

In the writing i have done, i feel that i try to be too detailed and use too much intricate vocabulary. Sometimes i feel like it hurts my overall message and makes things confusing. This habit, in my opinion, alters my online persona from my essential I. Overall, with the help of this class, i would like to change this habit. Although i am required to take this class because of my major (Pre-Rehabilitation Science), i still hope to learn a lot and better my writing skills.

Clemson Poem:
Clemson has been everything i dreamed,
from making friends to growing into an older me.
I have changed my actions and goals when at home,
after leaving the family and living on my own.
Although it is sometimes chilly,
i have learned facts and information a many,
and hope to do so in the years to come.