My Retrospective
Over this past semester, I've been confronted with my inconsistent tendencies with every assignment, activity, and writing project. I've always known that I despised structured writing. In AP U.S History, I hated writing DBQ's. Researched-based essays felt shallow to me, and writing concisely was never my goal. I came into this semester off the kinetic energy fueling me from last semester-interpreting theatre design. In this class, I could be much more poetic, metaphorically complex, and use rhetoric to compliment the author's own usage. I consistently prioritize freedom, but at what cost? For this writing class, I risk my grade. Further than that, I risk understanding. I always want to challenge my audience, but for them to also understand the basic content I'm trying to convey. My audience will not always come from a highly English-literate audience. With immigrant parents, I should naturally feel considerate writing in a simpler way that is easily accessible, bu...