While writing these posts I began to realize just how many people influenced me as a reader and writer. To my Mom, you taught me my ABC’s and my…
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For me reading over one of my essays is a form of torture. The amount of effort it takes to get the words into sentences and eventually into paragraphs is…
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It was that classroom poster. No different than any other classroom poster. It hung just above the chalkboard in Ms. Rich’s English III Honors class. A classroom that was frightening…
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By now you have probably gathered that I am quite the procrastinator. Just last week I left myself a mere twelve hours to complete an eight page paper. You would…
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Moving from elementary school to middle school and eventually on to high school my approach to writing did not change much, if at all. I would wait until the last…
Read moreCrocodile Tears
Alright, I’ll admit it, I was a pre-teen nightmare, and if you ask my mom she’ll say I am still a nightmare but that is beside the point. Allow me…
Read moreA Promising Start
As the first born on both sides of the family I must admit that I received more praise than the average child growing up. My parents and grandparents devoted hours…
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