Superando obstáculos en el curso de inglés

Overcoming Obstacles in English Course

I used to be horrified of writing. Whenever I was given a writing assignment I was completely lost at where to start, what to write or what to do. After going back home from my first week of English 1301 class, I was given a project to write a memoir essay on “a special kind of autobiography “. This was somehow, my first real writing assignment that I had ever had and I remember spending days and nights on the project. I was unsure how to write an essay, and I felt frustrated because I was making little progress. My brother and friend also knew that I was a poor writer and they began helping me to clearly state my ideas in a paper. They stayed at my side throughout my whole process and at the end of the project I felt that I just did a huge mess by getting together the ideas of all. I submitted that essay assuring that I will obtain a horrific grade and I was completely right. When I saw my grade, I felt very discouraged and my confidence sank like the titanic. I thought that this would be the end as a student of Texas A&M International University, as after this grade I was sure that I was not going to pass the class. However throughout this semester I have seen a significant change in my writing process and I have learned to love this class.

After analyzing the weakness I had in my first writing work, I realized that the more my brother and friends added their opinions to the essay, the less it showed my thoughts and opinions. “Your writing needs to be improve,” my teacher replied from my first work. I remember feeling deep down in me that I truly wanted to draft but was unsure where to start. Even though my first work was a disaster, I still had enthusiasm for writing and obtain a good grade. I remember saying to myself that I was going to beat my fear and learn how to write.

Two weeks after that, a new project was given to me, it was a literary review. I recall agonizing over what to write on the paper and how to organize the research that I did about my poem. I had too much information on my hands and too much ideas of learning that I wanted to show to the people who will read my paper. As time passed by, the due date neared and I had nothing clear in my draft, it seems more like an informative essay because my voice was not reflected in the work. I remember perfectly the day that I was about to give up, until I eventually realized that the essay did not have to be very elaborated but I just need to show the things that I learned from my poem to the people who will read my work. After finishing my draft, I remember feeling like I had accomplished a small segment of writing on my own.

My objective was to overcome my fear and completely defeat writing. One day during this course, I read a short story in the Mercury Reader book called, “Writing”, by William Stafford. After reading and analyzing the chapter I started to comprehend why I was having so much

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