10b4 Scores - Reflective Essay: Myself As Writer

Sorry for getting these out a bit late, but as you can see I have and still have a lot of classes to organize and get going.  I'm impressed with what I see so far from this class, and you seemed to address the criteria of the assignment better than other classes.  Attention to detail is important.  Good stuff.

10b4	Alias	Content/10	Mechanics/10	Structure/5	TOTAL/25
	Apollo	9.0	8.9	4.6	22.5
	Dionysus	9.1	8.9	4.6	22.6
	Demeter	9.1	8.9	4.6	22.6
	Poseidon	8.7	8.8	4.4	21.9
	Hermes	9.1	9.1	4.7	22.9
	Chronos	9.0	9.1	4.6	22.7
	Gaia	9.1	9.0	4.6	22.7
	Ares	9.3	9.3	4.7	23.3
	Zeus	9.1	9.1	4.7	22.9
	Ajax	9.3	9.2	4.7	23.2
	Orion	9.2	9.1	4.7	23.0
	Eos	9.0	9.0	4.5	22.5
	Prometheus	9.1	9.1	4.5	22.7

For some assignments, I'll often select snippets of your writing to feature if they are particularly well written or poignant.  I haven't cleaned these up grammatically, so do evaluate these samples and point out errors in a "peer editing" fashion.   I encourage you to read and learn. 

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My writing style, as I revealed frankly, is not something most teachers like. I like long, gaudy sentences. It doesn't mean I like wordy and meaningless adjective clauses. It means I like fascinating adjectives that can describe the situation or one's emotions very well. For example, for an academic writing one should write "the Nazis", not "the terrifying Nazis" even when one wanted to express how Anne was terrified by the Nazis. However, if I get to learn why I should be rather writing short sentences, I will definitely change my style. – Kim Sol

I remember I wrote an essay about my favorite item in the world some time ago. I wrote about pebbles, which I really found marvelous and colorful when I was young. I really liked this essay, because of the way how I described different types of pebbles according to their colors and sizes. I even compared them with fairies of the forest, and I am really proud of the metaphors and similes I used in that essay. –Jong Hyun

They explained the need for me to 'calm down' in my essay. I could not have agreed more. In an objective view, I myself can clearly see how upset I sound in my writings. It feels like a rhyme-less Eminem rap. The reason my essays have an 'angry' tone is probably because I feel an obsession to prove myself inside an essay.-Seong Un

After I enter the school, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, I realized that I should be closer to writing in order to get along with all the courses I take. Regardless of fields of a course belong to, nearly all the class required writing, from academic one to personal essays. As a result, the first semester of my high school bothered me and reminded me the importance of writing, and how much I should make efforts to catch up good writers in the school. – Seohee

I have known that my writing is at a certain stage right now where it is being jammed by a glass ceiling that is waiting to be broken. However, the problem here is that I do not know where and what exactly in my writing is being blocked and how I can overcome this. As a result, my goal for this second semester in terms of improving my writing is knowing where my boundaries are at, and knowing how I can get past these boundaries. – Namdo

Writing is like playing basketball to me. In basketball, once I keep scoring goals, the game becomes interesting and I get better. However, once I keep missing the goals, frustration and anger get the best of me. Similarly, sometimes I am fully submerged into the piece, my fingers flying across the keyboard. Once the tap is turned on, idea flows out. But most of the time, my face is frowning at the screen that just does not seem to progress.-Yoosun

Fortunately, ink still flows within my pen. But at some point, the ink will dry out. And with the last drops of my pen, I will produce my best work. In order to not regret when my nib is not black anymore, for that moment of singing the Swan Song, I continue to write today.-Toyou

Without a watchful eye toward ‘English’ while writing, the vocabulary and grammar might spin out of control. One by one, step by step, I want to get better and approach people with all the kinds of precious emotion. – Ji Young

Now I usually write short sentences, the parade of which is occasionally disrupted by some long sentences. Strangely, I sometimes just use one short sentence as one paragraph, to emphasize the message of my writing and give the readers a powerful impression.
     It just seems cool.
     Well, okay, this time it was not very much of an appropriate situation to use the "one-sentence-is-one-paragraph" style, but this is how I use it.- Yun Jo

One of my writings I am very proud of is the term paper about the student government in KMLA. I introduced the roles of the student government, the examples and counter-examples of the successful student government, the problems, student governments in other schools, and possible solutions to the problems. Particularly, I introduced the concept of the honor committee, how it is held in other schools, and the necessity to adapt the committee to KMLA. I think I organized the writing logically and clearly.  – Mingyu

To do this, I'm planning to post my writings (even though it's not  homework) here in the blog and see what I can do to upgrade my style. So far, none of my essays were able to persuade me to think of it as a great piece of writing. I head for a day when I will get impressed by my writing. I hope that day will come soon.   - JunSeung

I also read a book written by a author that later became one of my favorites, that is, Bill Bryson. The tittle of the book was "I'm a stranger here myself", and I really injured the way that he integrated humor within his sentences. That was around the time when my writing style changed drastically. – Woochan

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Some very good writing and honest expression above.  In order to become better writers, I encourage you to think about writing as a process instead of a task.  Learn from other writers (each other), and strive to improve. 

See me privately to learn what Greek mythological deity you are.  If you don't like your deity, I'm sorry.  It was a random selection, and the deity I chose for you is not meant to symbolize you in any way. : ) I hope you’ll receive divine inspiration and entreat the muse throughout the year.

 
Some very good writing and honest expression above.  In order to become better writers, I encourage you to think about writing as a process instead of a task.  Learn from other writers (each other), and strive to improve.