Thankful

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They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step. I have to say my first couple of steps have been nothing short of exhilarating. When I got admitted here and had to move, I was befuddled. I had so many expectations. You read and hear a lot about these ends and how people of color are treated, the high rate of racial profiling and all these things that can generally cause a person to re-evaluate choices. Being here has been challenging with having to re-acclimatize, make new acquaintances and friends, juggle school work, attempt to build a social life and luckily for me, racial profiling has been the least of my worries. The people I’ve met are some of the most amazing people I’ve ever come across. Needless to say, it’s been a thrilling and enlightening ride.

One of the things I’m most thankful for is how much of an influence my lecturers have been. They are nothing short of amazing. My English lecturer have helped me rejuvenate my love for writing and for that I’m eternally grateful. If all lecturers were like her, I’m sure everyone would love school. You know majority of the time whenever the topic of student/lecturer is raised, the general concept that comes into mind is that of sworn enemies, or that of a superior and a subordinate but in the lecturers, I have had the semester, I have found mentors in them. I’m grateful for how much they have helped buffer what would have been a harrowing experience. I look forward to where this journey takes me and hope that I’ll continually supersede expectations.

I’m also thankful for my classmates and friends. I couldn’t have made it through this semester without them. Like the old saying goes, “no man is an island”. The wonderful people I met this semester have been a huge part of my success and I’m thankful that I got to meet them. A big shout out to you all!

Essay Writing

 

My hat goes off to all creatives out there, especially writers. The task of deciding on a topic to write is one milestone, another is doing adequate research and investigation concerning the topic at hand so one doesn’t provide redundant information or write off point. I’m in the process of putting down my exploratory essay and ironically, the difficulty I’m experiencing in putting together the essay gave me an epiphany of just how much creatives work to put out the work that they do. They always have to proof-read and review their write ups to make sure it’s not similar to a previous piece and to make sure they’re not ripping off of the work of other creatives like themselves.

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            I have to say for me personally the most challenging aspect in the writing process is the central idea to be passed. It’s sometimes simple and direct. Other times, the message to be passed has to be paraphrased and/or embedded in a series of metaphors for the sake of political correctness. As a writer, you can’t afford to be insentient or your work will only get negative feedback and destructive criticism due to the insensitivity or wrong choice of vocabulary. See what I’m doing here? I’m paraphrasing. The central idea of this write up is a revelation I had while I was struggling to write my exploratory essay, which simply is that writing is not as easy as it seems.