Personal Writing: What I Learned This Semester In English Class

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to write a paper that will
get a good grade. Now, my goal is to write better papers. I write to become a
better writer.

That is, I feel, a very important thing that I learned this semester. I don't
think, "O.K., I have to get at least a B on this paper." Instead, I think,
"O.K., I have to use this assignment to improve my work." This is a much better
approach because it causes the writer to try to produce a well written piece.
Writing for a grade often causes the writer to do just enough to get by.

I also learned that it is much easier to produce a good piece of writing if I am
kept interested. By choosing our own topics, rather than have the teacher give
us topics to write on, we often are much more interested in the subject. If we
are interested in what we are writing about, we tend to have a better opinion,
and we can explain our ideas better. All of this helps us produce better papers.
Also, if the writer is interested in the subject, this interest often
translates ...

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