What I Have Learned

American Literary Experience

January 16, 2005

First Block

What I Have Learned

            The Academic Resume Project in which I have gone through has forced me to learn a great deal about writing.  Along with improving my writing skills I have learned how to write the essays on time and how to use my personal knowledge in my writing.

            After each essay was handed in, it was later returned to me with edit marks for grammatical improvements.  I have used these revisions to learn where I am making mistakes in my writing and to prevent them from happening again.  Many of my mistakes have been in my word choice and I now realize that I need to expand my vocabulary, as an expanded vocabulary would greatly help me write better in college.  Along with needing a larger vocabulary I have learned how to use my imagination in my writing and to differ my sentence styles.  My knowledge of a variety of aspects also helps my writing ability.

            I feel that what I know is my strongpoint in my writing, as I either know a lot about a subject or I don’t.  I have gained a lot of information about many different aspects of life over the last several years, as it is the time when I am constantly trying to learn more about the environment around me.  I consider I know the most information about Cedar Point Amusement Park, as I have grown up going to the park for many years and spend my summers there.  I also know quite a lot about computers and how to fix many common problems people face each day.  Photography is also a hobby of mine in which I am still learning information about but one day I hope to know a great deal about it.

            This information that I have been able to put into my essays and made me realize how much I know about what I care for.  I believe this information will only help me as my academic career will only increase and become more challenging.