Megan Hammond

Ms. Parrish

2B CE English 1010

12/16/19

Self-Reflection About High School

Tasked to write about the impact of sports in high schools, I was pondering many

different perspectives I could take on the matter. I decided to take a negative stance on it, stating

that sports were bad for the well-being and success of students. It was a bit challenging to fight

myself on something that I love to do. I love to attend games and participate in sports and clubs.

Trying to convince myself and the reader that sports were damaging our education system was

extremely difficult.

I am usually a very good writer. I am always very organized and clear about my subject.

However, this essay really challenged me. I struggled to find the right order in which to place my

reasoning for my claim that sports should be temporarily terminated to help restore the

importance of education in our schools. I don’t know why it was so difficult to me. My

introduction was written well, but the body paragraphs really challenged me.

Argumentative-styled essays are usually my forte. I think trying to differentiate between

argumentative and classical styles was throwing me off.

I kept noticing that I had many sentences that just popped out to me. They seemed out of

place and with a few placement trials, I found the right spots to put them. I think they happened

more in this essay because I was having so many ideas running through my head that I wanted to

make sure that they made it on the page. Although having random sentences can distract a reader
from focusing on the main idea, I think it was a good experience to have. It showed me how my

brain was working during the time. I usually don’t have random sentences popping out of my

essay and the fact that they were there in this one, proved to me that it was challenging my brain.

I like a challenge.

Not to sound cocky or anything, but it is really hard to find errors in my essays. I have

had a lot of practice with writing both inside and outside of school. I know a lot of stuff. I always

feel that I am not challenged with essays that I write because I know exactly what to do on them.

When I get peer reviews, they often tell me that they hate me because they can’t find any errors

in my essays. This is difficult for me because I always believe there is room for improvement. I

really would like to get some feedback from you, Ms. Parrish, about what I can do better on my

work. I feel like I am writing at a college level, but many of my peers aren’t and it makes it

difficult to get feedback from them to help improve my writing.

Overall, I really enjoyed this essay. I think it was one of the best works I have ever done.

I felt it was well organized and well thought out. I was able to get all of my ideas down on the

paper. I was able to have my counter arguments and be able to oppose them to support my

argument. I think it was a good practice to improve my fluency and organization skills in writing.