Author: Micah

Link: https://wordpress.com/page/micomicah.wordpress.com/20

The two most influential essays I’ve written in my life are the first and last ones I’ve written up until college: a small assignment back in 3rd Grade, and my Personal Statement that I used during the college application process. Throughout my career as a student, I never considered writing essays to be any different from solving a math equation, as I was only writing things for a grade. But once I was faced with what was arguably the most important essay of my life, I had to revise my way of thinking about essay writing. For me, seeing this new approach pay off was like taking a breath of fresh air.

I enjoyed the freewriting exercise, although I did not end up using it in my literacy narrative. Before this assignment, I never reflected on how I wrote essays despite how many times I have done so in my life. My favorite sentence in my essay, and the one I think many readers would also find interest in, is this: “I was confident in my ability to trek any essay during school, yet I felt that I couldn’t get a grip on how to answer the prompts on my Common App.” Overall, I found this assignment to be interesting and I realized how many memories I have of writing essays throughout my lifetime.

In this photo, I depict the cables on my table as a dish of spaghetti & meatball (singular) complete with a plate and tomato sauce. The inspiration for this came from friends who visited and complained that my desk was a mess – specifically when it came to my cable management. As garnish, I used my cable head as a ‘meatball’ to complete the replica of one of my favorite comfort foods.