Inspiring Read!

          To be honest, I was actually pretty bummed out that I had to read some excerpt that I probably won’t remember in a couple of days and then have to write about it, but when I actually read it, I was shocked that it was pretty interesting. I know for a fact that I am not a good writer and this article was pretty much the epitome of how I write. A big part of the beginning of the excerpt described that many students including myself tend to float towards the “common” answer and that teachers and professors find this to be very lackluster. I totally agree with the teachers in saying that their students have to seek other answers besides what everyone else is thinking. Not only does it make for an interesting read such as this excerpt, but also allows students to convey a different message than that of what teachers are used to reading. I feel like the author of the excerpt got his message passed along to readers with flying colors. Back in high school, I feel like students were taught to go with the “common” answer every time. I almost feel bad for all the English teachers that I’ve had for the past 6 years after reading this excerpt. Maybe there is still some hope in improving my miniscule writing skills. Reading something like this really motivates me to improve my writing ability and I can’t think of any other possible reads that can be based on this topic and be better than this one. As the class that I’m in is meant to improve our writing skills, this excerpt portrays what I can expect from the class and how writing should be done. I am glad that this is how we’re going to start this class.