All through the last two weeks I struggled so much to put down something with regards to the compare/contrast Essay and nothing worked. My brain went blank and I grew frustrated. I would sit down to write and nothing happened, and after a couple of minutes, I would just abandon the whole idea and move on to something else. Finally on Tuesday last week, I sat down in front of my computer for more than an hour trying to get something down, and nothing seemed to be happening; but, somehow this time I was determined to write my essay and as if in response to my persistent attitude, eventually something clicked and then some more and my fingers started flying over the keyboard and viola! my essay was born. I later on found out at the Wednesday lecture from Ms Wood that, the key to writing was persistence – how apt. Apt in the sense that what I could not accomplish in weeks, I did in hours. Apt that when we give up, we do not achieve our goal. Apt because anything in life worth anything at all really, requires doggedness. The compare and contrast essay was not easy for me to put together, but with the guidelines from Ms. Wood in class on Wednesday last week, and with the mindset of achieving my set out goal, I have been able to write my essay. Good or bad, I do not know yet, but what I do know is that running away, impatience, and a lackadaisical attitude will not get me what I want. I discovered my breakthrough coincidentally. Coincidence as a result of persistence - the magic key word.
Persistence is the ‘key word’
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October 29, 2009 at 4:08 am
I definitely agree with Cynthia. I am completely lost on the research assingnment. I am still not clear on what we are to write about. I have been making sure that I keep up with the reading assignments, but man those stories are hard to disect. For example, the group work that we did in class on today, answering those questions, was a little hard for me, even though I read the stories ahead of time. If I do not know anything about this research assignment, I do know it will be a challenge for me.
October 28, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I know Ruth , I am the same way , my mind goes blank and then with the kids I start doing something else instead,,,Hey about the next paper we have to do ,,,what do you tjink are u getting the idea of waht are going to do ??? Because I am a little lost. I guess that is why they call it a research paper ,,,jijijji . see you in class later