Writing :: Personal Narrative Writing Education Essays

WritingMountains are tall. If you are stupid enough to jump off one you fall fast and you land hard. The five-paragraph cornerstone is my mountain and I have just jumped unspoilt off it. There dont seem to be any outcroppings to grab for, and my assignment is to discuss my cliff as I continue to drop from it. So I will non grab. I will let myself fall, and hope for pillows at the end. I feel baffled without my introduction to conclusion formula started at the beginning of this paper. Why do I have to do this assignment? Oh, I understand that I exact to break a mold that has been added to, layer upon dreadful layer, for the past eight years or so. The only problem isHOW? I think that what I am feeling is not unique to me, and that the instructor will more than likely read these same words a dozen times in new(prenominal) fonts. I do not want to spend my entire paper feeling sorry for myself and wasting paper complaining that the answer to my question is not right under my nose. I would pity my reader. I would also hope that I am a stronger writer than that. Strong writers should be able to nail beyond the theme. I propose that the theme is no more than a weak writers response to demands tired English instructors put on them, or a Lazy Writers cop out. The theme is easy. We know how it works and we crank it out like so many machines. My question is this what normal everyday Joe in his right mind would not take the easy route to writing a paper? There is no reason to make things harder than they have to be, especially when the teacher will spend a minimal amount of time on whatever you write, whether it took you five minutes or five hours. Lots of readers like to be spoon fed, and the theme is a handy ladle. Its when you try to pour directly from the sauce pan that you are Getting Beyond The Theme. The only time I have ever Gotten Beyond The Theme is on those rare occasions where I get a burst of creativity in class or at home, and the grades I usually get on these Creative Masterpieces are mediocre at best. I must have forgotten my parachute.