English 125
On the first day of classes my freshman year, my professor assigned a small writing assignment of searching for a hawk in the Ann Arbor sky and writing about its journey. Naturally, I was terrified. Coming to such a large university and changing everything in my life from what I had known, I was in fear of failing.
As I attempted to complete the assignment, I decided to branch out and write about what I thought the hawk's journey symbolized in reflection with what was going on in my life. I was afraid of failing the assignment but Professor Cooper told us it was more important to take risks with our writing rather than focus on the grade. Because of his reasoning, he told us we had the opportunity to rewrite any assignment as long as we were able to explain why the revision would be important in our future success as a writer.
Keeping that in mind, I let go of my fears and wrote a reflective piece on the new changes going on in my life. It may be short, boring, and not the best essay I've written, but I'm still proud that I was able to write it at that time. It was the beginning of my journey at the University of Michigan and I'm so proud of how far I've come.
As I attempted to complete the assignment, I decided to branch out and write about what I thought the hawk's journey symbolized in reflection with what was going on in my life. I was afraid of failing the assignment but Professor Cooper told us it was more important to take risks with our writing rather than focus on the grade. Because of his reasoning, he told us we had the opportunity to rewrite any assignment as long as we were able to explain why the revision would be important in our future success as a writer.
Keeping that in mind, I let go of my fears and wrote a reflective piece on the new changes going on in my life. It may be short, boring, and not the best essay I've written, but I'm still proud that I was able to write it at that time. It was the beginning of my journey at the University of Michigan and I'm so proud of how far I've come.
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