I'm not blaming my own country, Korea. But seriously i never actually learned about something related to academic writing in school. During the high school years all the educations were concentrated on university entrance exam(KSAT) which is held only once a year and consists of all the multiple choice quetions. I actually got an high score on the test and applyed for one of the prestigious school. But there was 1800-words essay exam left which is taken in each university individually and influence 5% of admission. So i prepared writing for only 1 month in private academy(not in school). That 1 month was absolutely insufficient to learn about writing and cultural knowledge. Most students crammed writing in the same way.
To make a long story short, the writing was not the only one reason of my rejection from the university. But from that time i'm kind of unconfortable with writing - not to mention writing in English. It takes so much time for me to write 1 poor quality paper. I bet even native English speakers feel difficult in writing as i felt diffculty writing in Korean. I guess writing is most difficult part in learning language.
This is my first time to learn about writing formally. I expect a little but gradual improvement in my writing from this class. Writing is irresistable thing in US college. I'll enjoy it if i can't avoid it. Maybe there is less time to play than last semester because i'm also taking US History course which needs a lot of writings, but i'll try hard. At least I want to become comfortable with writing. Also hope everyone in this class can be comfortable with writing.
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