Final essay :Writing is your whole life - heekyung cho.

Writing is your whole life.

“I live to write, and wrote to live.”
-Samuel Rogers. English poet and wit. B.1763-1855.

Most people think the writing is a kind of language parts. I think also the writing is a most common language parts. When people write something, they will entirely to find out what they thinking, what they looking at what they see and what it means. Moreover, what they want and what they fear. Therefore, the writing is included our thoughts and our identity. Writing is making sense of life. People work their whole life and perhaps they have made sense of one small area through writing. Don Delillo who is American novelist born in New York City said that writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heros of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals. Writing can also make person’s identity. Writing is similar with exploration. When people start writing, they start from nothing and after then learn as they go.
When I was young, I went to English academy. On that time, the white American teacher thought me English. He thought me speaking first. After then, he thought me writing. My first writing assignment is English diary on every day. That is terrible assignment for me, because I am worried about whole of my grammar skills and writing skills. After all, I could not write my first assignment. I just write “today is a great day.” That is my first English diary’s whole sentences. My teacher was really disappointment about my first assignment and he say something to me. He says “this is first step of your writing. If you want to study abroad in United States, you have to write a lot of paper about specific statements. Therefore, you must improve your writing skills for your future.” On that time, I did not understand why he said that to me. Moreover, I could not believe his saying, because I had not dream about study abroad in United States later on that time. However, after 10 years later the dream becomes real! I came in United States for studying! After I started studying in United States, I am really believed the teacher’s saying about writing.
I am really like talking with friend using English. However I hate writing. The writing is really hard part to me, because English is my second language and the grammar is not perfect. Therefore, when I was taking my first class about art history, professor gave to me a research paper about art history. On that time, I am not sure about what is research paper and I did not know how write research paper. I have nothing about research paper. I cried 3 days, because the research paper is really hard things to me. One day, I think about why I hate the writing and why I am afraid about writing all times. After all, I got the answer about that question by myself. The answer was talking or speaking is not required a perfect grammar. However, the writing is required a perfect grammar especially research paper. That’s why I am afraid about writing. I think many international students are afraid about writing, because the grammar skills or organize essay method is hard to them. Therefore, many people do not like writing about anything.
I was taking English 2-F class on this semester. This semester is my fourth semester in this university. So, before this semester whole of my papers have many mistakes. However, after taking this class, my English writing skills are improved a lot. During this class, I wrote 15 pages research paper that can be engaged to me a lot. After I wrote research paper, my frightened feeling about writing is decrease. So, I am really thanks about solve my problem through this class.
In conclusion, when we write something, the best important things are rid of frightened feeling about our grammar problem or writing skills, which the grammar is correct or not. Before check the grammar on paper, we have to try to find out our thinking and feeling. That is first things when we write something on paper. Writing about our thinking and feeling is best important things when we write. Moreover, whole kind of writing contains our thoughts. Therefore, the writing is same as our life.