Going into AP Lit, I was prepared to do a lot of writing and reading. And from the first week I can tell I will be a doing my fair share of both. However, what I wasn't expecting was how much my writing style would need to change. The Harvard writing video we watched really opened my eyes as to the type of writing I would be expected to write in college. Harvard freshman who had excelled at writing in high school, were told that their writing needed a lot of work by their college professors, that's a scary thought.The video taught me that college professors don't care about obvious facts, they want your thought and feelings about the topic. "Say what you mean in writing, not what you think your reader wants to hear" was a great quote from the video; I believe that most high schoolers can agree they haven't been writing for themselves, but for the grade. I can't recall ever writing something meaningful to me. I feel as though we've been taught up to this point to state the facts, use the standard 5 paragraph essay format, etc. I am up for the challenge of changing my writing style, but I fear that it is going to be a hard transition from high school writing to college writing in order to be prepared for the AP test.
Why you should write for you, not the reader High School vs. College writing
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Andy Schoenborn
9/15/2016 07:10:38 am
Hi Lauryn,
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