Metaphor
I am a puppy learning to be a dog. There are so many ideas and techniques that I feel I have not learned. A puppy is always anxious to become a dog, but it is not possible to just evolve from a puppy to a dog right away in life. This is similar to my feeling as a writer. There are ideas in my mind of how I would like to write but when it comes time to shaping these ideas on paper, I struggle. Puppies learn from dogs, whom they strive to be one day. I learn from professors and teachers, whom I strive to be one day. Teachers are great presenters of knowledge. They also, possess professionalism as authoritative figures to their students. Dogs are teachers to puppies, which is why a puppy’s journey is very similar to my own, metaphorically; we have to overcome certain struggles to reach our goals. One of my struggles is writing and being confident.
I think that I have grown in my knowledge and creativity over the past year, but I feel like I am impaired or challenged in writing thoughts. In high school, I did not spend much time writing; occasionally there were papers assigned but for the most part my writing was absent. As I have reached my sophomore year at Saint John’s University, I have realized what I write matters. Opinions, information, observations, and reflections are several ways in which I have used writing. Through many papers and written assignments, I can judge the quality of my writing. I hope that through this class, I am able to be more thorough and confident in expressing words on paper.
