These last few days of my first semester in Penn
Foster College
have seen a flurry of activity. A mere
18 days after submitting it, I received the grade for my Reflective Writing
essay. Once again, I scored a 90!
The instructor sent some notes along with my essay. The most striking criticism had something to
do with “little figurative language” used in my essay, but overall the instructor
felt that the essay was well-written. Either
way, I’ll take the 90 and I’m thankful I did not have to wait more than a month
for this grade.
I sat down last night and banged out a complete rough draft
of my Persuasive Essay…emphasis on the word “rough”. I’ve got quite a bit of polish and re-writing
to do, but at least I have the bones of the essay to flesh out. I’m confident that I can finish the final
draft and submit it to Penn Foster
College on Saturday.
I’m actually thankful to one of the readers of my blog, henryw,
for giving me the motivation to crank out a rough draft of this essay in one
night. After a post in which I
admittedly whined a bit about the task before me, he left the following comment:
“Realistically, with your background, you should be able to
do a little brainstorming on paper, and have a workable rough draft in a matter
of hours, not days! Just get something down on paper - then worry about meeting
all the requirements and polishing it later.”
I read that and thought “well, yeah…he’s right!” I’ve had tight deadline all throughout my
journalism career. If I can’t finish a
900-word piece in a few days then what kind of writer am I?
After I submit the Persuasive Essay my semester is officially
over. All that is left is to study for
my semester finals, schedule a time to take them with my proctor, and hope for
the best. I’m actually looking forward
to taking the finals, and continuing my studies with Penn
Foster College.