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memorable assignment was our Mr. Potato head fashion show. We had to dress a Mr. Potato head and

then present him to the class by reading a “script” that we wrote that was supposed to be very

descriptive of what he wore. In eighth grade, my teacher Mrs. Hentz made the class do a yearlong

project by writing a memoir of our life. I really enjoyed doing this project and when I look back on it, I

see how much my life has changed since the eighth grade.

However, once I got into high school my good memories of English slowly faded away into a

burning pit. Each year in English, I was assigned a teacher that was either the Hitler of revising papers or

the teacher that didn’t grade anything except for the papers that they felt they had to throw in a

blender and chop up because it wasn’t written the way they wanted it and then gave the paper a failing

grade. One memory I have that still stays vivid to this day from my AP English III class was when my AP

English III teacher decided she wanted to write “duh” on one of my first papers in that class for spelling

something wrong. These incidents lead me to dread going to any class dealing with English and to dislike

writing any type of paper. It also led to the decision of me dropping out of AP English class.

In the long run, I am just glad to say that I have not shut out loving English again. I have had

some very good memories with reading and writing through my life and that list is only going to get

longer as I grow older. I am enjoying my first English class in college with the reading and writing I am

doing. The past moments that I have had with my English teachers have helped to shape the reader and

writer I am to this day. Whether good or bad moments, I can truthfully say that I have learned a lot

about the English language with my eighteen years on this planet. Through writing, it has taught me a

lot about who I am and has opened a door for me to express myself in ways that I cannot present in

person.