Essays
I have to write an essay for Mrs. Long's class. What bugs me about it is that we have to have a hand-written rough draft to go along with our typed copy. We're supposed to be practicing for the AP test, during which we get about 40 minutes to write each essay. My AP test essays usually take me about a quarter of the time we get to write them. It's just the way it is with me and writing essays when I know I haven't got much time and I have a lot to say so I just write like a crazy woman. So, theoretically, if I had to write that took me the full 40 minutes, it'd be quite a bit longer than the typical AP kid who writes like a normal person. And it would probably ramble a lot and not make sense and be very redundant. Our last essay (or at least, the last one I did... though I don't think anyone did the last one we were assigned) was kind of long, considering the 40-minute thing. Funnily enough, one kid I cannot stand probably caused this whole rough draft thing, because before class he asked me how long mine was, and I answered truthfully, so he ran off to Mrs. Long complaining about how on the test we only have 40 minutes blah blah blah.
So it's my own fault I have to write a rough draft. I really did write my essay in an hour, taking many many many breaks to check e-mails and reply to IMs. My at-home essay writing is very relaxed. It doesn't take me that long to say what I want to say the way I want to say it. If I can't think of something else to say, then that's it- I don't dwell on it. If I can't think of the word I want to use, I reword my sentence and move on. It doesn't take me that long to write an essay, and I really wish I didn't have to waste my time on a rough draft.
I also don't really need a rough draft for spelling and grammar mistakes, either. And I don't need one to see if I've written something that doesn't make sense, because I don't write down a sentence until I know it sounds good in my head. ROUGH DRAFTS ARE POINTLESS. They give me writer's cramp and make me irritable, AND THEN I HAVE TO TYPE THE WHOLE DAMN THING UP, despite the fact I won't change it because it sounded good in the first place.
I'm not trying to brag or say that people who benefit from rough drafts or who need extended periods of time to write are stupid or are bad writers. And just because I write fast and don't use rough drafts doesn't mean I'm a good writer.
I just really hate wasting my time, especially on boring AP essays. I have an Algebra test tomorrow I really desperately need to study for, but instead I'm stuck writing the same essay twice. Mrs. Long knows my writing; she thinks I'm a good writer and so did Mrs. Fisher. I should be exempt from essays for the rest of the year :P
Seriously though, I'm fuming right now. Absolutely pissed off.
This is all David's fault.
-11:40 PM
So it's my own fault I have to write a rough draft. I really did write my essay in an hour, taking many many many breaks to check e-mails and reply to IMs. My at-home essay writing is very relaxed. It doesn't take me that long to say what I want to say the way I want to say it. If I can't think of something else to say, then that's it- I don't dwell on it. If I can't think of the word I want to use, I reword my sentence and move on. It doesn't take me that long to write an essay, and I really wish I didn't have to waste my time on a rough draft.
I also don't really need a rough draft for spelling and grammar mistakes, either. And I don't need one to see if I've written something that doesn't make sense, because I don't write down a sentence until I know it sounds good in my head. ROUGH DRAFTS ARE POINTLESS. They give me writer's cramp and make me irritable, AND THEN I HAVE TO TYPE THE WHOLE DAMN THING UP, despite the fact I won't change it because it sounded good in the first place.
I'm not trying to brag or say that people who benefit from rough drafts or who need extended periods of time to write are stupid or are bad writers. And just because I write fast and don't use rough drafts doesn't mean I'm a good writer.
I just really hate wasting my time, especially on boring AP essays. I have an Algebra test tomorrow I really desperately need to study for, but instead I'm stuck writing the same essay twice. Mrs. Long knows my writing; she thinks I'm a good writer and so did Mrs. Fisher. I should be exempt from essays for the rest of the year :P
Seriously though, I'm fuming right now. Absolutely pissed off.
This is all David's fault.
-11:40 PM