Extra Credit Blog: Writing about Writing

To pick just one if my writing assignments would be like asking a mother to pick which child of hers is her favorite. Which I would hope, that most mothers would answer impossible. The point is that I love writing, and when I write I feel that it makes my opinions and thoughts readable to anyone who wants to sit themselves down and read it. But if I had to choice one, I would unwillingly pick a piece of writing that I wrote in 7th grade about which candidate the public should elect for president. I think that this essay stands out to me, because during the process of writing this, I think that I found my voice as a writer. Before 7th grade, my writing was just putting words together and getting a good grade. But as my English teacher, Mr.Haefer was explaining that this election was very important, and would most likely change every thing that we thought of as the perfect president, I felt that I wanted everyone to know what I thought. And as soon as the essay was given, I ran home and started researching and making opinions on everything that each candidate had said, so I guess I became a little obsessed to be honest. I wanted to be knowledgeable, and most importantly I wanted anyone who read my essay to know that they should vote for who I would have voted for.
I think I am proud of this piece of writing so much, because I found that writing can be anything you want it to be. If you want a tragic love story, you can write it. And if you are like me in the 7th grade, and you wanted to write an essay that would hopefully change everyone's vote on the presidential election, you can do that.