The two most memorable essays I’ve written were both from high school English classes. The first was my sophomore essay on the morality of Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which is the first thing I’ve written that I’m still proud of and where I consider my writing to have evolved from mediocre to something I think is decent. The second was my senior research project I did on Willie Nelson and how he helped shape modern country music and the subculture around it. My writing hasn’t been as plentiful in the past year as it was at one point, but I still occasionally write something to keep myself entertained. Writing’s a way for me to get out my feelings that I can’t do with spoken words. My weaknesses as a writer and reader are procrastination, holding back on public pieces, my disorganized thought process, and being easily distracted from a topic I have no interest in. I would like to work on better organizing my thoughts and writing and also learning to do my best on essays that other people will read.