Essay Writing

I've always been pretty good at writing, it's one of my strong points, and I enjoy it compared to most other things in school. But I have learned a lot this year in regards to "essay writing specifically." Whenever I used to write it was about whatever was on my mind, I wasn't trying to follow a specific set of rules or a rubric, and I truly enjoy this type of writing much more. But in the end looking back on the whole struggle, it was a very constructive challenge and a valuable skill to have.

Looking through this essay I am confident that it meets almost all of the standards that make it an A. Examining my other essay grade and comments I noticed that I wasn't using enough original ideas. This can be very hard for me because my ideas tend to get cluttered and repetitive but this time around I put a lot of focus into using original ideas. With this new aspect in my essay I feel fairly confident about my grade.

Summer Reading

Well I have a lot of books in mind to read over the summer but I never really get the motivation to start them usually because I'm too busy doing nothing. The first book I would like to read is "Room Full of Mirrors" a biography on Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross. Now both of my books I'm going to write about are music centered and that's because that's what I like to read about. I'm really fascinated about Hendrix's life and death. His life seemed so carefree and so spontaneous, I'm really interested to learn more about it. The next book I want to read is "This is your Brain on Music" by Daniel J. Levitin. Credit for the idea to read this book goes to my sweet compadre Quinn Mau. The theory of how music effects the brain, to me, is mind blowing. I really don't understand how something like music can give you so many emotions and make you feel so many different things. I want to become more informed on this subject.