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Who Am I? MAG

By Anonymous

     I like reading The Economist and watching "I love the 80s." I like tennis, Fazoli's breadsticks and writing assignments. I value honesty, commitment, scholarship and kindness. These are hard and true facts, but there is a lot I do not know about myself. I don't know how I feel about the death penalty, I have mixed feelings about religion, and I don't know what I think about a cashless society. I have no stock answer to offer about a life-changing experience or a moment of enlightenment, and it is hard for me to give a comprehensive proclamation of who I am, for my identity unfolds more every day as my experiences grow. Since I am only 17 years old, life has a lot of unfolding to do.

I dislike saying "I am trying to find myself" because my identity is not lost, it just needs more uncovering. Luckily for me, what I love to do and want to be helps me uncover more about myself. I want to be a writer. I may not end up a professional writer but I will always write, even if I am the only one interested in my work, because writing is my self-reflection.

When writing, I sometimes get worked up into such a fervor that I barely know what I am saying. I just let my fingers fly over the keyboard and the ideas pour from my head. When I go back through the jumble of unpunctuated ideas, I notice a theme running through the writing. I don't try to put a moral in the theme, but invariably it happens. Evaluating the theme and the rest of the writing helps me interpret my own character and decipher my at times bottled-up feelings. In opinion essays, my values show. In stories, the fictional characters express my beliefs.

Every day my experience and knowledge increase, and I learn more about myself. Each time I write what is in my head as honestly as I can, another piece of the identity puzzle is revealed. Mostly, I like what is unearthed (though this varies depending on how "teenage girl-ish" I'm feeling). I am not worried that I don't know everything about myself. As I get older, I'll figure it out.



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WriterGrl said...
on May. 25 2012 at 6:13 pm

I loved this essay and I can't help but notice how many similar feelings you and I have about writing. I feel the same way. In fact, right now, I don't know what I'm typing, I just am.

Now I need to go back, capitalize and punctuate things. 


KatsK DIAMOND said...
on May. 3 2012 at 7:16 pm
KatsK DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
Being inexhaustible, life and nature are a constant stimulus for a creative mind.<br /> ~Hans Hofmann<br /> You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.<br /> ~Ray Bradbury

I really like it. I feel the same way, although I'm going into high school next year. This, however, does invariably show who you are-- a good and polished writer. Your grammar was flawless, by the way.

on Oct. 25 2011 at 10:51 pm
bdaly2012 BRONZE, Kingfield, Maine
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In the second parapgraph you use the word write, or writing a lot. I know there aren't many synonyms to the word but try using thesaurus.com and see what word you think works for you. Other than that I think that this piece has very descriptive language, the words really set the scene in my mind.

on Oct. 8 2011 at 9:57 pm
editpem3 SILVER, Glendale, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over, smile because it happened&quot; Dr. Seuss

I loved it, and I feel the same way as you do!

on Jul. 28 2011 at 1:04 pm
BeeCubed BRONZE, Woodbridge, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;To the world you may be one person but to one person you may be the world.&quot; -unknown

I love this, I've read it countless times.. I even showed my mother this piece of work. The strcture of it is flawless and really showes who you are inside and out. Thanks for sharing it with us !!

kahlon said...
on Jul. 11 2011 at 10:05 am
there is a lot of moron word in it

kahlon said...
on Jul. 11 2011 at 10:02 am
okey la i like it....

lucky said...
on Jan. 11 2011 at 12:13 am
ur creativity ez so much good u can post more and more creativity about urself i love this.......................

Jamesboy said...
on Dec. 8 2010 at 8:16 pm
i like they you wrote an essay. I got more knowledge from>>>>>>

alejandra09 said...
on Oct. 19 2010 at 1:49 pm
alejandra09, Miami, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;we ask for advice when we already know the answer... but wish we didn&#039;t.

i love it ! great gramming. And interesting in everyway.

daismd said...
on Oct. 4 2010 at 2:29 pm
It vas quite interesting, I enjoyed your creativity

feloniousp said...
on Sep. 19 2010 at 11:25 am
Fantastic essay. very well written. I wish I had such creative writing ability.

Justinpower said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 11:00 pm

man! austinpower stold my comment. well, that is what i wanted to say also. that little perverted motherf.... anyway, i actually got some ideas of yours into my essay. ;)

 

 

JK.


Austinpower said...
on Aug. 14 2010 at 10:58 pm
you did an awesome job there! I am also writing an essay. You gave me a lot of ideas how to start my essay! Thanks! by the way, I did not copy your work.

on Aug. 9 2010 at 11:21 am
Griffinwing SILVER, Manchester, Michigan
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Oh yes. I like that

Oliver S. said...
on Jun. 26 2010 at 3:21 pm
I like the essay too, but I also feel that at the same time that I've heard this before.

on Jun. 19 2010 at 1:09 am
CharlottePetit SILVER, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
It&rsquo;s sad when people you know become people you knew, when you can walk right past someone like they were never a big part your life, how you used to be able to talk for hours and how now you can barely even look at them. But everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they go right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart, so that better things can fall together.

Yepp, pretttty much took the words right out of my mouth :)

on Jun. 4 2010 at 7:49 pm

I like that you like it, and that many others like it.

Excuse my cynical tone, I guess that was just the stressed me looking for a college essay topic (;

I hope this essay helped the author


Libby said...
on Jun. 4 2010 at 7:47 am

Point taken, perhaps discovering one's self is 'cliche'. But cliches exist because they are true. And this essay is written in an inspiring tone and is different to other things I've read--so it can't be all that cliche. 

I really liked it :)


on May. 26 2010 at 6:47 pm
chelseabelle BRONZE, Tampa, Florida
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what was the topic for this essay? like what was the prompt?