That title makes it sound like I'm not literate today and I will be in the future. I think maybe it should be "Future Literary Me." But I wont go against the directions. I hope to be more than just literate in the future. I want to be able to understand the English language better so I can use it more effectively. Language is a really powerful tool, and if you use it well you can articulate your feelings more powerfully and efficiently. I want to be able to speak and write with more eloquence and confidence. I want to be much smarter than I am now.
I hope to read a lot more. I want to read books of all variety. I already have a list of books I want to read this summer. They include The Fault In Our Stars (which I heard was really good), Khaled Hosseini's (my favorite author), and Dan Brown's new book. I'm sure there are more I should read, and I'm welcome to suggestions. Unfortunately I realize that i wont have time to read every good book ever written, but I'll try my best.
In the future I'd like to explore more with writing. I really do enjoy writing, with a personal touch. Sometimes I fell like I have a very useful vocabulary, for expressing my thoughts. But sometimes it goes to waste when I;m writing dry and boring essays. I can't summon any passion when I'm writing school essays. I'd like to write with more passion in my future. I want to explore the English language more artistically. Honestly, I'd like to explore life more artistically; it's a better way to look at life. I want to be more creative and expressive in my writing. I feel like I couldn't express that at all this year (except, maybe, right now).
I wish I could learn how to write poetry. I feel like I've never been taught. Every time I've been given a poetry assignment It have some sort of restrictive guideline. And the opportunity to write poetry, in school, rarely arises. I have trouble sometimes with poetry, because I'm not terribly abstract. I'm not too good at writing it, and very bad at interpreting it. I think that if we had more experience with writing poetry, we could all understand it better.
In the future I want to read every book in the world, and I want to learn every word in the English language. But these things will never happen. I'll have to just settle.
"That title makes it sound like I'm not literate today and I will be in the future." I'm not sure if you meant this to be funny or not but I cracked up. Clearly you are a greater writer already (very eloquent!), but I agree that it's impossible to know every word. I like when you talked about poetry here, because we have read so much of it in school over the years, yet never really been taught how to do it ourselves. I think it would be fun to try!
ReplyDeleteAwwww..... when I grow up I want to read every book in the world, too.... :-)
ReplyDeleteI love your dry humor. I think its sad that we have to settle, but in a sense that's life. Really interesting thoughts about writing poetry in school. I agree that the restrictions have always hindered me and I wish I had the time to cultivate my poetry writing skills outside of school.
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