It was interesting to see all the tactics that Christensen used in order to help her students the process of writing. When I think of essays, i still get scared and it was nice to see that it doesn't matter where you are in life, essays are a struggle for everyone.
During my pre-internship last semester it was nice to see, what my mentor did in order to help students prepare a college essay. Some of the students said that they weren't going to college, that college wasn't for them, some students said they couldn't wait to go to college, but they were scared because they knew it would be hard and they knew that they had not done their best while in high school and some students talked of college like is was just another step of life. My mentor teacher expressed real goals and situations in the pre college experience and she used me to help, since I was closer in age to some of these kids. Christensen is right that as long as someone has an opinion a student can write an essay. These essays ranged from very personal to just the basics of why they wanted to go to school. It was interesting to be involved in this experience, because it made me reflect on my pre college experience and what kind of things that I wrote.
I notice that I was not as nearly as deep as some of the essays I read by the students and I notice that I did just do the basics. I just wanted to get into a school never weighting out all my options I just wanted to get there and be accepted. I never had someone to help me write a effective college essay and it was nice to see that my mentor teacher pushed and probed these kids to set those standard for themselves and let colleges read their essays and see the real them.
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