<p>I am not a great essay writer. That is part of the reason I had to drop out of AP English. I mean I know that my writing sounds bad or even confusing, but I lack the imagination to organize the sentence better. My paragraphs rarely flow. However, if I’m editing someone else’s essay, I just don’t seem to have this problem. Unfortunately, I never learned much grammar in school. After learning a little in 5th grade (like identifying nouns and such),very little in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, none in 9th or 10th grade, I was woefully unprepared for my 11th grade class where my peers were actually reviewing the grammar (they’d learned in 8th grade, and I had joined the school in 9th). Well, let’s just say I did very poorly. So my essays aren’t great.</p>
<p>I should qualify what I said in my post. I was responsible for about a 100 pages a week. 50 of those pages would encompass two chapters in the history text book and make up the multiple choice and maybe one of the essays. the other 50 pages would be the subject material of an essay. And yes, this was an AP course. I ended up with a 5 on the AP, but my tests averaged out to a low B in the course.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, it does take me longer than most people to read assignments. And sometimes it doesn’t get done.</p>
<p>Oh well. I speak too much about myself.</p>