Sometimes written words are the key to expressing our feelings, their complexness fills the void in conversation and they are the mean when your voice can’t be used for any particular reason. Words are an escape to communicate with others and our selves. It may be through poetry, compositions, or essays, a teacher’s best friend. As one of my teachers once quoted E.L. Doctorow saying, “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go on”. Seems to me that every educator I’ve had through high school has had a fixation with writing and it’s guidelines. Each one taught me a different aspect of writing: structure, grammar, and creativity. Most of our high school careers consisted of writing; a practice not enjoyed by many, …show more content…
Del Río, didn 't miss out. In class, we were discussing simple vocabulary words that can make any student bored out of their minds. Many teachers would just say: “Write a five paragraph essay in context with the chapter, using at least thirty of the words discussed”, but she didn’t think of just doing the normal class assignment to learn this vocabulary, no, we had to create a rap battle between two historic figures or two different things utilizing said vocabulary. Yes, you are probably thinking this is crazy and yes this definitely had to be one of the most embarrassing moments of my high school career, but this was the assignment. My assigned partner and I, as weird as we were and still are, chose State Farm vs. Progressive for the two battling topics and battled it out, using the assigned vocabulary, till the death of the insurance companies. Although this assignment wasn’t your typical class work we learned that vocabulary to its best capability and got a really funny story to tell for the rest of our lives. It’s safe to tell that this was one of the many video projects assigned by all my teachers through high school, each one more cringe-worthy than the other. Nevertheless, all these projects had a purpose and that was to express our creativity and create our own voices while at the same time learning the bases of writing and