... to sound confident but ultimately using words improperly. So, whenever I was told to write an essay reflecting my opinions on a certain piece, I panicked, because I never thought my opinions mattered enough to write down. It was never about not knowing the language, as to this day I practice English more than I do my first language, but it is more about adding meaning to words and ... using them as a medium for expressing myself. In high school, my English classes were bearable. It was all about memorizing new words and writing uniformly structured essays. Every time ... . Everyone thre...

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