She would assign a four page paper every two weeks. This was very stressful because I worked part time at Bojangles'. Having a job and having to write long essay made me feel there was not enough time to do anything. I would be behind on papers because of having to work long hours at work. I tried to think of a plan that would help me to become a better writer and still try to work without feel so overwhelm. Then I came up with a solution to improve myself which was judging my time management skills. Instead of waiting last minute I would prepare myself a layout on how I wanted the paper to be written. This gave me less stress because I then knew what to talk about in each part of my paper. I felt it would also give me a quicker start on finishing my papers earlier, if I had other things to do. Also it helped be more considerate with due dates for my papers. Even though I was doing all this extra stuff to help my papers be better it seem they became a lot worse than better. I felt there was no help because every paper I had done was not strong enough to receive a passing grade. My grades still remain to decrease and cause me to break down. I was not used to getting low grades until I took this course. .
Then one day after class Ms. Owens' set me down to talk about how she can help me improve my writing. I was so happy. I wanted any source of help to help me pull up my grade in the class. We decided to make a schedule that will work around my work schedule to help me understand my mistakes in writing. So now on Monday and Wednesdays I would stay after school to see how I can improve my writing skills. We started by looking back at my paper I had turn in through the first semester. We took this essays step by step clarifying what the judges would be looking for when scoring my essays. Sometimes she would give me a secret topic and she would tell me to write an essay and we would look over it once I finished.