Education has been one of the main ways that I have learned how to read and write, but certain aspects of it have also been reasons for me to become disinterested in reading and writing. Some teachers that were very fond of specific writing styles that I was not discouraged me from writing the way I wanted to, and how I felt that I personally wrote the best. While gaining a broad sense of the different styles of writing does create a well-rounded writer, it was almost detrimental to my writing skills to have an entire semester of high school dedicated to writing poetry. While this is a respectable type of writing, it is not what appeals to me at all, and does not hold much value to my individual preference in writing styles. I would much rather see my words play out over a page rather than in very skewed misinterpreted lines of text.
One of the most inspirational and helpful places I have ever been to in my life is the gym. It is where I go to process big things that happen in my life, work off excess emotions like anger or sadness, it is where I go to have fun, and it is also where I go to reflect. Many things that happen in the gym can be used in some form or another as an analogy for things that happen in our lives. Becoming a good writer doesn’t happen overnight, just like a good football player isn’t made in a day, and real improvements in the gym won’t be seen in a week. What can be said however is that with dedication and determination a star football player can be born, and improvements can be seen in the gym. It is all encompassed around the phrase “one more rep.” One more rep is a phrase I have heard a lot in the gym as naturally it seems that the gym or a training field is the only place where a phrase like this would apply. This is completely false. One more rep is an analogy for any large obstacle in ones life, or a seemingly impossible task that somehow gets accomplished again and again.
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