Nick Gomez
Reba Bailey
English 101-003
10 September 2010
Unit One
The purpose of my essay is to show my growth as a writer through specific incidents that
I have experienced in my lifetime. Each experience not only changed me as a person but as a
writer as well. Along with the growth that came with these experiences is a brief explanation of
the types of writing I presume I will be doing in college as well as in my future career as a
physical therapist. The third and final purpose is to explain both the positive and the negative
skills I have or lack in my own writing. To begin this assignment I first jotted down five
experiences in particular that changed me as a person as well as a writer. Once I had these listed I
chose two to expand on in Exploration 1. I got feedback on this assignment which helped me on
the essay to make the changes needed to begin. I came in with my rough draft and the peer
