Sulak1 Nick Sulak Lynn M. Raymond English 1101 September 4, 01!

"th #rade $ersuasi%e Essay &hen ' (as in the )i)th grade ' (as a %ictim to bullying and my principal (as honest enough to reali*e it and put a stop to it. So (hen ' (as in the se%enth grade (e (ere assigned a pro+ect in English to (rite a persuasi%e essay and ' chose to (rite about bullying and ho( it should be stopped. ' also chose to (rite about bullying because ' (as not only a (itness to this kind o) beha%ior but ' (as also a %ictim o) bullying. ,his (riting assignment changed (ho ' am as a (riter )or the rest o) my li)e. ,he reason (as because ' treated this persuasi%e essay as i) it (as an in)ormati%e article, a topic ' strong belie%ed in and belie%ed it should be stopped. ' did research and took a sur%ey o) teachers )rom all grades (ith in my school. ' (as so determined to make this paper the best it could be. ' (anted e%eryone in the school to kno( that these actions and (ords need to be stopped and this really does happen and you need to open your eyes to the beha%ior that occurs. ' dra)ted this article )or about )i%e (eeks, a)ter e%ery set o) re%isions ' (ould go to my teacher to talk about it and to see ho( ' could make it stronger (ith as little (ords as possible. No(, my English teacher at the time, Mrs. 'lliano, (as a %ery nice lady and she did not grade my paper )or a style and to mode into this set style but she graded it )or strictly grammatical errors and content. She (as that one teacher that (as open to all di))erent types o) (riting styles and accepted them. -or the (hole t(o and a hal) months that (e (orked on the pro+ect ' (ent to see her and sat do(n (ith

Sulak2 her more times then ' can remember. .t the end o) the paper though ' (as e/tremely happy (ith ho( it came out and sa( ho( my (riting and my chose o) (ords had changed )rom the )irst dra)t all the (ay until the )inal dra)t. -rom that point on a)ter putting so much time and e))ort into that one paper my %ocabulary and my grammar and my sentence structure +ust got that much better. ,he reason (as my teacher not only re%ie(ed my paper but also taught me the rules o) (riting and ho( to use them correctly. 'n re)lecting back on the assignment )rom no( si/ years ago and seeing ho( ' (rote then and ho( ' (rite no( is astonishing. 't sho(s that this one assignment that ' chose, the one topic ' )elt so strongly )or has changed my (riting )ore%er and (as the stepping0stones to the (riter (ho ' am today. ' (ill )ore%er remember that paper and the teacher (ho helped me make that paper a reality. ' can say today that ' truly belie%e in that paper not only )or (hat the paper (as about, or )or ho( much time ' spent on it, but )or ho( it changed my (riting grammar and style )or li)e.