Proficiency

1. How does the author feel about her writing abilities?

The author feels very unsure of her writing abilities. Which is a huge contrast from the beginning of the story where she felt like it was one of her biggest strengths and something she enjoyed. As stated “until that time, i loved writing just as much as i loved math. It was one of my strengths”. Towards the end we see how much failing the test affected her and how it contributed to decline and confidence in her writing abilities. We see her say this “after I failed the test the first time I began to hate writing, and I started to doubt myself”.

2.  How does the author feel about standardized tests?

The author does not feel great about standardized tests and seems to resent them because of how much it took a toll on her and her self esteem. In the final paragraph of the story she remarks on how her confidence went downhill from failing and how she started to stop taking English seriously which resulted in her being below the student she used to be. “ to protect myself  from doubts, i stopped taking english seriously”.

5. Has there been a time in your life when you doubted your abilities as a writer or in general? Explain.

There has been a time in my life where I doubted myself as a writer. mostly in my day to day sometimes. I feel this because I can’t write as fast and as efficiently as I would like to but I still try to type faster than I can. I like to be fast in almost everything I do and sometimes it brings me down when I can’t be where I would like to be.

6. How do you feel about your writing abilities?

I feel good about my writing abilities. I think the only thing i need to work on is my confidence in my writing.