My Writing Experience

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After almost getting a full writing grade on the Chinese University Entrance Examination, my classmates and teachers always praised me not only for being good at writing but also enjoying it. However, I am neither smart nor gifted in writing and expressing myself. As for me, writing is always a long road that stretches out ahead. And I strongly believe, it’s writing that makes me who I am today. So, as an undergraduate in a joint-education program between China and the United States, I am on the road of learning writing by comprehending and combining concepts and skills in these two different linguistic systems.

Actually, I had no feeling for writing when I was a child, but my father led me to the start of writing by making a bet between us, which somehow …show more content…
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