Christiano — Personal Letter
October 18, 2007October 18, 2007
Dear Rick,
To be honest, I have different feelings right now. I am excited about starting writting classes and I really think that this will be important for my improvement in English. On the other hand, I’m a a little afraid of the course because there are so many structures and a lot of information that scaries me but I ‘ll make an effort to learn a lot.
At the beggining of the course, I’ll make a lot of questions to clarify my doubts and I’ll need your help to solve them.
Then, I hope that I can make a lot of essays without mistakes and with a good structure.
Hopefully, at the end of the course, I’ll be writting as well and I’ll be able to write anything perfectly.
Sincerely,
Christiano
Dear Christiano,
I am happy you are excited about learning how to write in a more American way. Also, I understand your concerns about having a lot to learn. You are right about this course offering a lot of information, especially in the beginning of it.
As far as your questions go, you can keep them coming, and if they are pertinent to the objectives of this course, we will deal with them one by one. Now, I also have to be quite honest with you. I believe that you are setting too high expectations for yourself this bimester. Expecting to write flawless essays by the end of two months is not really realistic. As a matter of fact, what will happen at the end of the course is that you will learn what Americans expect from you as far as writing goes, and how far (or how close) your writing is in relation to these expectations. This course works a lot more on awareness of your own writing than actual grammatical or vocabulary-related improvements.
Also, having the expectation of writing a perfect essay at the end of the bimester is not a realistic one as well. I believe that there is no such a thing as perfect writing. Writing is a process, and any writing — including books that are published on a daily basis — are subject to improvements. An athor can always make changes and finetune his or her writing. Writing is an endless process that is only interrupted by delivery deadlines.
Truely,
Rick