For a short sprinter your race is all about how you set up and start. the hardest part though is usually the set up of your blocks. You may feel uncomfortable about how you start and no adjustment feels quite right but as long as you have a well set pair of blocks, the fine tuned adjustments come easier. This Intro Letter is like my pair of blocks it gives me a set starting point to come back to, make improvements upon, and ultimately improve my writing. |
Dear Mrs. Nisbett,
I’d first like to say I look forward to getting into English and just college at UA in general. I can't say this is one of my top choices for my favorite subject but I don't want that to stop me from enjoying and doing well this year. I am a civil engineering major from Annandale, Virginia and I also intend to minor in structural engineering as well as well as either architectural engineering or construction. I went to high school at Lake Braddock Secondary School where i started taking STEM courses. I switched from field to field taking classes like advanced stem, computer science and a plethora of other lab courses. I really didn’t settle on civil structures until recently when I took Architectural Drawing and thought, “well this is better than everything else I've taken”. Plus, it didn’t hurt than civil engineers make some great money. Long term I’d say my goal is to get my masters from here at Alabama in Civil Engineering, pass my exams to become a professional licensed engineer, move back to the DMV and make some serious cash, then ride off into the sunset to retire somewhere the tax rates aren't so high. But for now id like to just focus on passing all my classes the best I can this semester. I'm already looking into internships and studying abroad which is a huge reason I know I need to do well. My parents have already said if I can't do well here, there's no way they’d let me leave the States.
I mentioned before, English isn't really my thing which is weird since when I try it’s really one of my best subjects. I notched a high score on the ACT English section, which also happened to be my highest score on the exams in general. I’ve also won a public speaking award from my middle school and have been asked to give inspirational messages at my church back home from time to time. I love grammar and sentence structure even though my speech doesn't always show it. When we would get sentence diagramming exercises in class I would get pumped for the challenge when other dreaded it, maybe because it was like a puzzle to me. I also have a deep love for vocabulary and the etymology of words the first two books I owned were a bible and a dictionary and so those were what I read, along with the occasional Dr. Suess and Shel Silverstien. I would go to school everyday citing big words I had learned until eventually it got embarrassing because I felt I looked too much like a showoff, but I never did lose that love for vocabulary.
In all honesty I’m not sure why English classes don't appeal to me. Its a subject I'm good at and enjoy a large extent and it’s not something I struggle in unless I get lazy Maybe It’s the same attitude I have when I love washing dishes until somebody tells me to wash them. But for whatever reason I don’t get the same passion in the class as I do outside of it. However, I’m at a totally different school, in a totally different state, in a completely different level of education and like every year I’ll give it a shot. I still really do want to do well in this class, partly because i need to pass it and largely because I like being successful. I enjoy the feeling of being the fastest on the field or the strongest in the game and in the end feeling like I’ve got nothing left to prove.
I’m not sure how introductory this was for an introductory letter, normally I’m supposed to include facts about my family, interests, hobbies, and the like, so I hope I didn't miss something. As far as insight goes I’d say this is a solid surface look into my thoughts on English and school in general. That being said, i do really look forward to cracking whatever English 101 has to throw at me.
Sincerely,
Jailan Daniels
I’d first like to say I look forward to getting into English and just college at UA in general. I can't say this is one of my top choices for my favorite subject but I don't want that to stop me from enjoying and doing well this year. I am a civil engineering major from Annandale, Virginia and I also intend to minor in structural engineering as well as well as either architectural engineering or construction. I went to high school at Lake Braddock Secondary School where i started taking STEM courses. I switched from field to field taking classes like advanced stem, computer science and a plethora of other lab courses. I really didn’t settle on civil structures until recently when I took Architectural Drawing and thought, “well this is better than everything else I've taken”. Plus, it didn’t hurt than civil engineers make some great money. Long term I’d say my goal is to get my masters from here at Alabama in Civil Engineering, pass my exams to become a professional licensed engineer, move back to the DMV and make some serious cash, then ride off into the sunset to retire somewhere the tax rates aren't so high. But for now id like to just focus on passing all my classes the best I can this semester. I'm already looking into internships and studying abroad which is a huge reason I know I need to do well. My parents have already said if I can't do well here, there's no way they’d let me leave the States.
I mentioned before, English isn't really my thing which is weird since when I try it’s really one of my best subjects. I notched a high score on the ACT English section, which also happened to be my highest score on the exams in general. I’ve also won a public speaking award from my middle school and have been asked to give inspirational messages at my church back home from time to time. I love grammar and sentence structure even though my speech doesn't always show it. When we would get sentence diagramming exercises in class I would get pumped for the challenge when other dreaded it, maybe because it was like a puzzle to me. I also have a deep love for vocabulary and the etymology of words the first two books I owned were a bible and a dictionary and so those were what I read, along with the occasional Dr. Suess and Shel Silverstien. I would go to school everyday citing big words I had learned until eventually it got embarrassing because I felt I looked too much like a showoff, but I never did lose that love for vocabulary.
In all honesty I’m not sure why English classes don't appeal to me. Its a subject I'm good at and enjoy a large extent and it’s not something I struggle in unless I get lazy Maybe It’s the same attitude I have when I love washing dishes until somebody tells me to wash them. But for whatever reason I don’t get the same passion in the class as I do outside of it. However, I’m at a totally different school, in a totally different state, in a completely different level of education and like every year I’ll give it a shot. I still really do want to do well in this class, partly because i need to pass it and largely because I like being successful. I enjoy the feeling of being the fastest on the field or the strongest in the game and in the end feeling like I’ve got nothing left to prove.
I’m not sure how introductory this was for an introductory letter, normally I’m supposed to include facts about my family, interests, hobbies, and the like, so I hope I didn't miss something. As far as insight goes I’d say this is a solid surface look into my thoughts on English and school in general. That being said, i do really look forward to cracking whatever English 101 has to throw at me.
Sincerely,
Jailan Daniels