Monday, June 27, 2011

Personal Narrative Nightmare!!!






I will not lie when I first started doing my personal narrative one of my favorite children's books comes to mind Judith Viorst's ALEXANDER'S HORRIBLE NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY! I didn't know where to begin now mind not that my life is that exciting, however there have been turbulent events that have shaped my life over the years and the majority of them believe it or not was from my children! As Lynn so delicately put it in his essay of my interview AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS LIKE ME THE REBEL! I wasn't quite sure in what direction to take my narrative, was this to be a timeline of my life, should I focus on those important events or what? After careful consideration and digging deep inside I found out what I indeed needed to write about for several different reasons. My narrative is resonating some "truths" to me. This narrative will be therapeutic much cheaper than a therapist! This narrative is not only for the Writing Project but to help me bring to the forefront some closure to an extremely difficult area in my life. This narrative will help me to reign in some feelings, wrap my head around something that was very traumatic, and perhaps finally forgive. Wow Don, Sherri, and Lydia did my husband tell you I needed to get in this year so I could finally GET OVER IT!! All joking aside while I know this narrative will be difficult I also know that to everything there is a season. Hmmm so my season is now here and I need to face it.
Great day everyone thanks for the wonderful bonding that has occurred. The collaboration, the discussion, the lessons and just your smiling faces made it much easier to get up this Monday to face this class. By the way they were write if you can just get through week one YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!
Mary Ann
GO BIG BLUE!

1 comment:

  1. I really needed that reminder Mary Ann. I felt the opposite about my narrative, like I was too clinical, too academic. I didn't feel much and I couldn't see how my audience could feel much either. I will be doing some heavy revisions but I feel that they are right. Of course I don't actually know what they are yet. To connect to school, how would my students react to the situation I am in...hours spent on the paper, uncertainty as to my next step, and a deadline approaching? I'm stressed but I also have confidence that I will figure out a way to be comfortable with what I write. How do I give that comfort to my students?

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