Karen's+expressive+reflective+brainstorm

It was senior year of high school and I was taking AP Lit with Ms. Murray, one of the best language arts teachers at Three Rivers High School. All my friends were taking it with me; it was going to be a great year. I remember sitting there on the first day listening to her outline the syllabus and I had this sickening feeling of dread. This was going to be hard – actually a challenge. I’d always just done well in school, never had to be pushed, never really had to study, didn’t need to put in that much effort to do well.

The first big writing assignment was five to seven page paper on Homer’s //Iliad//. Reading the book itself was a daunting task (and I was ahead of my classmates in that respect)…