Metacognition: "Creativity, Please" Essay

In class we had to write an essay about a class we felt needed more creativity. When I first heard the assignment, I thought it would be hard and I wasn't 100% sure what I wanted to write about. The more I thought about it, I realized my Math class was the class that lacked the most creativity. The main thing that stuck out to me about Pre-Calculus was that we didn't do anything outside of checking homework and taking notes about the lesson. I think the class lacks originality.

Writing my essay, I did not have a particular plan in mind. I wasn't sure how I would even go about beginning writing this. I'm not used to classes giving me a good amount of freedom when it comes to writing. Up until this point, all my English paper assignments have been so structured. Planning has always been something I've wanted to work on in my writing. I kind of feel like its almost a fault and I manage to go on all kinds of tangents and rants that don't necessarily have anything to do with what I am trying to say.

Though my planning is something I don't like, I enjoy being able to freely type without a specific plan in mind. What I should do after freely writing is creating a plan from that and revising to make my paper better. Writing freely is relaxing to me and does not make me feel as stressed about writing an essay or a report. I like writing for the most part and I hate how stressful school makes writing. 

The one thing that surprises me about my thought process for essays is how quickly time flies when I am working on something. Sitting and thinking about writing makes time go by so slow, but when I actually start typing words onto a word document, it is like I'm typing at a page a second. Once something clicks in my head, I love how I can just go off with thoughts and figure out what I want to say. It is even better when I'm in a mood to write, then time goes even faster.