Getting to Know Me

Rafaella Morais
English 1100
31 August, 2016
Prof. Young

Hey guys! My name is Rafaella Morais. I am a freshman here at FDU. My hometown is Long Branch, New Jersey.

I wasn't always an athletic girl, but freshman year of high school I decided I was going to try out for lacrosse and ever since I've been in love with the sport. I will continue to play lacrosse here at FDU this upcoming spring. Lacrosse has become my passion. It is what I am doing when there's nothing to do. It calms me and helps me relieve stress, anger, or any emotion I am feeling at the time. 

To be honest, I've never really told a ridiculous lie. I'm not the kind of person to sit there and give off false information. One thing I have lied about though is about who I was hanging out with to my mom. This probably occurred in ninth grade and the reason I did it is because if she actually knew who I was with she wouldn't have let me gone out. 

When I am writing is the time I am most stressed and confused. I have an outline but I also just sit in front if the computer and let words flow. 

During high school, I didn't have the best english teachers, meaning I didn't learn anything. But last year I challenged myself by taking english with the most strict senior english teacher. Although there were lots of essays involved, her class taught me what I do know today. She helped me improve my writing a lot even though there is still much to improve. What I would like to learn from this course is how to become a better writer. I know it sounds broad but I feel like there are many areas in which I need improvement. 

Honestly, I can't even remember the last time I read an entire book. I feel like this is the reason why I struggle with vocabulary and sentence structure. I just hate reading.

How often do I WRITE on social media? Almost never. I just like to see what others post. And when I do post on Instagram I struggle trying to figure out what to write as my caption.

The most important thing for me to learn this semester is to not procrastinate. I spent my entire senior year pushing back assignments and doing them the day before they are due. 

To me, identity is who you are, how you carry yourself, and how others see you. 

An issue I feel needs to be resolved is the high cost of college tuition. If it wasn't for the EOF program I probably would not be at FDU. Having to spend $50,000+ on college every year is absolutely insane. And although there are programs like EOF there is limited spaces available. So those who can't afford to go to college and don't get into a program like EOF will be paying off loans for almost all their life. 

If I had to rate myself as a writer I'd rate myself a D. Writing is something that doesn't come naturally to me. When I receive a task for an essay I literally don't know where to begin. I don't know how to analyze things and find the deeper meaning of everything.