Friday September 17th

I don't really consider myself a writer because the only type of significant writing i've ever done is as a student. In school since basically kindergarten i've been forced to write essays, short responses, poems etc. As a student I am writing all the time, it's the typical way of submitting any assignment in school. But all those assignments are simply things which I wrote for a grade. Writing for a grade means you write about whatever your teacher tells you and you sometimes just say whatever you think will get you a good grade. Also, in school you write the exact way that teacher tells you too. I think to actually be a writer you write freely about what interests you and the way you want to do it. As a student I never really am given assignments with such freedom, and usually writing is a chore rather than something I enjoy to do. I would never just sit down and write about my day, or the book I just read, or current events, just to pass the time, so I am only a writer when I have to be.