10/1/13 blog post(s)

The prewriting that I have used in the past is to write it all down on paper at least an outline of what i hope to write about (planning), then I write it out as a rough draft (prewriting). Typing a second and third draft helps so I can make fixes and edit my spelling and make it look more decent (drafting/editing), I've learned to write drafts and edit as I go. Revising, proofreading and correcting as well. That's the only way I have ever learned to write essays.

Malcolm X's essay was a lot different than Mike Rose's essay, Malcolm's was mostly about how he learned and strove to better himself and his vocabulary, Rose's essay was mainly about fitting in and developing into being a mediocre student.

Rose wrote about how he got bored with history and detested Shakespeare, how his attention flitted here and there and he fooled around in class, basically did what he had to do to get by.  Malcolm's was completely opposite, writing about how he went through the whole dictionary to learn a vocabulary other than the slang that he knew and there was never a dull moment, he would stay up past the lights out call because he was so deeply interested in his reading, that he would run and jump back into bed when the guard would do a room check only to jump right back out and start reading until the next time the guard came back.

The essays are similar in that they both have educational experiences but I wouldn't say any more in how they are alike. I feel that if Rose hadn't gotten placed in the lower class due to a mix up in their entrance papers with another Rose, then his story wouldn't be so much about being average, he would have written about a greater and non-dull educational experience. Either way they were both great essays, Malcolm's kept my interest more than Rose's though.