Eng 220 - Lady Who Showed Me My Voice

                                                   The Lady Who Showed Me My Voice

                                                                    Laura Vinci                                                                          

                                                                       English220

                                                                         11/2/15

                                                                       Mr. Badger

  Asking me to write a paper was like asking me to give a speech in front of millions of people.    I was so intimidated by having to write anything that someone else would read that I stopped journaling. I felt like I had no voice until I met a very special teacher that believed in me until I believed in myself.   She was able to get me to push myself and to show me that what I have to say counts.

                I decided to sign up for my Ged and that’s were I met Ms.Michelson. At first, it really was just to get out early and to just do my time. I really did not think I could keep up with the class. My teacher, Ms. Michelson, really believed in me she worked with me until I finally believed in myself.  The more I wrote in class the stronger I became. By the time, classes came to an end I was amazed with my writings and so was Ms.Michelson                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The only thing I ever wrote other than signing my name on a cheek was to write in my journal every day. I used to write how I felt and how my day went. I used this as a writing tool to help improve my writing skills.  Ms.Michielson taught me all the things I want to say but cant can be written down and I won’t get in trouble for writing it. I really enjoyed putting my words and feelings on paper it allowed me to get all that junk I had inside of me out. I was then allowed to read what I put on paper. Once I read it, I was able to dissect it. I saw what I needed to work on; I also was able to see my strengths and my weaknesses. Ms Michelson taught me to use them both to my advantage and I did.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The thing I remember most about my writing is when I wrote the graduation speech for my Ged class. I will never forget it if you wanted to read your speech for graduation you had to submit it then read it in front of three of the college teachers who then would chose three of the speeches to be read at graduation. At first, I was not going to submit any speech because I still did not believe in myself enough to think anyone really wanted to hear what I had to say. That next afternoon my teacher collected all the speeches she asked me were was mine at I let her know I did not submit one she proceeded to keep me after class. When everyone was gone, she told me she thought I had a voice and that I had something someone could benefit from so she asked me to write what I felt and I did exactly that. I was so surprised to hear that the teachers choose me to be one of the girls to read my speech at graduation. It felt like it was the best day of my life. For once, I felt like I was worth something.