ESSENCE OF WRITING:COLLEGE STUDENTS

As what I have learned in English 1, (Study and thinking skills), writing is the method of presenting language in a visual way, with a well-mannered organization of thoughts, and it is one of the four (4) macro skills. Early people even from the Stone Age have their own form. Writing can be traced from the creation of the first form of alphabet, the Sumerian cuneiform, up to the present. It is not unknown to our knowledge that writing is one of the most essential skills that a person should have, more specifically a college student, because it is some kind of what we call a “necessity” throughout your studying life. But what really is the importance of writing to college students?

In college, writing serves as the plate for our food of knowledge. From simple jotting out of daily discussion notes to assignments, exams and projects like research and reaction papers, to Thesis,name it, and writing is always there. For a student, the skills in writing could be his edge over other people who does not really enjoy or excel in written activities. Examinations which are usually in written form are one of the reasons why students who do extremely well in writing carries an edge among others, mainly because he can express himself and his learning through writing and can find ease in answering, resulting to better grades. Aside from examinations, essays and paragraph writing tasks at school can be a piece of cake for them and if you are good at writing, analyzing problem solving questions in other subjects like math and science will also be just like a simple walk in the park. Writing promotes self-confidence, because if you know how to write effectively it assures you that everyone who will read what you have done can understand you properly. Activities such as persuading your teacher that you are sick as the reason for your absence is one of the little things why writing is important to college students, you may also include promissory notes. Through writing you can exhibit your intellectual capacity as a student and can help you tag along with certain academically related questions and problems easily.

Compared to other macro skills like listening, reading and speaking, writing can somehow be a burden to students, it is usually quoted as boring and mind boggling, besides from the reasons like it takes tons of brain effort and is stressful; it is truly hard to express something in a written form as compared to just saying it verbally. When you are asked to write using foreign languages like for example English, instead of writing using your mother tongue or language 1, it is tough and sometimes it brings a certain type of self-consciousness, worrying that you may commit something wrong that may cause your embarrassment. Your satisfaction with your work sometimes aren’t meet, most probably resulting to several tries and rewriting, which is truly stressful.Errors in spelling and grammar can be some of the factors but as a college student, it is a must to learn and be excellent inthis art because it will truly be beneficial. Writing comes in two forms, the academic and creative writing so in whatever course you take in college the need for writing activities will surely chase you, and it is a requirement as I may call it. Even if you take law, medicine, engineering, accountancy, mass communication, education or even those computer related courses you can’t slip away from thesewritten works. Those people who are good at mathematics also has to excel in writing because mathematics isn’t just concerned with calculations, but it also involves things like problem solving and statistics which, as we all know, are usually in written form.

Personally, as a college student and as a person who can somehow write in a way that I can say well, writing really gives me some advantages at school. In everyday activities like taking down notes during lectures,answering questions in quizzes and up to writing reports, I consider it stress-free, sometimes relaxing and I find it as my comfort zone in studying. In my experience a vast majority of college students in my class doesn’t like essays in exams or those “answer briefly” types of questions, according to them, it is not fun to do and adds up to the weight of the difficulty in an exam. Frankly I don’t get them but maybe it’s because they haven’t seen the essentiality of writing yet.

The importance of writing does not end within the boundaries of college life or while you are still studying, it is also a dynamic key for you to be able to participate actively in the society. It is essential in finding a job and in keeping ideas, and it makes your thoughts visible. So while you are still studying the chances of you in excelling, enjoying and appreciating the importance of writing is never too late. In a society where we live in, speaking is not always the key to be noticed; sometimes you have to use the power of written words to make a statement, to make something out of nothing. Through this, you can expose things that you have noticed in the society, within the community you are moving and even the things that other people do.

College students nowadays should always consider the significance of writing in their studies and in their future lives. It is not just a simple school task but it enables you to express your thoughts in times when you can’t speak out for yourself, writing can help you preserve your ideas and makes a person of intellectual wealth with tangible concepts out of you. It is not merely an art but a way of life that plays a vital role within your personality and your view to the world. It is broadly different from the other macro skills, it is more complex and the complexity of it is what makes it beautiful and important.