Kayla Cindric

Growth Statement

 

In my sophomore year at the Dayton Regional STEM School, I learned to be persistent in my projects. At the Dayton Regional STEM School, we complete many drafts and revisions to improve our work to make it better. This process helps develop our work to meet the criteria of the project, improve our writing skills, and learn persistence. Patience is hard attribute to develop especially when you have the mind set of doing everything right on the first try and not wanting to go back to it. At the beginning of my sophomore year, I had that mind set. I did not like making multiple drafts, and I did not take the time to see the benefits that it brought. We created several drafts for memoirs, poems, letters, and even portfolio reflections. I used to think that my first draft would be my final because I thought it was well-written and met the requirements, but I learned new terms to apply to my work, expanding my vocabulary (dictions) to dramatize an object or action, adding more details. Each draft was an improvement. I took time at the end of each project to compare my first draft to my final draft and saw a huge difference and I could see how much I learned and grew in my writing from comparing the two. Persistence is an important quality because in the future, I’m going to have to write essays and complete projects that require me not giving up, making multiple drafts, and continue to improve. By being persistent, I will be able to create successful works that meet the criteria. The projects this year helped me to know that and to develop the quality, persistence.