In Villanueva's “Bootstraps: From an Academic of Color” he talks about the challenges he faced when becoming a writer and how he overcome those challenges. In our everyday lives, we face many difficulties and obstacles that we have to overcome and surpass, Villanueva’s obstacle was when he decided to go to college, and he had to overcome and figure out why he was receiving bad grades on essays he wrote.
We all have experienced similar issues to Villanueva's where we need to overcome an obstacle; a major part of life is overcoming and conquering those obstacles that we face. Growing up English was one of the hardest subjects I had; I met many teachers throughout the years of schooling I went through who didn’t accept creative minds or creativity …show more content…
Villanueva talks about how he would read what he enjoys and then write what he enjoys. When I read this statement, it showed me that there is more to writing than just putting words on a paper and calling it an essay. You don’t have to write about things that are real, fictional or things that you have to gather information on and have to have existed. Villanueva talks about how you should write about what you enjoy and what makes you happy. He showed that you can be creative and enjoy writing even when others such as his professor or class rules didn’t necessarily agree with what he was writing or whether it was correct or not. As well Villanueva doubted himself a lot when the thought of attending college came up. He was told by others long before that he would never succeed or do well in college, but he continued to pursue what he wanted to do. His success showed quite well when his professor gave him several failing grades in his English class, but still, he attempted to pass and accomplish his goals in college. He didn’t care that his professor thought he was plagiarizing or that he wasn’t following the correct rules, and that has shaped my understandings quite well. I learned that you should be passionate and creative about what you want no matter who is telling you otherwise, and Villanueva knew
We all have experienced similar issues to Villanueva's where we need to overcome an obstacle; a major part of life is overcoming and conquering those obstacles that we face. Growing up English was one of the hardest subjects I had; I met many teachers throughout the years of schooling I went through who didn’t accept creative minds or creativity …show more content…
Villanueva talks about how he would read what he enjoys and then write what he enjoys. When I read this statement, it showed me that there is more to writing than just putting words on a paper and calling it an essay. You don’t have to write about things that are real, fictional or things that you have to gather information on and have to have existed. Villanueva talks about how you should write about what you enjoy and what makes you happy. He showed that you can be creative and enjoy writing even when others such as his professor or class rules didn’t necessarily agree with what he was writing or whether it was correct or not. As well Villanueva doubted himself a lot when the thought of attending college came up. He was told by others long before that he would never succeed or do well in college, but he continued to pursue what he wanted to do. His success showed quite well when his professor gave him several failing grades in his English class, but still, he attempted to pass and accomplish his goals in college. He didn’t care that his professor thought he was plagiarizing or that he wasn’t following the correct rules, and that has shaped my understandings quite well. I learned that you should be passionate and creative about what you want no matter who is telling you otherwise, and Villanueva knew