6/5/2011

English 12 InstructorBMHS

Dear Next Year’s English Teacher,

It is my pleasure to introduce my majestic name: Rodolfo Brandon Bernardino. It is quite a name, and I have to clarify which name is preferred during the beginning days of instruction. My alternate identity: “Charlie”, is the most used name within the student body and the staff at school. Throughout most of the school year, I have shown dominance in reading and understanding literature in the classroom. During the beginning of the year, I displayed great skill at reading literature over my other classmates. Seldom was there a time where I did not help a classmate understand literary concepts. Unfortunately, my skills as a writer have deteriorated. My essay writing is not as strong as it used to be. I had a lot of trouble supporting my statements in essays this year.

I am very disappointed with myself. A critical flaw of mines that has impeded my progress as a reader would be my apathetic approach to literature. Certainly, thanks to my Language Arts 11 class and its predecessors, I have gained the ability to identify strong or influential pieces of literature. However, despite my understanding of good literature, I often lose interest in reading works that do not capture my attention immediately. I find it also very unfortunate that I have not actively sought challenging

During the second quarter, I chose “Harris and Me” as an accompanying novel to “The Scarlet Letter”. I hated that shit dawg