Writing has never been my thing, but I’ve done much improvement at it, for example,I have learned how to address “you” on my thesis, instead I address it by including to whom exactly I am directing the writing such as “students”, “residents” or “college” etc. Like this I get to make a clear point of view and provide a better understanding to the reader. I still have a lot to learn about college writing, for example, I have problems on the way I structure my sentences, which may cause the reader to get lost and not get the full point of view I’m trying to direct to them, but thats part of the college experience the “struggle”. One thing I mostly enjoy of academic writing is that I get to express my way of thinking towards any topic and at the same time gain knowledge through it, since I have to integrate many sources in the writing and most of these sources contain good info towards the topic from both sides, the pros and the cons.
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Jefrey,
Thank you for writing this post and thinking about your writing. Trying to get a point clearly across is a very important part of college writing. Avoiding second person (“you”) is a very hard habit to break, but this is part of the process of thinking clearly about an audience. The farther along you get in your college career, clearer writing will become habit and so the effort you put in now will pay off. Keep writing in the meantime!