Writing Page

Here's where I put links to some of the things I've written since ninth grade. Some are reports, opinions, and poems, and since I don't write in my spare time (though I do enjoy writing), they're all assignments I did. I find it kind of ironic that I did better on my AP English Literature test than my AP Calculus test, yet I'm going to study engineering and not English. These are the things I'm glad I wrote and am proud of. They're arranged more or less in chronological order so if I sound dumb it's probably the more recent stuff.

College Papers

My first paper in college - something for an honors course about The Idea of the University

My second paper in college - deals with chapters 3 and 4 of "The Idea of the University" by Jaroslav Pelikan.

My third paper in college - deals with chapters 5 and 6 of "The Idea of the University" by Jaroslav Pelikan.

My fourth paper in college - relating the second presidential debate and the latest chapters from "The Idea of the Univeristy"

My fifth paper in college - an interview with one of my engineering professors about her views of the university.

A paper about DU's Penrose Library for my honors class.

My version of the University's duties to society.

How to make the most of your college experience and the mission statement of my university, if I ever make one.

An engineering report about a water timer.

An engineering report about an internal combustion engine.

A paper about a book about a fictional Chinese immigrant family and two of the characters' pursuit of the American dream.

A poem about calculus and physics.

A response about Americanization of character halfway through Typical American

A paper about the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, which is an awesome movie, and how it relates to discipline.

A response to a couple stories in "Woman Warrior"

A response to a story from "Arranged Marriage".

The 2nd quarter English final ten-pager about Confucius and how he affects Chinese-Americans

The story of New Year's 2001

Diana Coleman concert review.

Review of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra doing Mozart's Requiem

Review of an Indonesian instrument concert by Tunas Mekar of Colorado

A granted request for a friend who asked for a story over AIM (hence the lack of punctuation)

Here's a crappy book review for "Our Dynamic Earth" that rips off my Grapes of Wrath paper from high school.

For the same class as above, but a movie review of "The Perfect Storm"

The following are speeches (outline form or written out) for an Oral Communications class (ORCO) everyone at DU has to take. The topic is Afghanistan and here's the first paper - why this topic matters.

The first side of an argument on a specific topic concerning Afghanistan.

The second side of an argument on a specific topic concerning Afghanistan.

The final paper about what you learned and how you connect that to what the public speaker you interviewed said.

A book review for "Europe in the Age of Violence" on a book about WWI. I actually finished the book, but it was a few weeks after I turned in the paper.

A book review for the above class on a book about WW2. You have no idea how many hours I spent with my butt in a posturepedic chair so as not to fall asleep while reading these two books. Neither do I.

The ORCO journal summaries of reading we had to do from our speaking books. (add link to review of said books).

The answers to my first test for "Europe in the Age of Violence. The test is on World War I lectures. The second test was the final on World War 2, which I never picked up.

English Papers

Poems I've done
Stories in the style of a day-dreamer from a short story called Walter Mitty
Review of The Most Dangerous Game - a short story
Response to an article by Professor Wiesenfeld about the responsibility of students
Excerpts from sophomore English
About a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson
An English report that's about something scientific - the end of the universe
Greek hero/buffoon relationship
Robinson Crusoe review
About Achilles in the Iliad
Robert Frost's style
My Odyssey-like adventures
Long report on castle life
Writing assessment about money and sports that plagarizes SI's Rick Rielly
Comitatus in literature - read it to find what comitatus means
Irony in the Canterbury Tales
The parent/child theme in Macbeth
Arguement for the 4-way organization in The Scarlet Letter
An analysis of a poem about my favorite snack
Examination of Nick Carraway's role in The Great Gatsby
An essay on a minor character in 1984
About the preacher from the Grapes of Wrath
Bigger Thomas's innocence in The Native Son

History Papers

The Renaissance
Settlement of America
Slavery in the colonies
Age of Discovery paper
WUS 1 first semester final
American Revolution paper
French and Industrial Revolution compared
A brief history of Dublin
Industrial Revolution effects
What I learned playing Risk
Grapes of Wrath movie review
Interview about WWII with my Grandma
Prohibition report
Schindler's List review
American Graffiti review
Vietnam paper
Civil War interview response

Science Papers and Miscellaneous

A paper about something I have experience with - knee injuries
The science of a good book called Red Mars
About the volcano Krakatoa
A long report about volcanoes
Bonds of Love
A somewhat humorous story of a space expidition
The Constitution of a country me and two other kids made up
Issac Newton info
A generic college essay
College essay for Reed in Portland - made the waiting list
A continuation story of
College essay for CU Boulder - got in
Alternative energy paper - wind, water, solar
Amoco Scholarship - rejected
Three events with a large impact on my life
Eagle River Scholarship - rejected
100 goals for my life
A paper about the physics of the guitar
Vail Valley Foundation Scholarship Essay - rejected
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