In May I graduated from Colorado College with a degree in English. As an English major it is safe to say that I have had some experience writing. However, writing analytical essays on themes regarding the self-made man are often highly unintelligible and go on with no end in sight. I much prefer to write shorter pieces on a more focused subject.
For example, I love writing cover letters, a skill that any college graduate seems to relish. I love putting myself out there as a writer and waiting by the computer for it to say, "you've go mail." Unfortunately, most messages in my inbox these days inform me of new facebook wallposts or tagged pictures of my mug shut.
In college I was a contributing writer to The Catalyst, the school newspaper. The Catalyst is an awful newspaper. The only articles I ever read were my own, and that is not because I am a narcissist. Last semester I wrote a controversial article about violating the privacy of students because of random drug testing for DIII athletes. It was worthy of a Pulitzer. They never ran it.
In the fall of my junior year I spent a semester in Washington DC studying journalism at American University. Over the course of the semester I wrote a number of different pieces, including a news feature on iPods along with a profile of the Washington Post food critic. I thoroughly enjoyed writing my piece on the food critic. He bought me lunch.
In the summer before my senior year I spent time in San Diego tracking sea otters. I joined a marine biologist and her team of scientists. We studied their mating habits. It was an invaluable experience. My time spent by the water helped me increase my immunity to sea sickness, a skill that can be used for any job.
While I love writing English essays, political articles, and cover letters, my favorite pieces would have to be the ones in which I "help" my younger brother write. I get a lot of pleasure writing assignments for tenth graders. I guess it is similar to the feeling the bully gets beating up on the weakling of the bunch. Everything I can't do in a college essay -- pull an argument straight out of the air and then use a portable hard drive to capture it and save it onto MS Word, I am encouraged to do in high school papers. They are so much more fun. In fact, I will attach a copy of my favorite piece that I ever "helped" my brother write; it was a creative piece for his music history class.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I would love to get an email from you, but if not, I guess I will survive on another facebook message. Such is my life.
Sincerely,
Leah Zipperstein
Enclosure: Resume, Writing Sample, List of References
1 comment:
"to write." 6th sentence, first graf.
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