As Vast as the Ocean

     Something people never tell you about AP Lang is how much work goes into it. This class has taken a lot out of me; but it has given me so much back that now I realize the students in years before me left the class encouraging others to take it not as a cruel joke to make underclassmen suffer, but because what you gain blinds you from all the difficulties.        Since the first day of school, homework passages and questions from the class textbook “The Language of Composition” have haunted me almost as much as lugging around the actual textbook. I used to see them as a nuisance and rushed to get them done. But soon I realized we would never stop getting work from it, so I might as well make the most of it. I added evidence, furthered my analysis, and most of all I gained confidence. I don’t mean confidence socially, rather in myself and my ability to write. Starting off this school year, I was afraid to ever write in pen. Pens were the bane of my ...