In my ten years of education I have developed many new and interesting "school skills". I have learned my ABC's my 123's, and I have learned my P's and Q's. I have learned how to be a hard worker, and to never give up. I have become a respectful student and a curious learner. I have many areas of interest in the classroom and I do think it is important to study English in many ways.
             In Kindergarten I was probably one of the first kids who read a book with more than three words on the page, but then everything just went downhill from there. Right now I love to read, but my reading skills could be better; I am slow and I get sidetracked very, very easily. In the beginning of And Then There Were None, where all the characters were introduced, I got sidetracked and I had to go back to read it over when they were mentioned. Another problem that I have is studying. I do study, but the only technique that has worked so far is copying over my notes and it is a waste of time especially if there are 40 pages of notes. So I have been trying to find a new way, but nothing has worked as well so far. I would say that my two main weaknesses are reading and studying. One of my strengths is presenting my work. I am not afraid to present my work in public because if I work hard on a project, then I want the people to know that I worked hard on it. Another one of my strengths is writing, sometimes. Often I just get urges to write, so I keep a journal. I don't have an stereotypical journal where you write what happened that day, I have a journal where I write stories. I make mysteries out of an ordinary day. I keep my day but I change the facts; like I could say that I rode a donkey from class to class, to make my day more interesting. But other times, when I need to write for school, words don't come that easy anymore. I have noticed that my school skills vary, I am not truly st
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