First Day Blog Post!

I’ve always been so lucky to have a mom who will help me with my English classes. No, not in a weird, condescending way how some parents talk to their children. She actually enjoys helping my two brothers and I with our writing. Sure, most moms will help their sons and daughters with homework, but will most likely struggle unless it’s an area in what they majored in, work in, etc. My mom graduated with a secondary education English major in college. She went to University of Miami… lucky! She got to study outside, year round, on the beach. She always seemed to brag about this whenever I complained over the winter about the massive amount of snow that fell onto Ohio. You know, just to rub it in a little, but as to how much studying she actually did, we'll never know!
I’ve always felt extremely fortunate to have someone who will correct my grammar, tell me how to use proper punctuation, and even help me brainstorm. She has an extensive and large vocabulary that always has my friends and I, as well as other adults, questioning her as to their definitions. This is always helpful as she is literally like a human thesaurus, at my own beck and call! She will also read over my writing and help me try to make it better without being snobby about it, like some teachers can be. While she doesn’t help me in college, she definitely helped me in high school and middle school. She probably helped me in elementary school too, but I don’t remember that because really, how much formal writing can little kids actually do before middle school? They just learn how to write letters and cursive, which they swore we would use, and we don't. Anyways, she's always helped and for that, I'll always be grateful. Although it also would have been beyond helpful if my dad could have been a chemistry or calculus genius!