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I hate to write when I was young When I was young, I found that writing was one of the most difficult and annoying things in the world. I remembered that in one summer holiday, my teacher left a piece of homework, keeping dairy during the holiday. I disliked it so severely that I procrastinated it to the last week - I had to write 60 dairies in one week! One cause to blame, I feel, is because in my early education, all articles on textbook were stories about heroes, or great love to family/nation. There were nothing close to real life, nor other types of articles such as the biography, the science fiction, or the news report. That indeed led to a misunderstanding. I thought I could write only if I had stories about great people or great love. As I grow up and increase reading, I realize this is not the truth. The types and styles of writing varies, so does the content. I don't have to write on any specific topics.

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I hate to write when I was young

When I was young, I found that writing was one of the most difficult and annoying things in the world (the most tedious thing). I remembered  one summer holiday, my teacher gave a piece of homework : "keep writing dairy during the holiday". I disliked it so severely that I procrastinated until le very last  week (until the very last moment) - I had to write 60 dairies in one week!

One of the causes, I believe, is because of my early education, all articles on textbook were stories about heroes, or great love to family/nation. There were nothing close to real life, nor other types of articles such as  biography,   science fiction, or   news report. That indeed led to a misunderstanding. I thought I could write only if I had stories about great people or great love.

As I grow up and increase reading, I realize this is not the truth. The types and styles of writing varies, so does the content. I don't have to write on any specific topics.


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I share your view,  I always add difficulties to read chinese stories until I realised all I try to read was "light novel". And I simply does not like this type of literature, one I started to read (more difficult but more interesting) scientific and philosophical text, I felt much better and my language finally improved.



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I hated writing when I was young

When I was young, I found that writing was one of the most difficult and annoying things in the world. I remember that in one summer holiday, my teacher set a piece of homework, which was to keep a diary for the duration of the holiday. I disliked it so severely that I procrastinated until I had to write 60 diary entries in the last week!

I think this happened because in my early education, all stories in books were about heroes or love. There was nothing similar to real life such as biographies, science fiction or news reports. This led to a misunderstanding that I thought I could only write if I had exciting stories about incredible people or passionate love.

As I grow up and read more, I realize this is not the truth. The types and styles of writing vary and so does the content. I don't have to write on any specific topics.

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