Up until this last semester, I thought that I was a pretty good writer. I would usually receive A's on all of the papers I turned in unless I did not put in the effort I needed too. Last semester I had to take two classes with a teacher who focused her assignments on the analysis of data she would provide. I realized very quickly that this was a part of writing that I am not good at at all. I can certainly research a topic and make it sound pretty on paper, but when it comes to drawing my own conclusions and digging deep into the information I am lost. I had to work very hard to overcome my lack of analysis skills and did so with a passing grade in both classes. I am thankful for the classes and am now much more confident when tackling an assignment that requires me to analyze the data given in order to arrive at the information needed on my own rather than having it handed to me. My mission as an educator will be to equip my students with this task so they can be ready for a teacher like the one I had. It will be much better for them if they walk into a situation like that rather than being thrown into it blindly like I was.