Booker T. Washington

Prewriting for Essay #1

1.) Has your appearance ever helped or hindered you in your education? Has it helped or hindered you on your road to entering college?

By "appearance," you can include many things: the color of your skin (race/ethnicity), your gender (female/male), your age, your clothing, your eye color, whether you wear glasses or not, your hair color or style, your posture, your height, your weight, your facial expressions, whether you have braces or not, etc.

2.) Recall a time when you felt proud of yourself for learning, simply for the sake of acquiring knowledge. What led to this?