Response to other text

My response to "Proficiency" by Shannon Nichols in Nortons Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handouts. In this narrative there is a brilliant student who is trying to pass the proficiency test. In her first two attempts she passes every part but writing. This makes her upset because that is one of her better subjects. Plus, she always thought of herself as smarter than the rest of her grade and they all passed the writing part. On her third attempt she had finally past the writing part but this experience had changed the way she felt about writing. Even though at the end of the narrative she came to the conclusion that not everyone will like her writing like her other teachers, she was still upset on how long it took to pass the test. The moral of this story is to never give up and always try your hardest even though things wont always turn out how you want it to.