Writing proves on a daily basis to be a tool that we can use in our own way to express ourselves. Many teachers have their own approaches to teaching writing and I don't mean to say that they aren't effective. I just feel that if some people change their approach, some of the problems I see myself can be solved by a change in the approach to teaching and assessing writing. Some problems I see are that students are not exposed to different writing styles, that their writing assignments test their knowledge and memory instead of their analytical and critical thinking skills, and than how teachers assess writing. These problems are pretty. I love writing and have had good and bad experiences with writing teachers. I believe a problem in teaching writing is student exposure to different writing styles. Writing styles in all genres, but for the sake of this discussion I want to focus on essays at the high school level. When I was in high school, writing an essay was a difficult task because it was always a “thinking” essay or a “persuasive” essay. No real analysis or evaluation skills were ever necessary. It wasn’t until my AP English class that I was exposed to writing at a more advanced level. I think teaching writing at the secondary level should be more exploratory because students have already learned the basics of the language in high school. At the secondary level, it should be the teacher's responsibility to teach students to use writing in different ways and to use it as a tool. One of the questions my group asked our instructor was, "Is it more effective to give students personal essays?" where they share their own experiences, or critical articles that they need to respond to as academics? His response was exceptional: middle of paper, a traditional option alongside a creative option. Therefore, students have a choice in which they will be most successful. My approach to writing will always be to present information in a way that they see it as something they can use to improve their writing and not as things they need to know. I want my students to be able to use written language to their advantage and to be very flexible in the way they write. Therefore, in my class there will always be the implementation of the necessary standards and knowledge with creative freedom. Students must prove and demonstrate knowledge in comfortable and uncomfortable writing and be able to identify writing styles. I want to teach my students every possible essay style and every writing style so that they are well-rounded. I know how to write and how to use writing as a means to achieve a goal..