Intro

Hello,

My name is Raymond and I am a first year grad student at SFSU. I am very excited to be a part of the MA Composition program.

My journey thus far has been an interesting one. I started out at a community college as a Biology major but quickly flunked Calculus and barely passed Chemistry and Zoology. Although I can’t quite remember how I transitioned to English, it was a good choice. After the initial switch, I began to notice that English was no longer just an easy way to earn better grades. My best moment was when I submitted a poem that was later published in the college’s anthology. I was becoming genuinely interested. I started my undergraduate studies as a creative writing option, but I eventually decided that it wasn’t my type of writing. Instead, I studied “language and discourse,” which was East Bay’s linguistic approach.

I haven’t yet had the opportunity to tutor. I’ve had classmates ask me to help them with their essay but that’s about it. Luckily for me, my parents ran their own tutoring center in Korea teaching English, and they are always eager to give me advice on the matter. They constantly remind me that teaching English in Korea is a lucrative job market. I’m still not entirely sure if I want to teach for a career, but it’s certainly logical step to take as an English major.

I love English because it is unlike any other language. It’s often irregular, confusing, and just a hodgepodge of vocabulary.  But that is precisely why I like to think that its communicative abilities are unparalleled. Apart from school, I enjoy listening to music (country in particular), snowboarding, video games, and martial arts.