After this experience, I have learned to write more for my own purposes than for a grade.  Writing about literature should not purely be used as a tool for assessment; instead, it should be used to help clarify the text for readers and enable them to publicly express their thoughts.  In The Prelude, William Wordsworth writes, “What we have loved, others will love and we will teach them how….”  I do not believe my past connections with literature are unique.  We are all thrust into this arbitrary world with a slanted understanding of it and a limited amount of time to participate in it.  Literature frees us from our fated slots by enhancing our experiences and expanding our understanding; whereas, writing is an affirmation of this freedom and a tool to free others.  For as Toni Morrison has said, “The function of freedom is to free someone else.”  This is why I will teach English.