{"id":39267,"date":"2015-12-14T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=39267"},"modified":"2016-04-12T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T18:30:46","slug":"writing-whiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2015\/12\/14\/writing-whiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing whiz"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sophomore<\/a>

Sophomore Chloe Schwartz helps fellow students build skills as a coach at the Writing Center in Wright State\u2019s Student Success Center. (Photos by Will Jones)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s a magical moment. It\u2019s the moment when students who doubt whether they can actually write a college paper suddenly find the confidence.<\/p>\n

Sophomore nursing<\/a> student Chloe Schwartz, who works as a coach at the Writing Center in Wright State\u2019s Student Success Center, has seen it time and again.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite thing about having a session with a student is when the student looks at me after they\u2019ve been totally freaking out about the assignment and takes that deep breath of relief and says, \u2018Oh, you know what? I CAN do this. It\u2019s going to be OK,\u2019\u201d said Schwartz. \u201cThat\u2019s what the Writing Center did for me, and that\u2019s what I want to do for every single student.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwartz came to the Writing Center<\/a> for help when she was a freshman. In her English 1100 class, she remembers working so hard on her first assignment \u2014 a narrative \u2014 doing revision after revision.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter we turned it in, the instructor said, \u2018Alright, time for the hard stuff.\u2019 I actually laughed out loud a little bit, but nobody else laughed,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cHe was serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hard stuff turned out to be text analysis, something Schwartz knew little about. So she turned to the Writing Center for help, where she met a writing coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe taught me how to write a college paper in one hour. It was amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cI felt so welcomed, and it just gave me the confidence I needed to be able to talk to my instructor, to communicate myself, to feel like everything was going to be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwartz grew up in the Cincinnati suburb of Loveland. Her mother is an accountant; her father a psychologist.<\/p>\n

\"Chloe<\/a>

Chloe Schwartz was inspired by her stepfather, who is a nurse, to pursue the same career, saying she wanted to make a difference in others’ lives.<\/p><\/div>\n

As a child, Schwartz was into art. She joined the Art Club at Loveland High School and helped beautify a highway retaining wall with her painting talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe painted it with all of these things that represent Loveland,\u201d she said. \u201cI painted a big black silhouette of a horse because there are horses on the Loveland Bike Trail at any given time.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Schwartz\u2019 career path was inspired by her stepfather, who is a nurse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis person is such a caring individual and he made such a huge difference in my life,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to do that for other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwartz\u2019 decision to attend Wright State was a bit of fluke. When she was a junior in high school, she offered to drive a friend to Wright State for a campus tour. The tour guide thought Schwartz was the student and her friend the parent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I got a free tour of Wright State,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cAnd I just thought, \u2018Wow, this place is so nice.\u2019 It was really pretty. And the housing was really nice. And the food was really good. But mostly it was just the feel. I came here and felt like this was where I need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a freshman, Schwartz used the Writing Center so much that her college-paper writing improved dramatically and she began scoring A\u2019s on her writing assignments. She was recruited as a writing coach this semester, and her writing has gotten even stronger because of that.<\/p>\n

She says a key to good writing is being able to organize one\u2019s thoughts.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people know what they want to say; they know how to communicate themselves and they can tell me,\u201d she said. \u201cBut if that person is a visual person or thinks about things in circles like I do, it can be really difficult to develop those skills, extract information from your brain and put it into a logical order in a paper.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwartz says writing has also enriched her personal life. She keeps several journals \u2014 some to share with friends, one for herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy more personal diary has definitely helped me go back and reflect on \u2018What was I thinking last year and how do I go about the same thing this year?’\u201d she said. \u201cI can connect those points and make sure that I\u2019m getting something out of life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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