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\"Gabriela<\/a>

Gabriela Acevedo, a sophomore education major, shares her new-found writing skills with fellow students at Wright State’s Writing Center. (Photos by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

It wasn\u2019t so much culture shock as it was Shakespeare shock.<\/p>\n

When Gabriela Acevedo moved from her native Puerto Rico to Dayton in her junior year of high school, she experienced a whole new approach to English.<\/p>\n

In San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, English classes were about learning English. At Oakwood High School in suburban Dayton, English classes were about studying the classic writers \u2014 from Shakespeare to Tolstoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I didn\u2019t understand anything that was going on,\u201d Acevedo said. \u201cEven though I understood the language really well, the classes were harder. English was focused more on old literature. And when they said, \u2018Hey, you have to write an essay,\u2019 I had no idea how to write an essay.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, her instructors at Oakwood High were good, and Acevedo ended up learning a lot. But when she arrived at Wright State University, she struggled at writing college papers.<\/p>\n

So Acevedo sought help in the Writing Center<\/a> at Wright State\u2019s Student Success Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like it was so helpful that I started coming a lot,\u201d she said. \u201cI had a lot of papers for all of my classes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, the sophomore education major<\/a> is a writing coach at the center, working 15 hours a week to help fellow students develop their writing skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you see someone get something, it feels so good,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Gabriela<\/a>

Gabriela Acevedo moved from her native Puerto Rico to Dayton in her junior year of high school.<\/p><\/div>\n

David Bringhurst, director of the Writing Center, said it has been gratifying to see how Acevedo\u2019s confidence has grown as a writing coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer enthusiasm and commitment is clear in how she talks about her work and in her plans for her future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Acevedo especially likes it when she can help international students master the writing of college papers and get into \u2014 or advance in \u2014 graduate school.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey often have these back stories that are amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m helping them get somewhere in life.\u201d<\/p>\n

So what classic writer is Acevedo reading these days?<\/p>\n

J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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