My essay is too personal...

<p>...for me to show my teachers. I need someone to revise and edit it though. What should I do?</p>

<p>Close friends/relatives?</p>

<p>Hmm... careful with those deeply personal essays. They shouldn't be so personal that they make you too uncomfortable to share them with people.</p>

<p>Otherwise, just put it down for a while and re-read it a month later. I don't like asking people to correct mine (I don't think they care to, and then they're really sloppy). Soo normally, I put it aside. That way, when I pick it up again, it's like I'm reading it for the first time. Much easier to catch mistakes.</p>

<p>I agree with ceecee's method. </p>

<p>If you trust someone via the internet and are comfortable sharing with a stranger (or college admissions officer, for that matter), I'll be happy to proof it via PM.</p>

<p>I don't want you to get the wrong idea. It's not REALLY personal..I just don't like to share anything with teachers other than academic-related things. I think it would be easier to show people that don't know me--especially since they will be much more objective. I've PMed a couple people another essay that I wrote, but nobody ever responded. :(</p>

<p>Try a former teacher; one who will not have you in class this year, a middle school teacher or even one who may have left the school.</p>

<p>PM me, I'll read and critique it for you.</p>

<p>sure, PM it to me. Would you mind reading my essay too? I'm also having that problem, it's a little (but not too) personal.</p>

<p>i'll read it if you like. pm me</p>

<p>Too personal for teachers? ... Give it to strangers! PM it!</p>

<p>PM me dude.</p>

<p>PM it to me as well. I'll happily read it. highheels, we could switch essays as well. I have a problem also...but it's just that my essay sucks and I'm stuck. :)</p>