I was never taught anything like that, but in one of my high school English classes all of our essays had to be written in the third person, so I get gain some

I was never taught anything like that, but in one of my high school English classes all of our essays had to be written in the third person, so I get gain some experience doing it. I actually put it to good use writing some email newsletters for a local conference where I tried to eliminate usage of I/we/etc because I felt that it was more professional.