Stress

I think that school is very stressful and I cannot wait for Christmas break. I kind of fear that I am not going to want to come back to school after Christmas break because I cannot deal with the stress, but I know I have to. I think that midterm is the second most stressful time in a college student's life. The first is Finals which I am not looking for. I am really glad that I have finished all of my midterms and I am hoping to do a really good job on my portfolio.

Gay Rights

I have decided to write my paper on Gay Rights. I chose to write about Gay Rights and how they should have equal rights as everyone else because this topic is very close to my heart. Not only is one of my brothers gay, but I also have many gay friends and I am tired of the way people talk to them or about them, also hearing the way people talk about gays when they don't even realize who it can effect.
The emotional appeal in my paper would probably be the effect of how they are treated on family and friends of many gay people. Another point could be how people are treated because of the laws on gay rights. Another emotionaly appeal could be about why other people care what is going on if it has nothing to do with them and does not effect them at all.

TOPICS!

Topic 1: Alcohol/Drug Problems
Question #1: Why do people use alcohol or drugs?
Question #2: What makes these "items" so addictive for people?
Question #3: Why do people blame their drinking/drug use on their issues in life?

Topic 2: Gay Rights
Question #1: Who does this effect in society and in life in general?
Question #2: Why does it matter to everyone else?
Question #3: What is the government going to do to "fix" the issue?

Topic 3: Mental Illnesses
Question #1: How can someone help a friend or family member with a mental illness?
Question #2: What types of illnesses are there?
Question #3: Who do these illnesses effect and why?

Tuesday's Class

I think that Tuesday's class period was very interesting. The circle helped to get people talking because we could see everyone face to face. I think that some people should try to talk more because it would help them with their projects. I also think that the circle idea is always a great way of communication in every class that I have done that in.
The lesson about Semi-Colons and Colons could have gone better. I felt like there was basically only one person talking and that they had not practiced enough as a group. For future groups I think that they should get together at the library or somewhere at least once so they can practice. Hopefully the rest of the lessons go well.

Class

I think that this class is one of my favorite English classes since Freshman year of high school. I do not really like Enligsh and never really have but I have learned a lot from this class and it is a fun one. I also like the teacher and think that he teaches us really well. I think that I will enjoy the rest of the class as long as I stay on task with the class.
I think that some of the quizzes are really hard but they are not as hard as they could be. I think that they have enough information in them to teach the class if they had gotten the questions wrong.

2nd Draft

For my second draft of my literacy narrative I had to change a few words and add in more commas. I think that I should have done a better job at reading over my paper and changing the repetitive-ness. I think that for the final draft I will have to re-write much of my paper and look for grammatical errors.

For the second draft of my proposal essay I had to add a few more paragraphs and site my sources. I also had to read over my paper and make sure that there were not any major grammatical errors.