Austin's Blog

Some of my strengths as a writer is using real life experiences and relating them to my writing. I can start to identify different connections in my life and make it into a well-developed story. I have learned the many different steps of writing and this has truly changed the way I view a writing assignment. I still feel like I have a lot to learn, but I also feel like I have grown a lot as a writer over this past school year and I will continue to use what I learned in years to come. I feel that I need to work on the in-depth development in my papers. I have always seen this as a weakness of mine and I wish to improve on this in years to come. I feel that the area of developing a paper is very important and is a reason why I wish to look more in depth into this problem. It is important because all good writers can covey exactly what they want the reader to understand and fit it nicely into their story. I look forward to fixing this problem and progressing as a writer.

I have never been a particularly strong writer. Throughout my years of school I have noticed that I have excelled in maths in sciences. I see myself as a more analytical thinker and it's harder for me to be an abstract thinker when I am writing. Blog posts are probably one of my most challenging works this year in English. Aside from them being due every Monday. I feel that we are presented with a rather small topic and are required to stretch it out into two strong paragraphs. These posts are most likely easy for many people, but for some reason I find them difficult. The literary analysis we worked on this year I saw as one of my best works of writing. Since I was retelling a memory in vivid detail and I could look back and just tell my story just how i remembered it. It required less abstract writing than most papers and I found it less difficult. I also feel like written a paper like that is also my most improved type of work. I've wrote essays and summaries in the past,

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Wikipedia is described as a "multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and based on a model of openly editable content." Basically it is a single website that has any answer you could ask for. This website is extremely easy to gather information, but it also has some catches. It is openly editable to all people which means that some people can post on this website even if they are not fully qualified to speak on the topic. Many students may want to go straight to Wikipedia to get their information because it is extremely easy, simple, and mindless. However, this may not always be the best option. You may receive false information and this will come back to hurt you after turning in your assignment. I us wikipedia to maybe get a general topic overview, but I do not use this site to gather all the information needed for my assignment. It is better to dive deeper into your research and find reliable sources from people wh

Purple Hibiscus  is beginning to change a lot as the story progresses. Many of the characters begin to change as well. We begin to dive even deeper into the character's head and we learn more and more about them every time we read. Jaja and Kambili go to visit their cousins and stay at their aunt's house. Kambili and Jaja start to change and try to adapt to their cousins way of life.  Kambili begins to see Jaja finding joy in helping around the house and smiling. Jaja loves staying with Aunty Ifeoma and enjoys the activities and life they live. Kambili does not seem to like it there, she feels that that they do many ungodly things and that Papa would not approve.  Father Amadi is also introduced, he tries to change Kambili's point of view on the world for the better. Kambili has a little crush on Father Amadi but keeps it to herself. She also sees him as a different type of catholic priest. On the other hand, Papa-Nnukwu comes to live with them. He is dying and everyone

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Trump Vows "Big Price" for Syria Attack Author: Julie Hirschfeld Source: NY Times Just the other day Syria poisoned many people, around 42, in a mindless "chemical attack." Many died and many were sent to the hospital.  Donald Trump and the rest of the united states government is infuriated with these sick acts by the Syrian  government. President Trump puts the blame on Syria, but  also on the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin.  Trump and the United States government have thoughts on  a potential missile strike. I feel that Hirschfeld felt the need to write this article to inform the people on this important event and people needed to know about it. I am not an expert in this field, but do I believe that this is a very serious matter, and that we do anything  possible to put this sickness to an end. I do hope that Donald Trump thinks his decision through clearly before jumping into the wrong solution.