Assignment#13 -10

I analyzed " Why Marijuana should be legalized". While analyzing my peers essay i noticed that it had a confident tone to it. The narrator was really informed about his topic and knew what he was talking about. He gave strong points in the essay and made me go through mines to see if i had any strong statements that i should add. I learned from analyzing this essay because it showed me how to also use some of my knowledge in it and to know how to back up your points.

Assignment #12-10

• The most compelling evidence that i wrote on my paper is that when turning the age of 18 we are considered adults. We are given the right to vote that can make change, we are given the legal right to buy cigarettes, we have the ability to serve on juries, we have the ability to get married, and even to serve our country and join the military and we cannot have the right to drink an alcoholic beverage at 18. We are pretty mature by the time we hit 18 because not only are we graduating high school but are getting ready to start our first year in college.

Assignment #11-10

• In my previous essays now that i look back at, I noticed that I tend to use the word "They" so much that myself couldn't go on reading my own paper. For example i use, "They are" or "they always", "they" and plenty of other ones. Using this word more than once i every paragraph makes me look like i don't know who i'm writing about or what. I also seem to go off topic and start to talk about something else irrelevant to the topic i should originally be talking about. Those are the two most important things i think i should really build up my strength in and hopefully my papers in the end will come back with a good grade.

Assignment #10 -10

Peer review we do in class is effective in my opinion. It has improved my writing in previous papers for the class and i hope it helps me to improve my writing skills and take them to a further extent. My strength as a peer reviewer is that i try to give the other person the best review i can about their paper so that they can learn from peer review and have a good experience with it and would be able to give good feedback from it.  I find it extremely helpful to do peer review because i can see the mistakes i did that i probably would have never found myself. Smaller groups have a more significant effective because you dont have to feel so uncomfortable with so many people in your group. Two people per group is perfect. One more day of peer review would have a deeper impact on the results of final drafts.

Assignment #9 -10

Of the three assignments that we have worked on so far I think that the one we are currently doing now is the hardest. Reason why is because from my understanding we have to write a paper of us arguing against one of the three topics given. The easiest assignment would have to be the advertisement analysis where we get the chance to choose an ad to analyze and break it down to see what they are trying to say or what type of message they are trying to give to their audience.

My largest goal for right now would be getting through all of my Gen. Ed classes. The classes im taking now are a requirement to finish my general education classes. I am still undecided on what major because it is really difficult for me to stick to one major. I have ideas on what i want my future to be like. I have even thought to myself if nothing goes well ill join the Marines or the Army. But that is my Last Resort.

I have really enjoyed meeting new people that come from different back rounds and learning all the new way and compare how teachers are compared to instructors and professors. I would have to say that meeting new people was the best part. I have enjoyed my past classes at NEIU in some ways but i cant complain about it because Learning isn't always fun.

Assignment #8- 10

Out of all of the articles i choose to write about "Free speech outside of campus must be protected". But i will be honest, i have no clue what the article is trying to get at. Seems like they are writing and writing and i dont find anything so arguable about it. Seems to advanced for me and i cant seem to come up with anything. But What seems interesting about this article is how a student actually forwarded the post to the authorities. And how Tatro joked around about her lab class and how they stabbed someone with a knife. This caught my attention more than the other topics because i can relate to it more. Not because ive ever done it before but because it talks about college in some ways.

Assignment #7 -10

Well first  would like to say that this class is pretty difficult for me to understand. I do enjoy the whole blogging idea but i have been having trouble  with writing the essays and understanding the assignments. i complete them but im never sure if im doing them right. So i would like for the assignments to be cutted down into more clear  and understandable details. My writing process has changed for the better since i first started this semester. It has improved in some ways but i know that i can improve even more. I do participate more in this class than anyother class i have. Because i am determined to learn more. i feel like if i participate more in class i will understand the assignments coming up up and i try to understand. Some words that are used in this class i am not familiar with and i think thats the reason why i get lost half way into class. Other than that i do not have any problem with this class and i do look forward to go go through it the entire semester.