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1) The personal essay unit was fun at times. Trying to get a grasp of what we were supposed write about was the difficult part. The sentence "Write like its fiction" was difficult because so far in life we have set perspectives or what Fiction or Non-Fiction are. To think outside the box and to be able to write in ways we normally wouldn't was a good way to end the year.

2) That quote really says it. If writing were breathing out and reading were breathing in, you obviously cant berate out without first breathing in. To be a good writer you need a good base that you came come. This base is reading. Its like trying to play football without knowing how to throw or catch; its nearly impossible. And even if it were possible, you wouldn't be very good. Reading is the foundation of writing. READ!!!

3) I really liked how every unit was really open-ended. Even tho we were given a prompt, we still had some freedom. Freedom within reasonable structure. The easiest genre for me was poetry. We were almost forced to keep writing, to jog our brains, and to keep on thinking. The genre i struggled with most would have to be the personal essay. I just couldn't figure out a topic to write on. I think the overall creativity that had to be used will help us all in the future.

4) Quiz
Coke or Pepsi: Pepsi
Li'l Wayne or Little Debbie: Little Wayne
McDonald's or Arby's: Arrrrrrrrrrrby's
Chiptole or Taco Bell: Potle
American Idol or MTV: ESPN
Buffalo Wings or Florida: Buffalo Wild Wings
New York City or Los Angeles: NYC
Name you like for your future daughter: Bella jk
Name you like for your future son: Sleven
What is or what will be the first country you see outside the continent of North America: Cambodia
Disney movie you would be most likely to watch on your 21st birthday: Every time they say Buzz Lightier in Toy Story I'll...well, you know.
5) No. Not a chance.

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1) This is a hard topic for me because I value a number of things and don't necessarily shape my life around one thing. I change my outlook and goals as life comes. I try to value or find appreciation in everything-optimism i guess you could say. I do my best to try to find a small positive where most people only find large negatives. In my world, a smile says a thousand words without speaking. I guess this would speak to my upbeat and optimistic lifestyle. This is a main value i shape my life around. Try to find a positive outlook to everything and live life as it comes.

2) I haven't experienced a single event that has shifted my life in a long time. Only events that reinforce the outlook of life that i already have. It isn't ever big things either. Its the little things like people holding doors open, helping someone with a dead car battery, helping bag groceries or things of that nature, that help me re-realize that all people are inherently good. Sure, life is established on the "survival of the fittest" mentality, but sometimes that "fittest" part is debatable. These people who fall into this category can be many different things.

3) Accomplishments in 2008? That's really open ended. If I could choose I would pick the most obvious things: win the lottery, start my first year of college on a good note, make new friends, begin the next chapter of my life. All of these things would be good for me, but i would most like to continue my life in the position I'm in. Not in the high school scene, but take my life style wherever i should choose to continue my schooling. The problem is that i am so comfortable with my life right now that it is had to let go of. But i guess its like that with every transition in life. You never are completely ready to move to your next stage. I guess in 2008, i would like to become comfortable with the next stage in my life, finding that balance i have now but in a new place.