In my Junior year of high school it was my goal to run a half marathon. It’s something I had been thinking about for a long time but was too cowardly to really commit to. I had been running for the cross country team at my school and various other clubs for some years prior. […]

While I do not wear a suit and tie when speaking in my “suit and tie” language, it’s really interesting how my brain just automatically knows when it’s time to make the switch and not think twice about it. I can find hard physical evidence of it in my phone while observing the way I […]

Baefy is a slang word that combines the words “bae “and “wifey” together. “Wifey” Meaning “Wife” and “Bae” which translates to “Before Anyone Else”. The word is usually used  in talking about your significant other or someone very close to you. For example, “Me and Baefy are gonna go cuddle and watch The Notebook together then go and knit sweaters […]

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is likely that English is his first language. He speaks with ease and without doubt. Being an American, I can recognize that […]

My Top Three Intelligences 1.Bodily/ Kinesthetic:  You use all or part of your body to create products or solve problems. Athletes, surgeons, dancers, and craftspeople have this intelligence. 2.Interpersonal: You’re able to recognize and understand the motivations and feelings of other people. Teacher’s psychologists and sales people have this intelligence.  3. Visual/Spatial: You’re able to perceive […]

Everyday I find myself asking, is it too late? Is our planet doomed? Over the course of my life I’ve observed time and time again that my country’s leaders and politicians straight up ignore the ever worsening condition of our planet. Why has climate change been so politicized? Why is it a “liberal” issue. It […]

Well first off, the first thing that caught my attention in this piece was the word “idiosyncratic”  which means a distinctive or peculiar feature of a certain place or thing. Dillard writes about Hemmingway and I don’t really have any prior knowledge of Hemmingway so I was pretty lost. Dillard really seems to put his heart, soul […]

This one of those things were there isn’t really one “right” answer. How does one have the “right” to tell another’s story. Do you have to be connected to the person or people of that story? It would be totally normal if I wrote a novel about my grandpa’s childhood. We’re connected by blood. But would it be okay […]

Well I’ve never really taken into consideration what it’s like to write in the way that newspaper columnists write. Obviously it’s supposed to be strictly informative and factual with no opinions dropped in there. I suppose what I’m saying is that I’ve never actually taken it into consideration that there is a person behind those […]

Analysis / Getting Thoughts and Ideas Down How does Amy Tan persuade her audience? What is Rhetoric? What is the text doing?  Mother Tongue was published in 1990. It is a nonfiction / personal narrative essay.  Audience: I believe her target audience is a wide variety of people. The target audience of this essay is […]