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I think that one strength I have as a writer is being able to adjust to fit my rhetorical situation. I think I have done well to adjust my writing style to fit the assignment. I think that I am also able to write well when I am interested in the topic in which I am writing. Another strength to my writing is being able to fill out requirements such as length as the paper. My final strength is being able to write an organized fashion. I have many weakness as a writer. A major problem for me as a writer is not being very good at grammar. I feel even if I run every thing through grammarly it will still be wrong. I am not very good at identifying meter. I am not very good at incorporating writing techniques into my poetry. My writing I have many more negative writing traits then positive. I do feel however, that my writing has improved and will continue to prove throughout high school.

There were many writing assignments through out the freshman year. I have to say that the best writing assignment I completed this year was the research paper. I enjoyed writing this paper, because it was about my favorite time in history. I got to see in detail how World War II unfolded and super powers contesting against each other after the war. I think that another successful paper I wrote was the flashback to my visit to the Naval academy. I enjoyed writing this paper, because it brought back good memories from my vacation last summer. In this paper, I found it hard to make it the full 3 pages. The final good writing assignment I had was the writing assignment on Cinder. I did well on this, because I enjoyed reading the book and knew all the information. The paper I struggled with the most this year is the literary analysis. This assignment was difficult due to having to figure out an unique argument with textual evidence to support the claim. Another challenging assignment for

Robert Xing- #483 Republican, Democrat, or Independent? Cason- What was your most precious childhood possession? 

Many things have happened to me as a teenager. The most memorable of them is being informed that the earth is flat by Josh Wilson. There have been some real life lessons that I have learned as, do not ever talk politics in public, especially with your friends. Talking about politics is really easy way to ruin relationships with people you dearly care about. I have had quite a few friends that I do not talk too much because of politics. This is a lesson, I know, many people will never learn.  The other biggest thing I have learned as a teenager, is how awesome America and its history is. When I read American history, I can not help but feel so patriotic and respect those who have sacrificed to get America to where it is. This is something I learned while researching various topics in school. All the history classes end up talking about America in some way, shape, or form. This is my favorite thing I have learned at school and as a teenager.  

A lot of things just happened in Purple Hibiscus. I can not believe some of the stuff that happened in this reading. The thing that I fin the most surprising is Father Amadi falling in love with Kambali. This surprises me the most because Father Amadi is a Catholic priest, where priests are not allowed to get married. This does not mean that they will get married, but how inmate the relationship gets is absurd to me. The other aspect of the relationship is the age difference. Although Father Amadi's age is not given, he is considerably older than Kambali. The other most surprising section from this book is Kambali getting beat to near death.  Although Eugene is abusive, he still shows sign of love and care toward his family. This is why the level of damage done to Kambali surprises me. I could never imagine kicking someone I love over and over again, over the painting of a dead relative. This shows to me just how crazy Eugene is. I have not even talked about Eugene boiling his ch

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I will be writing this post about the irony in YouTube's decision to add security at their headquarters. I got this information from deadline and it is is reliable because it includes the letter that YouTube has released to the public. The point the author makes is that YouTube is adding security and really just pointing it out. The article does not throw out in opinions, therefore there is nothing really to agree with. In response to the shooting last week, YouTube has decided to add security to their headquarters in order to protect their employees. YouTube has recently also been blocking videos of pro gun and Conservative views on their media. The irony here is that YouTube does not allow Conservative content on their site; even though they just added security  to protect their employees. The conservatives have been supporting the second amendment and more security at schools. The liberals have been arguing that security and the second amendment will only increase violence. Y