Bryson's Blog

 One time I exaggerated something to make a point was when I was talking to my dad about my classes. My dad didn't really take much hard classes when he was a kid and he's been surprised to see me doing homework all the time. So he asked me how hard my classes are and I told them "I'm taking some of the hardest classes in the school!" I exaggerated to make the point that the classes are hard, they aren't actually the hardest. I think my exaggeration was effective because my dad now understands how hard my classes are.

 I agree with the antithesis that we spend more time connecting online but less time connecting in person.In my personal experience it seems that when you hang out you feel pressured to post it on your story or show other people rather than just living in the moment. It's almost like you're hanging out with someone for the sole purpose to post it on your story and show others that you're social or "normal". I think this has influenced the way people communicate and build relationships because you don't feel like you can hang out with someone unless you're going out to do something, This doesn't really make sense because while going out with someone else is nice, just being around them and keeping them company means a lot more.

One thing I did well on my argumentative essay after seeing my feedback would be my use of relevant evidence throughout my essay, such as the example of my dad and his selfies. Overall, I think my evidence is strong but I could get better at my reasoning and explaining how my evidence connects back to the claim. As with stronger reasoning I'm sure I could get the full 4/4 points on my evidence and potentially the point for sophistication which would create a big difference in my score. So, overall, I think the best idea would be to focus on earning that extra point in my evidence by connecting it back to the claim and using effective reasoning.

A conversation that changed me would probably be with my aunt, bless her heart. She's probably the most creative and wonderful person I've ever met but she's let her body deteriorate and her bone disease and the fear of living take control of her life. I go visit her often though, because I think my dad's wrong about her. He thinks shes a prick and a lonely woman awaiting her death but I see someone who was once full of life and passion that got used and abused by the world and let that abuse get to her later in life. But about 6 months ago I was talking to her and she was talking to me in her wheelchair like she always makes an effort to get in when we come over. We were talking about all kinds of things, Art and Music are passions that we can relate on. Anyways, back to the point we were talking about art and passions and eventually it divulged into a conversation about me, Now, I tend to think I'm weird, I don't really fit in with most people. I told her that...

 The last time I had to write a poem was in 8th grade. My 8th grade lit teacher was trying to engrave the point that songs are poetry. So for that we needed to not only choose some of our favorite songs that described our summers. But also write a short poem inspired by the songs we picked. So, for the writing process I made a playlist of the songs I chose and jolted down lines that stood out for me. Later refining it and using figurative language to further strengthen my poem. Overall, That's my plan for our poetry assignment as media of various kinds really gets my creative juices going when it comes to writing or art.

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