10 values:

Care

Adventure

Achievement

Fun

Freedom

Kindness

Humor

Honesty

Religion

Respect

1. Who are you as a person?
2. Who are you as a writer?
3. Who are you as a student?
4. What roles do you play in society?

1)I would consider my self as someone who wants to make everyone happy, even if it makes my self unhappy. I constantly stress my self out trying to make other people happy; I often forget to do things to make me happy. Therefore I would consider my self very kind, friendly, and funny. I also like to plan things out, without planing things out, I almost feel lost.

2)Over my high school career, I would consider myself a decent writer. I can excel in writing prompts that I am interested in, but can do poor on topics I don’t find interesting. Personally I don’t mind writing, but I would never do it as a hobbie.

3)I view my self as an excellent student. I procrastinate alot with homework, but I always get it done on time, no matter how much I stress I put myself into. I plan on getting better with procrastinating, especially now with being in college.

4)I play many roles in society. I mainly focus on being a leader and an active participant in any group.

Jim Daly, “Andrew Luck’s retirement decision has a hidden message (even for non-athletes),” Fox News, https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-luck-retirement-decision-jim-daly

Fact: In the article, Daly writes, “but this past weekend he finally decided that enough was enough” (Daly 1). This is indeed a fact because Andrew Luck did, in fact, decide that enough was enough; he showed this by retiring.

Opinion: In the article, Daly explains, “Troy Aikman is exactly right. Today’s public square is filled with outspoken, antagonistic agitators who are quick to criticize others – often people whom they know little or nothing about” (Daly 1). This is an opinion because not every one feels this way.

Claim: In the article, Daly explain, ” It’s hard for the average working American to fathom walking away from that amount of cash” (Daly 1). This is a claim because not everyone would walk away from that amount of cash.

Link to opinion article: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-luck-retirement-decision-jim-daly

In the opinion article written by Jim Daly, about Andrew Luck’s retirement, he explains that people were too quick to judge Andrew Luck, knowing nothing about the full story. He also explains that today’s media is filled with outspoken, antagonistic people who are way too quick to criticize others – often people whom they know little to nothing about. I personally agree with the stance taken by the author. I feel like people were to quick to criticize Andrew Luck, he has had several life changing injuries, and he got to the point were he doesn’t want to go through these injuries again. Sure Andrew Luck walked away from potentially $100 million dollars, but happiness out weighs money, and this is a perfect example of that.

According to the article created by Stephanie Vozza, there are four different personality types and they all find motivation different. Personally, I classify my self as two of the described personality types. The first one being questioner, because I can never ask enough questions rather it be at work, or even in the class. The second personality type being upholder. I love to be on time for things and to have a routine. Without these two things I almost feel lost. However there is another side to upholder, they usually complete everything on time, and I can agree with that to a point but I cant completely say I do everything on time.

In the article, “5-foot python slithers out of bathroom light fixture while children brushed teeth” written by Kira Grant, many bizarre event happen. A sneaky snake was able to slitter its way up a wall into a light fixture. When the owners of the house noticed, they imminently called a snake catcher to remove the snake from the residency. It was also reported in the article that one third the house’s in Australia had at least one snake living in their roof.

1)According to Alex Reid, what are the benefits of doing an online blog for a writing class? What are your feelings about keeping a blog, good and bad?

According to Alex Reid, there are many positive reasons why someone should create a blog for their writing class. The first benefit concludes that having a writing blog helps college level students to experiment with different writing styles, and to eventually develop intrinsic motivation for writing. The second reason includes that the college student is in control of their blog, they can virtually change anything they want about their blog, and this behavior helps the student to set positive goals for themselves. The final reason for doing an online blog for a writing class is again motivation, while creating motivation through a blog, a student can translate that motivation into academic writing, for example another class.

I personally feel that keeping a writing blog in the end will be a great thing for me. Right now I am very spectacle about keeping a writing blog for both good and bad reasons. The good thing about keeping a writing blog is the motivation factor, and I feel like I would definitely benefit for that. Just sitting down writing this blog post makes me feel motivated because I can write in my own style, and I love that. After awhile however, I feel like blogging will become boring and would eventually not motivate me anymore. Time is my friend in this situation, so we will have to see in the future how I feel about keeping a blog, but right now I love it!