I loosely agree that “government is best which governs least”. I think that the people need to have more input for it to be effective and provide good guidelines for a society which tries toContinue reading

One connection I have found between the work of Thoreau and Emerson is the presence of god and man’s supposed purpose to “glorify God and enjoy him forever”. They also both seem to support simplicity,Continue reading

My thoughts and understanding of arguments has slightly changed throughout this unit. The controlled environment of the classroom and prepared debates allows both sides to be heard and gives opportunity to properly question arguments thatContinue reading

My topic is pay-to-play High School sports. I’m on the con side which won’t be too much of a challenge to argue. I’m in the gray area on this topic but if I had toContinue reading

Scientific and commercial animal testing is a current issue. The pro animal testing side supports it because of the contributions it has supposedly made to life saving cures and treatments. The anti animal testing sideContinue reading

Trying to be morally perfect has once again proven to be impossible for another person. I ended up with quite a few dots on my sheet even if I don’t think I did anything tooContinue reading

My first impressions were that it had a deep and slightly confusing meaning. It had a lot of allusions referring to other works or people, and after I learned more about them things started toContinue reading

My perception of poetry has definitely changed since the start of the unit. Writing poems following stanzaic form with rhyme and rhythm patterns showed most of us that poetry is a lot harder than itContinue reading

Once you understand the process of writing poetry and everything that has to go into it such as meters and rhyming and pattern etc. it seems a lot less appealing and like a lot moreContinue reading

Bang by Barry Lyga was such an interesting book that kept my full attention the whole way through. I chose it because the first line of the book description is a really great, and shocking,Continue reading