Lynus So
American Expressions I-II
Agnew
Personal Experience
Life has never been easy for me...Matter of fact, life hasn’t been easy for anyone else either. Choosing which deadly sin from the Bible, being a sloth seems pleasant to me, since I’m lazy, but not too lazy. Sloths themselves, they may be slow, but can support the environment (since they’re growing plant life on their back). What drives my pursuit of happiness, is me being alive still and helping others as well as finding the future that is right for me. Learning from the tragic moments from the past, I live on.
My brother. My brother and I would compete each other back then when he was born, I remember my mother telling her friends that, my brother would always try to be “me,” or better. Well, here we are in the present, my brother is taller than I am and...Not
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Only goes to show that I’m a quitter and that I don’t want to keep going. I’d fight back, but I’ll give after the first two to three swings or so. I’m really out of shape . I don’t blasphemy my laziness since it’s been a part of my life. Well, it was, until I was sick after a trip from Cambodia, coming home and to the hospital, I go. Since hospital food didn’t seem tasteful and appealing, I wanted McDonald’s. Thus, starting off of how I’m fat. I sat in bed and ate my happy meal. Writing this essay is hard, but everything else is also hard too. School is like a prison, but worse...We have to pay for lunch. Lunch is pricey, but it’s either that or to starve the whole day. I have friends that gave me a bit of their food, but Fridays is when my great friends Ethan, Ian, and I go out and get food. It’s been a daily routine for a while now and we’re enjoying it. I don’t have a job, but my parents (mostly my mother) being courteous, would often give my brother and I, twenty dollars for lunch. Though, I save it for Fridays. Thinking back on it, though I may say I quit, but I’m still doing it. Whatever that subject or action may
NOTE: This isn’t even close to how I would like the essay to be laid out. I’m just writing paragraphs and eventually I will get them in an order I like them and revise.
After reading your article “Don’t Blame the Eater,” I must say that I completely agree with your stance on how the fast food business is making Americans obese, but also how it is our personal responsibility to try and stay away from it. You did a great job of making your stance on how people need to prioritize and eat healthy, although the process is difficult to understand throughout the entire essay. I also enjoyed your personal story about your relationship with fast food, making your essay relatable, the lack of knowledge we have on fast food as a nation, the health risks that can occur, and how all companies care about the money they take from us. Within this letter, I am writing to you an analysis of the rhetorical appeals you used to back up your thoughts, your tone of voice, the way you brought the reader in with your witty choice of words, and how extraordinarily you were able to persuade me as a reader. I enjoy the way that you start your essay off with something to hook the reader in.
However, when it came time to write the essay, I was confronted with my old enemy, writing. Writing and I have a history, I have never enjoyed being in the presence of writing, due to its both mentally and physically taxing requirements. Despite our deeply rooted feud, there are times where I cannot simply dismiss writing, and generally with help such as guided activities, exemplars, and therapy; Writing and I can put aside our differences for a brief moment of time. One example of this is in my argument, In the beginning sentence I feel that I was able to reach what was expected of me by created a strong counter argument and quickly proving it wrong: “Some might argue that if an individual has grown fond of an illusion, then why wake them from that joy? Now, that is a fair point, but as we see in the book, if they wake up, they realize how unhappy they truly are.” As I face more and more of these assignments where I am forced to implement writing, I grow more accustomed to the process. Writing might not be my ideal major, but I understand its importance. While I dread typing a 5 page essays, I know they are coming. Better I struggle know and learn than struggle later and
In the second essay I used the writing process and the outcome was way better. So I learned that so things are there to be learned and that will benefit you in college. Also I learned to be responsible when it comes to grades, turn in assignments due in class, and many other things. I learned this lesson because one day I didn’t turned in an assignment on time and the teacher said that it was a 0 for the day. In high school some teacher, like Ms. Perez, give the students the chance to turn in work the next day, but at that time I realized I was not in high school. So I got my schedule of homework on point and I decided to turn in all my college work on time. The outcome was good grades on assignment and not misunderstood with the instructor. “Be on time if you can’t be there early.” Said by Robin Sharma. Being on time is important to any individual, going into a date, to work and to class. You have to be responsible on be on time wherever they cited you, it is a sign of respect. One day my dad took me to get a new phone, knowing that I had college class. I was in Nuevo Laredo and it took a lot to get me my phone, so I arrived to class late. The students where already taking an exam. I asked Mr. Benavides “what
You either grow or descend from them. Jack made enough mistakes for two lifetimes, but he learned from them and grew. In the last few years of his life he came back into our lives, and ended up loving and cherishing his family more than anything. I love you ya bastard, I love you”. He threw his ashes into the wind as my grandpa became one with the earth.
Modern America unfortunately consists of individuals being faithful to things that do not contribute to prolonged good feeling. In fact, the average American places more value on rapid evolution than on self awareness or personal journeys. This problematic lifestyle is the focus of Annie Dillard’s essay “Living like Weasels,” in which she address her audience of unfaithful individuals whom want to speed through the variety and not develop the time and effort for a slow expedition and reminds them that life must be evaluated and slowed to grasp the few vital things that are essential, necessary, and proper. With an array of rhetorical devices such as syntax and juxtaposition, Dillard creatively reveals her purposes: expose the audience to “live
“Don’t Blame the Eater” is an article by David Zinczenko that explains to Americans, specifically overweight young Americans, about the risks eating at fast food restaurants and its cause of affecting one’s health. In his article, he tries to address the issue about America’s food industries by using literal devices such as tone, logos, ethos, diction, and organization in order to spread his message. He begins his article by addressing the topic and as he continues writing, he supports his topic by writing about personal experience and moves onto the reasons why his topic in a serious issue. Although he shows an overall clear progress, he does tend to have a few problems with his writing that could be improved.
Suddenly, the ten minute technique stopped working. I would sit down, and get distracted, or do anything but my assignment. This was when I realized that this habit would take a lot longer to break than I originally thought. The one good thing about my procrastination, is that it led me to another discovery about myself. Receiving feedback can be hard.
Everyone has a story, a pivotal moment in their life that started to mold them into the person they are today and may even continue to mold you to the person that you will become, I just had mine a little bit earlier than others. When I was three years old my brother became a burn survivor. It may seem too early for me to remember, but I could never forget that day. Since then, I have grown, matured and realized that what my family and I went through has been something of a benefit to be and an experience that has helped me in deciding what I want to do with the rest of my life.
Essay 2 When it comes to eating lunch or dinner with a few friends, most of us are very indecisive with where we want to go. I don’t mind sitting in the car and putting our minds together and sharing thoughts on what’s worth eating at the time, certain cravings or anyplace that is new or ‘most hyped’ which most young adults would say if the place was popular or found to be well known on social media. I use an app to help me with my choices of eating, and I am not ashamed of it. The closest approach I take when it comes to eating is using the Yelp app on my phone which provides many locations shown around the area and filtering exactly what’s a popular place to eat or at least near me.
It was a struggle to find time to come up with ideas to cook that were not only healthy but easy to fix. With no time to cook our family would eat out a lot spending well over $25.00 a night five to six times a week. At one point I had not bought groceries in over 4 months. With the Hello Fresh Meal Plan, the worry is gone. Meals are delivered to the house every Tuesday regardless if anyone is home or not.
The greatest difficulty that I came across doing the first essay was retracing the past, retracing the sadness. Having to bring back sad memories that made my life terrible at the time. Doing the essay, I learned that I have gone through a lot of crap. I was sinking in quicksand and now I stand on the quicksand like it is rock solid. I am proud of myself. I was able to turn my life around and be the person that I am today. I might have the potential to be a good writer someday. People compliment on my writing skills every now and then when I write something long. That makes me feel like a real student. I say that because an old History teacher of mine used to tell kids to be students when they were not doing their work.
Our story begins with a student who arrives to school at 7:00 am for breakfast, then at 12:00 noon he eats lunch. Because both parents are working there is little and or no healthy food for him to eat. He may eat day old fries or a half bag of chips. Most likely he will just go to sleep hungry. This is a story all to common with the youth in this community.
Growing up with two older brothers taught me to be unselfish, patient, and respectful. Being the youngest of three, I learned I would not always get what I wanted. I would have to be patient and wait my turn for a lot of things, such as the telephone and bathroom. I was glad that I was able to grow up with siblings to teach me these lifelong lessons. All three of us had to be respectful of each other or we would risk getting in trouble with my parents.