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On spring break this semester, I don’t have time to really enjoy it as a break because I have a lot of home work! The difference is just I don’t have to get up early and drive to the school. However, spring break already past and I have to get ready for quiz and test!

Actually not too bad either because while you on break, you feel more relax and do not rushing in doing your home work. For the english class, I have been reading “Into The Wild” It’s very interesting book and worthy to read. Eventhough I don’t understand why a young man from a wealthy family would abandon everything and living like that.

So…nothing special in this spring break!!!

I find this reading very interesting and I enjoyed reading it. It’s true that if we know what our purpose of living, it will make our life so much more meaning. Hence, it make us live more happily. 

What is your topic or the problem you hope to address?

my topic in this essay would be about ocean pollution. Ocean pollution is big problem that affected our environment and our health.

What do you think will work as a solution? This issue is a big problem and it’s not easy to solve this problem. However, there are some way that I think we can do to  help protect the ocean, such as: by recycling , not dump any harmful material to the ocean, carpooling if possible because smoke from car are polluted the ocean through acid rain.

What personal experiences can you use to develop your essay and support your claims?

I realize that today we can barely eat seafood because of many seafood are contaminated and could endanger our health, especially those who are pregnant. Most doctor are recommended to pregnant women to avoid seafood because chemical contain in seafood can cause a birth defect. 

Which texts might help you develop your essay and provide evidence for your claims?

Mostly I get the information through internet research.

Who is your audience? (Who do you want to convince to take what action about which problem?)

parents and college students.

His way in telling a story very specific and clear. as reader, we can follow and use our imagination like we also involve in that story. It’s not easy to telling story about our experience to others that not familiar with the topic. However, in chouinard’s essay, is like we also experience what he told about.

I try to catch up all the post, will be back and revise!

How did the film change me? after watching this film, I have to admit that it’is have an impact on how my perception about environment issues. Like I said earliear, I am not environment person. (I run out of time will be back….)

What is border mean to me? On my perception, border is something that separated two objects. It maybe considers a wall or a line or something else. In my childhood experience, there are border between ethnic in my country. It’s hard for five years old to understand why she cannot make friend with “others”. Today society, there are border everywhere! isn’t it sound scary…I always wonder is the border protect you or hinder you from outside border?

On June 27 the world will celebrate the 126th anniversary of Helen Keller’s birth. Deaf and blind from infancy, Helen Keller played a leading role in most of the significant political, social, and cultural movements of the 20th century. Throughout her lifetime (1880-1968) she worked unceasingly to improve the lives of people who were blind and deaf. Helen’s own approach to life can be summed up by her advice to a five-year-old blind child in 1932:

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the face.”

Helen Keller is a remarkable women who has inspire many people! Not just for one’s who are blind, but for who want changed. When I first read about her, I find that she was somehow gave me a strenght and learn to be strong. I think, Hellen Keller or Martin luther King,Jr are all great person. They have create changed and had done many great thing, although they might done in difference way!

To be honest, I don’t quite familiar in writing about comparison/contrast essay. I would appreciate if anyone can give me some advice about this issue.

Just to give it a try, I would like to compare similarities and contrast differences between Anzaldua’s writing process and my own. In Anzaldua’s writing, she used narrative style and she combines her native language into her writing. She also divided into difference part of topic. In my writing, I sometime do used narrative style, but because of lack of practice and writing not my favorite subject. I probably mostly just stated out my opinion in my writing. Sometime I found in my writing not coherent. I will just jump from one topic to another. To summarize, there are big differences between my processes of writing with Anzaldua’s. I still need a lot more practice and reading in able to improve my writing.