English

           Here I have included two of my essays for English. They have been revised according to my teachers recommendations, and are now more solid. The first is my Analysis Essay, which deals with the impact of social media. The second is my Argument Essay which confronts the debate of the disease theory of alcoholism. Following my essays, I have a self assessment that I use to evaluate myself and my success in this course.

How my writing satisfied and exceeded course objectives: For the informative essay, which I did not post, I decided to use a different format and push the line for a school paper. My outcome was very successful;  I created a highly informative yet entertaining essay. I decided that I didn't want to bore the reader with the everyday format of middle school concrete details and topic sentences. For that essay I chose to have a Unicorn do the talking for me, and it worked out very well indeed. I made him relevent to the topic at hand and used him to make some satirical and humorous remarks as well. I am glad that I decided to take it in a different direction, it turned out to be my favorite essay. For my analytical essay, I went with an indifferent and more professional approach. I decided to use engaging and current events to support the data presented, including an experiment in a classroom, which relates directly to my own education. Since this topic also happens to be somewhat hypercritical, since it is the debate of social media being debated via social media, I wanted to touch on the idiosynchrosies of modern life as well, like a child waiting to see their parent and being unable to bond because some gadget interferes. This essay was excellent as well, and I am very pleased with the way it turned out. The argument essay was more of a challenge. I knew that my opinion was solid, that I had ample evidence, and that the other side of the argument was very thinly supported. I also knew, however, that I would be expected to present both sides fairly. So the way I chose to find a middle ground was to use the counter-arguments' shortcomings to my own advantage. I used a source to illustrate their views that was very clearly not credible. When searching for the background information of the counter-arguments' research, nearly all of the sources I found were nothing more than speculation and personal opinion. Using their lack of credibility was a great maneuver on my part and I am very pleased with the essay I created. Overall, this class was entertaining; it was interesting to dabble in new affairs that I had not yet previously addressed formally.