Jack C's English 1 Blog 2016

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/debating-the-twoparty-sys_b_824973.html The author summarizes a debate in which she and her fellow debaters argued against the 2-party system. Different people argued different things. Some of the major arguments against it were that not everyone is able to have their opinions heard because they don't completely side with one party. Another was that no real major problems can have fully successful solutions because of the system. There was an overall negative response. I agreed with this article. I am very much opposed to the 2-party system. The 2 party-system creates a massive tug-of-war in which democrats and republicans cycle in and out of the white house switching policies back and forth in the favor of their party. I chose this article because I feel strongly about this issue and because it was from a credible source. This article furthered my understanding of what is fundamentally wrong with the 2-party system.

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Sundays are usually considered to be a religious, leisurely day. I remember as a young kid feeling relaxed on Sunday. That has changed with age. Sundays have become homework days, as it is right now. I know Sundays will change in the future. I watch my dad on Sundays. He wakes up early, reads the paper, and kind of has a laid back day. I am excited for when they will be like that again. The way that most of my Sundays go are: wake up late, start doing homework, go practice baseball, do more homework, eat dinner, do more homework. There is one constant theme: homework. You might wonder why I don't do homework on other days too, and I sometimes do homework on Saturdays. There is just something about Sundays now where I expect Sunday homework. I wish it was different.

This year I have learned that I am a lot better of a learner when I take thorough notes. It really nails the information into my brain. It helps me remember the things that I learn better. Something that also helps when I am taking notes is if I have a visual there also. I have a pretty good photographic memory, and this helps tremendously. This next quarter, I will make sure to keep taking thorough notes. I will also try to pay good attention to power point presentations in class, because that is where the visuals are. I will make sure to have my notes organized in a way that when I go back to read them to study, they will be most helpful. I think i have done pretty well in English this year, and I will continue to do so. I will try to mostly keep my habits the same.

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