My thoughts on Comments

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Credible comments: 

I found the comments by TxMedRgr and Occupare to be credible. 

Occupare seems to have taken a very impartial stance to this issue. He agrees that this act is protected under the free speech right which is about his only opinionated statement in this comment, and he isn't bashing them for using their right like this, so I wouldn't be opposed to make the leap that he supports this right. He also uses contextual circumstance and outside related issues in his argument, he brings up a similar issues that took place at SFSU. Then he brings up another similar issue from VSU from the past about free speech as well. He supports his well organized comment with evidence and doesn't simply thrust his opinion through whoever's eyes happen to gaze over at his comment. This is why he seems credible to me  

TxMedRgr is more opinionated than Occupare. He states that the walking on the flag is disgusting and he wishes that more people would have spoken out against the protestors. Expressing a wish but not fear in this circumstance. He clearly values the symbol of the american flag very highly. The thing that makes him credible is that he supports both sides of the argument, and he also takes responsibility for his opinion and says that it is his opinion. Which is why I feel like he is credible.

Not Credible comments:

I found Harriet Gaston and cooperwa to be not credible commentaries at all. 

Cooperwa's comment is all over the place, first thanking god for protecting the innocent (god is not mentioned once in this article) and then goes on to bash the educational system from K-12 with no lead in nor point to his insults. Then precedes to go back to thanking god for our vets. He clearly values religion and also an anger towards those who don't agree with his opinion which right there makes him not credible. His comment adds nothing to an article about black lives and protesting. 

Harriet gaston's comment actually does refer back to something in the article (the fact that the vet posed naked with the american flag for playboy is mentioned in this article for some reason) however like Cooperwa, his comment adds nothing and no one would miss it if it were never there. The focused on the most miniature detail thats so insignificant I was questioning why it was in the article in the first place. I can't get any values from this other than the fact he really holds playboy's outstanding journalism in the highest of regards for his personal further education on hot social-political issues. Or its something else but I can't think what that would be.

My Controversy

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The American flag is never suppose to touch the ground. If it does, one it supposed to burn it and then hang a new one in its place. This is a process followed by the white house, the military (both here and overseas) and generally most americans, however one student took exception to this rule and decided to do one of the most dramatic, symbolic things a person can do. A group of black students at Valdosta State University, wrote a letter to the schools dean, stating that because of the recent glorification of police killings and not guilty verdicts, that the american flag has now become a symbol of white supremacy and that they were going to protest. This image turned into a national story and many of the people who saw this said that they should be "curb stomped" or worse (although thats a hard to imagine fate). This incident is not only a controversy, but plays a part in a bigger controversy in the united states. 

Calendar Reflection

Everything comes at a cost I suppose. My class schedule is a little scattered and so the times when I eat or go to the rec center differ day to day, but both those things happen everyday. It can be difficult when you want to go to the gym everyday and then also partake in the necessary amount of homework. Luckily the time when I am doing laundry Monday Wednesday Friday I have time to sit down and just crank out a solid hour or two or homework. So that is the time when everything gets done for me.

 

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Reflection:

After reading Morgan and Kelly's calendar posts. I have realized that you have time to do whatever it is you want to do, you do not have to do English Homework, there are definite negative reaction from that choice but it is a choice you can make. So you just have to choose what you want to prioritize or not. Kelly's calendar was so neat and structured and when I was making mine all that was going through my head was "yeah I eat at some point on Tuesday, when though?" and so if I get more structured and organized I should be able to manage my time better

My Writing Process

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Thinking about your own writing process:

What type(s) of writer do you consider yourself to be?

I would consider myself to be a mutant hybrid of a procrastinator and a Heavy Planner (a bit of an oxymoron, but thats what makes it interesting). I deal mostly in narratives when writing scripts and reading them, therefore my head sees everything like a script, complete with character descriptions and actions, directions and dialog. The downside to this is I tend to break everything down to be character driven which in news articles and academic journals is not always the case so I find myself checking out mentally and not being able to grasp the content as well.

Does your writing process include several of the above approaches? If so, which ones?

Well as with real estate or fight club, the first three rules of storytelling is always the same. Story, Story, Story. My process tends to focus a lot on story before starting to write. Nailing down the plot points and inciting incidents and characters. Then i tend to just write in order of whatever comes to my head, which is where the procrastinator shows up, I suffer horribly from chronic writers block (my therapist says it's all in my head...) and therefore deadlines force action for me.

Does your writing process seem to be successful?

I would say it has been fairly successful so far, I got into this class so... But I could defiantly improve on time managing and not just writing whenever something comes in my head, but forcing myself to do it even if its horrible.

Do you think it might be beneficial for you to try a different approach?

I could stop letting the procrastinator side of me have playing time. I could try to just concentrate on writing within a schedule and sticking to it, that would be the main improvement I would make to my writing style.

Reflection:

After reading the same posts off of Savannah and Emma's beautifully and elegantly written blogs, I have come to the simple conclusion that I am literally my own worst enemy. Savannah wrote gorgeously about her "heavy planner" writing style and how she means to stick to it as often as she can but sometimes she just wings it, that sentenced summed up high school for me. Emma commented on this post earlier saying that she thinks I have to stop overthinking, and she's absolutely correct. Constantly worrying about story structure and fiddling with it leads to almost over-fixing something which in turn breaks it, so as soon as I feel I have the story structure down, just stick with it and write. Thank you to Savannah and Emma for your comments.