Week 15 Reflection

 This week concluded the spring season for soccer. We have been training for the past five weeks for almost 4 days per week, so I have been feeling busy but also worn out. We had a game this weekend where we played Benedictine, and this was the first game we played all together since October. We switched up our formation since last fall, so getting use to it and playing it for the first time in a game felt weird. However, we ended up winning 1-0 after scoring off a corner in the first half. This was a exciting way to end off the spring season.

In addition, I continued working on my rational essay this week, finishing up my second and third body paragraphs. This leaves me with finishing my rebuttal and conclusion paragraphs and revising it for next week. We turn it in on Friday, so I'm going to try and finish all of it by Wednesday, so I can have Thursday to read through it and fix any errors. 

With only a two weeks left I am feeling very burnt out and ready for the school year to end. I'm looking forward to summer and having the free time to hang out with my friends. Not having to worry about having any homework or assignments due for a while will feel very refreshing.

Week 14 Reflection

This week in class we continued working on our rational essay, and I was able to finish my introduction. I also was able to find a couple sources that worked well with the outline I created. I began working and almost completed the first body paragraph which is about how affordable college creates a better workforce leading to more economic gains. My second paragraph is about how it encourages students to go to college thus increasing graduation rates in high school. My third paragraph will be about how lower tuition cost creates less debt. This is going to be the bulk of my essay and will hopefully be done by next week.

The rest of my essay will include one or two rebuttal paragraph depending on if I felt if my argument was effective enough. The rebuttal will either be about how only tuition is free and not room and board, books, etc. or how it creates limited resources. I'm leaning towards the first option since it will be easier to rebuttal and find sources to back up my side of the argument. I will conclude my essay with a strong conclusion bringing all my information together, but also providing additional information on the topic. 

Week 13 Reflection

This week we continued to work on our Rational Essay in class and outside of class, however, I ended up going backwards with my work. I chose to scrap my original idea of Electric Cars vs. Gas Powered Cars because it didn't seem like it fit the description of what the project is about. In addition, I didn't really enjoy the topic I chose in the first place. I decided to change my idea to why college should be cheaper. I thought that this topic would be more interesting to research into and write about. 

Since, I chose to switch my topic, I had to delete everything I had done. Overall, it wasn't much, all I did was my introduction paragraph and come up with ideas to write about for each of my paragraphs. I am now left with nothing but my new idea as I haven't started to research or even begin to write anything in regard to why college should be cheaper. This upcoming week I plan on drafting an almost complete outline by Friday since that is when the rough draft is due. However, I don't know if that is reasonable because I have soccer practice almost every day next week with 2 tests and a project due. 

Outside of school, I had my Grandpa's 88th birthday party on Saturday, so my family and I went over to his house with a lot of my extended family. That took up most of the day, so when I got home I just relaxed and waited for Easter. On Sunday, I went to church for the Easter Vigil and then went to my Grandma's house where we ate a late Easter Lunch, played cards, and watched the Masters. 

Week 12 Reflection

This week in class we are working on our rational argumentative essay. I have had a hard time finding a topic that interests me but also has plenty of information on it. I have yet to start it, which isn't good because I already know I am behind. However, I have been very busy with soccer spring season starting up and other classes, but I hope to finish close to half of it this upcoming week. The one idea I have had for my essay is on why electric vehicles are better than gas powered cars, since I find this interesting and also useful. If I don't think of something better by Monday, then I will probably end up choosing that topic and go from there. 

This weekend I went home to watch my dog and spend time with my grandparents. My parents and sister went to Breckenridge, Colorado to ski for Spring Break. I would have gone, if it wasn't for school since I haven't been skiing in many years. They left on Thursday, so my Grandpa had watch my dog Thursday night until I came back. I came home on Friday, but wasn't able to do anything since the weather was so bad. On Saturday and Sunday, I made sure to play with him and take him on multiple walks and car rides, since he is very use to it with my family.