Sully's English Blog

 Response: You can identify with a certain type of food that you grew up eating in your family, which can help you identify with a culture.

 Response: I used to not like eating broccoli when I was a kid. I was under the stereotype that just because it looked unique, it was bad. However I tried broccoli a bunch of different ways and finally had it fried. I started eating broccoli about three times a week after that.

 Response: I was not here that day

 Response: It is important to write your own essays because when you just get AI to write it for you, then you lose the purpose of writing. When you write essays, you need to think critically which develops critically skills that you need later in life.

 Response: I find the claim most challenging because it is hard for me to get started sometimes. However once I get through the claim I can usually flow through the rest of it.

 Response: In 7th and 8th grade, my English teachers had assigned us a lot of essays and helped us a lot with our writing skills. By the end of 8th grade I felt very confident in my essay writing skills. I'm better at the evidence and analysis sections, but struggle a bit more with the claims.

Response: I was not there on that day  

 Response: I found it difficult to come up with the metaphors. Similes are a lot easier to come up with but because metaphors are a lot more restricted with what they can be, they are a lot more difficult.

 Response: I learned many things like how much harder it is to come up with a metaphor than a simile. Every time I think of something I find it difficult to phrase it without using "like" or "as" 

 Response: I spent the break working. I had told my manager I had the week off school and she put me on the schedule every single day. It was a lot of work but it helped me get a lot more comfortable at my job and make a lot of money.

 Response: The po-boy got it's name because in the 1920's many people were on strike and couldn't afford much food other than this sandwich. It earned the nickname "poor-boy" because of this, which later turned into what we know today. The name of this sandwich still carries the legacies of many protesters from over 100 years ago.

 Response: in my culture, which is Irish-American, A must have dish is corn beef and cabbage. It is a very iconic Irish dish and my mom always makes it around St. Patrick's day.

 Response: I most enjoyed the fictional novel, because the added creative aspect makes it a bit more engaging. I had a harder time with the play as I found the themes harder to understand.

 Response: For me the hardest part is getting everyone to pull their weight. If one person starts slacking it affects everyone else. 

 Response: We would wake up early and get some breakfast. Then we would go to the gym and strength train until lunch where we would take a break until we finish eating. Then we would go back to the gym and spar or work techniques until the sun goes down.

 Response: The best piece of advice I ever got was from my mother. She told me to always treat others with kindness no matter how they treat you. Someone was being rude to me in elementary school and I had slapped him. 

 Response: For me the most challenging part can be the brainstorming. I feel like the hardest part is getting started, but once I do I can usually flow through the rest of the essay.

 Response: When I first stepped in the ring it felt like the beginning of a powerful story. I felt like I was made for fighting, I loved every minute of it. I pulled of a masterclass performance and really proved to myself that I could do it.

 Response: It would probably be about my life journey. It will start from my birth and go through key events. 

 Response: Whenever I am in a mood I don't like I usually go exercise. I go train on my punching back for hours if I am feeling really bad. 

 Response: I have fair outgrown my old cowboy boots. I had a pair when I was younger and I would wear them everywhere I loved them so much. Unfortunately I outgrew them and could no longer wear them but I kept them as a trinket of sorts for a while.

 Response: I find the drafting stage to be sort of like a testing stage. You test how your ideas sound on paper through trial and error. Sometimes when you put your thinking into words and then read it, it is easier to find flaws in that writing. Without the drafting process, the final product would most likely be much less polished.

 Response: I struggle with finding evidence the most. I feel the most confident with explaining my analysis. I struggle with finding evidence because it can sometimes be hard for me to think of a specific thing to link to my claim. However once I have found my evidence I find it easy to flow through the analysis too.

 Response: I am not planning on going to college, but if I were to go, I would've liked to go to UGA, as it seems like a fun school. After that I would say my second choice is GCSU since some of my friends go there. My third choice would probably be Georgia state because the perimeter campus is pretty close to home.

 Response: When we were brainstorming for parts in the story where Cheryl faced physical discomfort, many scenes came to mind. The strongest idea though would be the scene where Cheryl lost her boots and had to adapt.

 Response: I learned that there are many ways to make college more affordable, outside of just grade and sport based scholarships. I learned about the FAFSA which is a special kind of scholarship for those who need help paying for school.

 Response: I found this time that writing the claim for me was relatively easy. I had a hard time finding the exact evidence but the analysis was pretty easy to connect back to the claim from there.

 Response: It is important to write your own essays so you can benefit from the work. If you are not thinking critically and challenging yourself to work hard, you will not develop the skills you need to be successful in the work place.

 Response: I usually find the claim part the hardest since its hard for me to get started. The evidence is easy because its really just the quote and some context. When I do the analysis it's not that difficult either when I already have the claim since i'm just connecting the evidence to it. 

 Response: I personally love writing essays, especially argumentative ones. I love the creative aspect and how I can take time to put my thoughts onto paper. In my middle school we had to write lots of essays. So many that I began to enjoy writing them. I can write for hours and not get bored.