Banned books

We have been talking alot about banning books and what books should and shouldn't be banned. I don't believe that books should be banned from libraries. I believe that any person who wants to extend their knowledge by reading a book should be able to choose any book they want to read. Weather it has harsh language, sexual content, or violence, the person reading the book is reading it to gain knowledge of whatever the book is about. There are so many good books that portray at least one of them three "bad" qualities that really are meaningfull books to read.
On the other hand, I think that if a teacher assigns a book to the class and a childs parent doesn't want them reading that book for a certain reason, the teacher should allow that student to read a different book instead. You cant blame parents for wanting to protect their childs innocents. I understand that kids are going to see, hear, and talk about things that no parent wants their child to see, hear, or talk about, but I believe that they do have the right to take a stand and decide whats write for their child.

school

WOW! I really couldn't think of anything to write about today. I might just be having one of them days where my brain isn't working right and i can't come up with anything exciting to write about. The only thing I can think to write about is school. Before this semester started I was dreading comming to school. I really wasn't looking forward to attending HACC and i didn't even want to think about it. I hated high school as well. I didn't really enjoy learning or being stuck in school for 8 hours a day. I was really upset when it got down to the last week of summer and I knew school was right around the corner.
Surprisingly, I am actually excited about how much I enjoy most of my classes and comming to school 4 days a week. I am doing a lot better than i expected in all of my classes and I am also studying more than i thought I ever would. Even though I am studying my ass off, it really doesn't bother me that i spend so much time on school work. It seems like the nighs just fly by whenever i am studying or doing school work. I mean i still make time for a social life, which is very important for most people my age. I feel like i am juggling my school work and my social life in a really good manner though.
When people like my friends, my parents, my recent teachers, or my coworkers ask me how i like school, my response is usually a good one. I mean of course I don't like taking tests and quizes, but who does?

Fair Time

The fair just opened yesterday and i am not excited to go at all. I think this is the first year that there is not one part of me that even wants to go a little. The fair is the same thing over and over again every year. I think it just gets old after so many years. I went to West York my whole life and every september when the fair was open we would get out of school early to go to the fair on student day. Almost everyone from the middle school and high school would either drive or walk over to the fair because the fair was so close. When I was in middle school I would love getting on the rides, that was the only reason I would want to go. Well other than being with all my friends. The fair food is the best too! They have the most best, but fattening food around. It's always the same every year though, same food, same rides, same games, and the same of almost anything else you could think of. I honestly think if they would change some things around then more people would want to go. I understand how long the fair has been going on and its a lot of traditional things that get set up every year, but I still think they should change something about it.
Even though i don't think I'm going to go, if you have never been there you should definitely go! It's an awesome experience and could be a lot of fun.

Writing from the Darkness

I really enjoyed reading this passage. The author was great at explaining how she felt about writing and how she used writing to "escape" from everything else. She pretty much explained at one point in the passage that writing was her was her way out instead of suicide. I wish i had the talent, like the author does in this passage, to clearly explain and express her feelings about writing and how she deals with her problems.
I sometimes feel like I need a "way out" but i dont know how to get there. For example, in this passage she uses writing as her way out. Maybe writing every night in a journal would help me with "finding myself" or just getting away. I feel like my life isn't right, like the author of this passage somewhat explained, I feel like I dont fit in with my family and I'm never happy like I use to be. I always wish that there was something that i could do, that nobody else would know about, that would help me to just "get away."

CLASS DISCUSSION

Even though i didn't say much, i really enjoyed today's discussion in class. There were so many things that i did and didn't agree with. For example, I agree that teachers should be able to teach the way that they want to as long as they meet the criteria. I also agreed with the main subjects that had to be taught. Even though you wont need some of the knowledge your taught from them classes i think its good to be learning whatever you can up until high school. Kind of like training your brain before you would run off and go to college to learn what you then, actualy want to learn. I actualy can't decide what side I'm on about the whole language discussion. I keep thinking totaly different thoughts about language being a manditory class.

"What Should Colleges Teach?"

I totaly disagree with this article. I believe writing and reading are major subjects in a students life. You may never again use your math skills, science skills, or even history skills, but you will always, no matter what use your reading and writing skills. We, as human beings read sommething every day, weather its the news paper or a street sign. We also use our writing skills a lot, between our jobs, our schooling, or even chatting on the internet, writing will be a skill that we will never be able to forget. This is the reason why i think it is such a big deal to teach students the major objectives to writing a good paper. After the teacher has instructed them on ways to being a good writer he/she should then drill these techniques into their head over and over again.
When i was in high school my teachers barely cared what we wrote, as long as it was a certain length. I think I would be a lot farther in writing if my teachers would have pushed me to become a better writer instead of "taking it easy" on me.

What is good writing?

A good piece of writing should have a purpose and i topic that draws the reader in. When writing, you, as the writer should try to make the topic very intesting so you can grasp the attention of your audience. Creativeness, use of emotion, and critical thinking can all help make different kinds of writings interesting. The topic should flow through out the writing but the reader should never lose sight of it. Good writing also has focus which means it is focused on one topic. Lastly, a good piece of writing always has good use of grammar.