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The 2nd Essay This essay I feel as though, is definitely more difficult. I struggle with writing in 3rd person. Examples and works cited are also difficult for me. Works cited takes a lot of researching, studying, and thinking. If you miss one detail on the works cited it is automatically wrong. That is a part of what makes works cited difficult. You either have it down or you do not. It is a gamble turning them in. Examples are difficult for me because my brain goes dead once it tries to find something to reference. Examples are easy when knowing the item you are referencing. Writing in 3rd person is difficult because I want to talk about my situations and make it more personal but with an illustrative essay its more of an example essay not personal. So, I will need help to keep on track with examples, work cited, and 3rd person writing.

When to Cite In an essay works citing is crucial to avoid plagiarism. When citing a quote, information, fact, and research you will need to site the details of the article. Writing an article and quoting a book or website then you would type the author, date written, the name of the article and etc. If i quote Harry Potter then I would need to know the author and what page the quote is from in the book. For example, in Maya Angelou's book 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings' she says  “Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you”(32).

Help with MLA Format MLA Format is difficult in remembering every single detail that goes in to it. Every detail matters. If you mess up one thing then its an automatic 'you do not have it'... I need help with remembering every tiny detail. Like, putting the page number and your last name will be confusing to me for a little while til i get the hang of it. In class, I would like to cover a little bit more of the works cited and the steps of what to put where and what are some things that wont be put in some MLA formats. For example, I did a works cited page the other day and there was no Publisher to be found but it would've been nice to know instead of me looking for it for 15 minutes. Works cited will need a lot of practice and I speak about that for everyone in the class, as well.

College Student's Everyday Life Struggles I believe there is some truth in college students struggling through schoolwork while everyday life is constantly happening around us. I have personal experience in this case. I go to school, work, and i am a newly-wed. As a college student, I go Monday thru Thursday. As an employee, I work in between, before, and after school time. As a newly-wed, I am constantly cleaning, cooking, and spending family time with my husband. College students need time for class, homework, and studying which takes hours of a persons time. Employees are working for their means to live. That means I can't not work if i want to go to college. Being a newly-wed comes with trial and error of married ways. I come home to make sure my husband comes home to a clean house, and I cook most nights unless, we go out on a date. Sometimes, I even think days do not have enough hours. Your suppose to sleep for at least 8 hours so that leaves sixteen hours of college, ...

Social media= No socializing Social media has taken over the world. I feel as though social media is no more of a place to socialize and a place to get away like, writing or photography. Face-to-face interaction is more awkward than ever. Social has became a place to hide your face and feelings behind a screen. More people are starting to feel more comfortable with no interaction with other persons. Strangers on social media are more opt to talk to each other than in real life situations. Comfort is what others want in this life. No one takes a leap anymore in life. More leaps mean more socialization. More socialization means to be more open. Most of everyone wants to seek comfort in their home of no talking. I believe social media should be limited so others can seek discomfort. 

Best Friend The best friend of anyone's dreams. The one most special person that life chose for you. You weren't born with this person attached to your hip like, family, family friends and etc. I believe that a best friend is the one person that you can fully trust with all your personal secrets. The best friend should be the most trusting person near to your heart. For example, my best friend, Sage would come get me off the side of the road if I had car troubles. My best friend was actually my Maid of Honor at my wedding and she even got the honor to zip up the back of my dress even though, mothers are suppose to do that tradition. Best friends are the people that stop everything to make sure you are okay. So, find the best friend that would sit on the floor while you are crying to the one that dives in to your peer pressure on crazy nights. Find your person.

Kindness  I do not recall an act of kindness from a stranger. I will say that when i think of kindness i think of my late Aunt Cathy. Aunt Cat is what I always called her. My Aunt Cat basically, wore a halo around her head everywhere she went. I never saw an ounce of anger or hatred in her beautiful heart. Most of everyone that new her would absolutely fall in love with her spirit. She was thoughtful and never boasted. She new God and loved Him with her whole being. Kindness does not even cover of how she treated others. The biggest thing of how I remember her is her number one rule. The Golden Rule. Treat others like you want to be treated. Wow, what a wonderful woman. She believed that with everything she had for her whole life. Her life was surrounded by treating others as she wanted to be treated. She was a very special lady to very many people. She was loved and she was love. I saw Jesus in her a lot. That speaks mountains of what kind of lady she was. So, when I think kind...

Peer Revision The last day i went to class. we barely went over peer revision. I hate skipping class because i know that i always learn new important things in class. I'm guessing peer revision is where the teacher looks over your paper and gives you pointers on what you could work on for your paper. I find that so helpful but i just was not able by any means to be in the class last Wednesday. I hope Monday will be a great day of learning. I will look up peer revision and ask questions to learn more about it. The peer revision process will help me because working with others and seeing their point of views will be wonderful for my mind to wander about my topic. I hope to learn more soon.

Most Frustrating Part Of Writing The most frustrating part of writing for me would be finding details and wording those details. I can find topics to talk about in my essays i just don't know how to find the details to back up those topics. I get word block pretty easy as well. I cant write essays as easy as i write journals or blogs. Essays are more formal writing and I just like to write about what i am feeling or thinking in that moment. I want to take my essays away without being formal and i know that is not possible. It would not be an essay if it was not formal. I wonder what other people get frustrated about when writing... I just need more time to write essays and more help when writing. I would rather stick to blogs and journals but i know that would be crazy. Especially, for a college student.