- One process of inquiry I’ve pursued is traveling to Philadelphia during the weekend. Visiting museums and tourist sites there just for the pleasure of getting away from the college scene for a little bit, but on a budget. It was also a very educational trip but not one that felt forced, like I had to write about it for a grade or anything I just took it all in. Going with a group of friends allowed me to also bounce ideas and thoughts off them, off each other.
- One question that was stuck with me lately is why do I feel so out of place? I am constantly surrounded by people like me in similar positions, like other college kids living in the same dorm as me. But for some reason I feel out of place everyday. One experience that has been stuck with me lately is when I ran into a “Karen” at the supermarket about a month ago. You see videos online about people like this all the time but seeing it for yourself is different, it’s not only very eye opening, but a bit scary. Another question/experience I have is how can there be diversity when there is segregation present? I went to a high school in Maryland, named one of the top diverse high schools in the country, yet going there you realize that for the most part everyone still stays with their own race.
- I learned the idea that “evidence should match the time and place in which you make your argument.” This is an idea that I hadn’t previously thought about but the examples given made a lot of sense. This tool they talked about makes sense because it adapts to the idea that things are constantly changing and examples from the past may not hold any importance now because of that. It’s important to have the time evidence match the time and place because you don’t want your evidence to feel “outdated” or not credible. It’s interesting because at first I would assume that using evidence from the past might go to show why it’s important in the time that it is, like everything from the past is not negative and something can be used for times like this. But I think this idea is actually important because it keeps your essay controlled in a time and not all over the place.
ENG 2100: Writing 1 with Jay Thompson
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