When the school announced that we are going to have 2 weeks of quarantine, I was actually really excited because I didn’t want to go to school anymore. First week in quarantine, I mostly was just on my phone watching shows. Second week in quarantine, I was starting to lose my mind. Boredom struck so hard I wished that we would go back to school soon. Then they announced that they would extend quarantine for 4 more weeks and I doubt that we are still going back to school. It really sucks because I cancelled plans with my friends and can’t hang with them.

So these are the things I have done during the pandemic. I’ve been cooking and eating a lot this past few weeks because there’s literally nothing to do. I also have been sleeping a lot that my schedule is really messed up. I would sleep at 3am and wake up at 3pm. I cleaned my room a bunch of times. I deleted some pictures and organized my phone. I edited videos for my friend. I’ve been playing this mobile game with my best friend almost everyday now. I’ve been binge watching shows, kdramas, and movies. I watched so many tiktoks that I made a dalgona coffee. It is where u whip the coffee by hand and it was actually pretty good but tiring. I also finished a 548 piece puzzle and I redid it 3 times now.

I miss my friends and wish I could see them one last time. I miss wearing my clothes and shoes. Then online school finally started. I kind of wanted to have online classes but then Dr. C sent an email saying that her class starts at 10am. I thought it was too early since I wake up in the afternoon now. My classes were okay, Dr. C gave us homework on the first day and my other teachers just talked about what was going on in their lives. Now that teachers are actually giving work for us to do, I don’t know why but it made me lazier. I always feel like all of these work are optional but they’re really not.

3 things I dislike about the research paper process:

1. It was difficult for me to find reliable sources that has evidence. All of the sources that I found has the same evidence which is not helpful since we need to have like 6 evidences that supports the theory.
2. The paragraph itself is just too much. There is to much body paragraphs. I don’t like how we need so many evidences and 2 reasoning for each evidence. There is too much stuff to write and I don’t like writing. The outline was also kind of confusing to understand.
3. Lack of time. I didn’t have enough time because it was difficult for me to find evidence for the topic that I chose. It is also kind of my fault because I honestly felt lazy doing the paper.

My conspiracy theory was about Princess Diana death. I’m actually glad that I got it because it was my first choice. Princess Diana’s death was caused by a car crash in Paris. The theory is that she was murdered by the Royal family. People believed that she was pregnant and the father was her boyfriend, Dodi, which gave a bad image to the Royal family. I chose this theory because when I heard about it, I thought it was really interesting. My friend told me that the Royal Family were cannibals and that the theory was that they ate her, she lied. 😦

While doing my rhetorical essay, I struggled on the thesis because I left my organizer at home. It was also difficult to remember some of the things I wrote on the organizer. I believe that I was successful at explaining what was the ad’s purpose. I learned that it is easier to write an essay when you have your organizer with you because then you wouldn’t have to think about what to write. I want to know if we are still going to be using rhetorical devices in this class.

My group was supposed to persuade football players to drink our product. We chose to make a bottled water so football players won’t get dehydrated after their games. We made our own water and it is called Agua Del Rio. I think that our product was pretty successful. We made a presentation to them I think that they would buy our product. The water that we made can give football players strength, energy, speed, and agility. 

I don’t really consider myself as a writer. A writer is someone who writes almost everyday and I am not that type of person. I think that being a writer is something that I would not enjoy doing. It takes a lot of time, patience, and knowledge to be a writer. I am more of an art person so I would rather draw or paint instead of writing. 

Most of the time, I write when I’m in school especially in my English class. We would have assignments where we have to write long essays in a week. The only time I would write at home is when I have to text people on my phone or do homework. I never wrote for fun because I don’t have the time to do it. Writing is just not interesting for me.

When I do write, I write about what our assignment is about. One time I wrote about one of our past presidents in my AP Government class. I wrote it because that project was a way to bring my grade up. When texting, I write about literally anything that comes to my mind. I text my friends because it keeps me updated on what is going on with their life. 

Here is a link of a website where I used to read stories https://www.wattpad.com/ .

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