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  1. Oct 2019
    1. plastic bottles hurt the environment.

      Yes I agree because theres a lot of oceans that are filled with plastic and trash because of people that just throw their trash on their streets.

    1. As we build a career, it seems there is a book, class, degree, consultant, or service available at every turn.

      I feel like this is true in my opinion because I feel like at my college they offer us a lot of help.

    2. Career, on the other hand, is what we can plan for.

      I think we do have more control over the career we chose. thats something we can control more than our own lifes.

    3. This time gives many people a chance to live it up before they settle down,

      I totally agree with this I feel like we should live our best life when we are starting college insted of getting with someone who is not going to let us live it to the fullest.

    4. there is not a single course on being smart about marriage,

      I dont think there will ever be a course abput it because marriage is different for everyone. I think it all depends on the type of persons that get married.

    5. happiness has more to do with whom you marry than with what college you attend.

      I think think this is different for certain people because for some people they dont really believe in getting married. Theres also the people that believe on having a carrer it better than getting married right away.

    6. The most important decision any of us make is who we marry.

      I agree with this because you truly have to know and make sure what type of person you are marrying. I feel like you never stop knowing a person even when you marry them you are still getting to know them.

    1. She wanted what her friends had

      If I was in the same situation as her I would aslo want what my friedns had insted of struggeling with my own life. If I was doing bad in life and my friends came to me and saw that they where doing good i would want to bein their shoes not mine.

    2. Kate filled her mind with twentysomething drama to distract herself from the real state of her life,

      I would do this. I would focus on other peoples problems and try to help them get through them insted of trying to fix my issues or whatever I was going through.

    3. She thought she was supposed to be having the time of her life but mostly she felt stressed and anxious.

      we all feel like we should be having the time of our life but in reality we are stressing over work,school,payments,and other life problems. We all decide how we live our lifes and how we make it to where we are living our best life.

    4. she still did not have a driver’s license,

      I can relate to this because I drive and I still dont have my drivers license. I feel like I will get really nervouse when it comes to taking the test.

    5. You are young and life is long

      I will consider this a strong line because every young person can relate to this. we are young but we feel like life is too long we have so much to live for and so many things to experience.

  2. Sep 2019
    1. Life in the quaint town surrounded by mountains is quiet, with little to no distractions.

      this must be a nice place for a writer to go to and be able to write down all their thoughts. it must be a nice place to relax and get some thoughts.

    2. Latino writers were not being published by the mainstream press, so we had to publish ourselves,” she says of the 1980s

      it must of been really hard for her to not have much support because of the raise she is. i find that really sad for people to lose opportunities just because of the type of race they are

    3. “I never thought I’d make money writing.”

      she never had the idea of her becoming famous by her writing, but she did and now she is making good money with the story that she would sell for one dollar. She must be really proud of herself for this.

    4. The House on Mango Street

      I have never read one of her novels but i would like to read some of them just by reading this I imagine that her novels must be really good.

    5. all the work we do is in service to those we love and it’s always going to bring us better rewards and fortune.

      I have always believed in this. my mom has always showed me that i should always be nice to people no matter what. if i am good with people then life would always pay me back with great stuff.

    6. With money and fame comes responsibility

      I some how agree with this because it it true if you have money then you have the responsibility to be bale to take care of your money and be able to use it in a responsible way not juts waisted because you have it. having fame can be a responsible thing too because well its your career and you have to be careful with what you do with it.

    1. he or she may be too shy

      This would be me because I am a shy person and i am shy when it comes to answering question that have to do with my life or relevant to me in any way. I have always been a shy person when it comes to talking to other people that i don't know

    2. whose job is so important,

      I don't think i know anyone in my family or friends have a important job. they might be important to them b ut for me i don't find it that way.

    3. How should you start? First, decide what person you want to interview.

      I feel like the first person I would like to interview is my brothers because I have many questions to ask them.

    4. I got as much human detail as a writer could want.

      I'm wondering what they mean they they said " human detail."detail as in as a person and how they look or detail on what they have in mind and what there thoughts are.

    5. waiting for things to come in

      this relates to me because every time that it comes to writing something new i just sit there expecting for ideas or words to come out.

    6. Therefore learn how to conduct an interview.

      i feel like giving people and interview would be fun for me because i would get to ask whatever questions i can to them and about anything. it would also be a chance to get to know them.

    1. Projection is always about telling ourselves a story in answer to the question

      Us as humans always do this. we don't really know what the answer is or what the story is but we always make up our own to have a answer to it to know what we think is going on.

    2. They don’t love you.

      I think this is the hardest think a person in a relationship could get. imagine getting this message from the person you love you would feel devastated.

    3. The elaboration is coming from the person who looks at it. 

      Everyone can look at this picture and make their own story of what is actually happening on the picture.The only person that would actually know what is going on in the picture is the painter.

    4. we don’t know what we are capable of.

      I think that many of us don't know what we are actually capable of. we usually always wonder if we could do something or question ourselves about it.

    1. “What are your problems? What are your concerns?”

      I don't think i would be able to answer these questions if i ever have to write about them. For me they are really hard to answer.

    2. when a student calls and is mewling and puking about the hopelessness of trying to put words down on paper,

      I can really relate to this because I will always feel like this whenever i would have to write.

    3. school lunches

      school lunches are the worst I remember when i would have to eat the lunch in middle school and it wasn't even that good because it would all be food from the freezer and it did not have good taste.

    4. I’m not going to be able to get the magic to work this time. I’m ruined. I’m through.

      imagine being a writer and depending on yourself to be able to write something good for the rest of the people to enjoy. obviously you are going to think/feel like this every time you have to write something for the people to read.

    5. Just get it all down on paper, because there may be something great in those six crazy pages

      this reminds me of something that a english teacher that i used to have would say. she would alway tell us that it does not matter what we would write about in our free writes because something go might come out of that without us even knowing it.

    6. The right words and sentences just do not come pouring out like ticker tape most of the time.

      I wish it was this easy to write. for me is really hard to write something right away when it comes to writing an essay for school or something else.

    7. it is hard to write about being in love in the midst of a mad love affair.

      For me it is also really hard to write about love. love is not a subject I would really like to write about.

  3. Aug 2019
    1. What about when you find a place you love?

      A place that you love must be were you are in a place filled with stuff that make you happy and feel great no matter what that's what I would consider a place I love.

    2. I have guarded my name as people in other times kept their own clipped hair,

      i wonder why this person is so protective over a name ? is it really meaningful to this person?

    3. My teacher bends over me, gently squeezes my shoulders, the squeeze I give my sons,

      something a mom or person does to let someone know that everything is going to be okay and that there is nothing to be afraid of.

    4. my hand and tongue knot, but she guides and I dig the tip of my pen into that white.

      It seams like this is her first time writing or that she is learning how to write for the first time.

    5. My fingers foolish before paper and pen hide in my palms. I hear the slow, accented echo

      she must be in a situation where she feels nervous or afraid of something like if it was her first time doing something

    6. I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me,

      what names do you consider as a good name for you? whats a name that you consider is like the real you ?

    7. –but I think this is a Chinese lie because the Chinese, like the Mexican, don’t like their women strong.

      this is true because most Mexican men in my family make us women feel like we need or depend on them, that we cant do anything by our self's.