Naturally, I am an insanely good procrastinator. Even while I am writing this post I am watching football, so I will try and use correct grammar but no promises. My process throughout writing the rhetorical analysis was fairly simple unfortunately. I just wrote a new draft everyday according to feedback and review from peers and myself. I actually enjoyed the paper a lot, because it was nice not to have a lot of other homework, along with getting to analysis text. I am lucky to have some very good critics that sit near to me, and they helped quite a bit in helping me refine and reorganize my paper.One thing that always helps me enjoy writing more is listening to classical music. I don't even really know why. For one, I think it makes me smarter, and the key word is think. If nothing else I at least feel smarter, which is almost as important. Classical music helps me relax too, which is so important to me especially when I am trying to do homework. Getting my Mozart on helps me write clearer and better. I really enjoyed this paper and I believe I got a lot out of it as well.

2 Million Dollars... (Minutes)

The argument that 2 Million Minutes puts forth is, at best an unbalanced view of the United States school system compared to others, and at worst is outright propaganda for other countries about the downfall of the United States.I totally believe that the views presented in 2 Million Minutes, such as the fact that China and India spend more time in the classroom, are not valid enough to make points that Americans are losing their competitive edge in the world. They showed none of the extracurricular's that American kids do in their free time that better themselves and their communities, and absolutely none of the activities outside school in general, besides being lazy and playing video games.Reading "I Just Wanna Be Average" did not help much to better that idea as well, although even though he gave an example of a terrible school experience here in the United States, he did end the story with a glimpse of hope that he was escaping that predestined fate by hard work and help from others. 2 Million Minutes was so biased it was hard to watch, but since it was against the United States it is considered fine to watch. I would love to see a documentary about how bad China or India's schools are compared to here, and then see all the outrage and critics of that documentary arise. I think that we do need to take a long, hard look at our educational system here, and make some serious changes, but contrary to the 2 Million Minutes belief, we are not endanger of losing our competitive edge if we take the right steps, and we are not endanger of being overrun by China and India either.

Babies, and where they come from.

This post actually has nothing to do with babies since I am not sure where they come from, I just wanted an attention grabber. In all honesty, I am going to blog about music today, which I'm sure is strange for you to hear. I absolutely love music. It helps me get through the day. It helps me when I'm not feeling good. Music is literally the best thing in the world. I love to straight up jam in my car, or anywhere honestly. If a song comes on that I like and know the words to, you will know it too. I have honestly like 29583257238904 songs and its growing exponentially. Right now even while writing this post I am having a jam sesh. Embarrassing? Possibly. Loud? Debatable.Thrilling? MOST DEFINITELY MAN. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is on TV, so I am gonna have to go watch that now. And that, children, is where babies come from.

Obama Speech Analysis

I thought Obama's speech  was, as always, very clear and concise. He speaks in a very fluid manner and words seem to form clauses within themselves that help his whole speech to flow and be coherent. Obama emphasizes the word "you" quite a bit. I believe he does this in order to make a point that the speech is spoken directly at each individual person and definitely helps get his point across. He uses short, concise, quickly spoken sentences to add power and impact on each one of his sentences, which is definitely something Obama likes to do regularly in his public speeches. The inflection in his voice definitely wavers quite a bit as he builds suspense and comes to an almost climatic ending at the end of his speech when he encourages students all across the country to have a great school year and be the best they can be in order to help America succeed. His presence when he speaks just simply exudes confidence in every way, and he is very comfortable in front of large crowds. He is dressed appropriately which definitely makes him seem more credible as well. He chooses his vocabulary very specifically to fit the situation, which is addressing high school students, with words such as "ethics" and "invent", which definitely are positive words and help give the speech an optimistic air about it. Obama is definitely a very gifted speaker, and as analysis provides, he is a very effective one as well.