Crossfire

When we started watching the "Crossfire" video in class I thought that is was going to be a debate about this great country's politics, however I was mistaken. This video was about grown men fighting like children on a playground. The video starts out with John Stewart coming on the show very calm and collected. The two other men he was talking to however were very bias and would not listen to any of the criticism that John was telling them. The two hosts were telling John that he is a joke, that he should be asking real questions to the quests on his show not "How are you holding up?". John made the argument to them that they had a real opportunity to help the American people by asking their guests what the American people want. Instead of listening, the host become enraged with John's accusation of then and resort to petty name calling like "buttboy" to try and build themselves back up. For being an un-bias show the hosts were very ignorant, rooted in their beliefs and would not listen to reason. Even through all of the back and forth that was happening John stayed very level headed, not stooping down to the level of the hosts. He tried to reason with them, make them see what an incredible opportunity they had to sever the people of their country, instead they made themselves out to be fools. John showed that these men were not out to serve the American people, only to provide theater and entertainment to their viewers. The hosts did nit live up to the their name and hopefully the viewers then saw what total frauds they were in the political world.

My Writing Process

For me writing is a difficult thing to do. I would procrastinate, get writers block, and become distracted by the smallest things.  I would usually start my papers pretty late and then be in a frantic hurry to make sure that I could get it done. On rare occasion, I could fly through a paper like someone was telling me what to say but for the most part it is a struggle to find the right words to say. I never used the correct grammar. It is always a challenge to piece sentences together correctly. Sometimes my sentences would sound like they were another language they were so bad. The hardest part for me, even through all of the other difficulties, was finding a way to start. Once I got into the paper I could always find a way to push through but that introductory paragraph is always the bane of my existence. Another part that was always difficult was the length of the paper. I found myself at the end and saying to myself that this needs to be longer. I would constantly read other sources on the same topic and to try and find inspiration that would breath life into my writing. After I would have the rough draft done, I would then ask my sisters who are eons better at this than I am to read over my work and give me suggestions to make my work better.  There was always a lot that I could do to improve on. Once they are done marking everything that I have done wrong I will correct all of my mistakes with them either on the phone or there with me to make sure I got everything. After all of the editing, pain, and torture that it took to get here I feel pretty confident in my paper. I will read over it one more time to be sure but I have completed the mountain that is writing; however once I reach the summit I seen in the distance another mountain that I am going to have to climb. Then the whole process starts over again.