Blog Post #14 ; Extra Credit ; 350 Words

Honestly, I am the type of person to eat anything regardless of what it is if I am hungry. I could eat fast food all day every day and never get tired of it. It also helps that no matter what I eat or how much I eat, I never gain any weight but I would also say that your class changed my perspective on eating and eating habits. I learned a lot of information about food that I would have never thought to have learned on my own. I would not say that you "ruined" eating for me, but I would say that you have made a difference in the sense that from now on when I eat, I will be more cautious and try to eat healthier foods. I will also try to stay away from fast food places, after being in your class and watching multiple videos on fast food places such as McDonalds and actually seeing how the foods are cooked and where they come from. After researching my breakfast topic, I will also begin waking up and eating a healthy breakfast because now I know how important it is and why people call it the most important meal of the day. My favorite part about the class was getting to hear about other countries and how they differ from us in terms of traditions, foods, and things like parades and how they go about them. I never really realized how different other countries were from the United States. It was also interesting watching the TED Talk videos on the Chinese foods and how most of the foods that we come to know as Chinese foods in the United States aren't even known in China and are not actually Chinese foods. Overall I would say that I have learned more about eating habits in your class than I have throughout my entire life and I do believe I will take the many lessons learned and put them to use in the future. This class was helpful to me in more ways than I expected it be.  

Post 13 ; Extra Credit ; 362 Words

Like most students in the class, I would assume that not only myself but them as well will have the biggest problem when it comes to reaching the page length. I think I have done a fairly good job on my paper to this point, but I feel like maybe I could have lengthened out the first two RAP's to help make the last two an easier process on myself. I believe I have credible information and a good start though that should help set up a good argument and conclusion that ends my paper. After researching I have now chosen a side to argue for my paper and therefore I can create a thesis sentence, but I will still struggle with writing my thesis because I am so used to saying "I believe this for x, y, and z reason" and after my first RAP, in the edit section I was told not to use to first person so I am going to need to figure out a way to change that. I do believe the last two RAPS are going to much easier than the first two, because getting started is what I usually struggle with the most and now that is out of the way. The next RAP is also just my side of the argument which can include come opinion where as to the beginning of the paper required me to get factual evidence for all of the information provided and no opinion. After finishing the third, the fourth should be even easier because it is just basically a summary of the first three RAPS that I discussed in the paper. The page requirement is only ten pages and I already have six so I am more than halfway through the writing process which  means that I won't have to look up as much information for the paper or spend time thinking of ways to extend my paper to match the page length. All in all, I do believe after I finish this paper that I will have a good and credible paper that has a sold argument for my beliefs and will be persuasive to my readers.