I thought my first paper on the topic of voting went fairly well. I intended to primarily focus on the 'young vote' but I thought it was important to understand and looking at voting as a whole first. In doing so, I found that the importance of voting should not simply be stressed on young people but people of all ages. Oddly enough, I also found it somewhat difficult to find good source material. One would think that there would be a plethora of articles on voting seeing as the election is almost at its climax. However, I could not really find as many good sources as I hoped. I am not sure if it's the way I am researching or what. When I searched about voting in the databases there was just way too many articles that were off topic. Regardless I was still able to find sufficient source material to explain the significance of voting and some on young voters and college students.

I thought the "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" was a very interesting letter. I have never read any of Martin Luther King Jr's work so I was not quite sure what to expect. However, after reading the letter I was absolutely astounded by his writing prowess. I cannot even begin to express how impressed I was by his writing. He is probably the most eloquent person I know now. He used some great analogies in his letter. He was also very logicial in his statements. For example, he provided some amazing support to his arguments and acknowledged the argument of the other side. I thought the reference to the "boil" was incredible. He clearly defines his purpose and reasoning behind his actions. I honestly did not know too much about Dr. King, but after reading his letter I was in awe. Although it was a little long, I still enjoyed reading it because of his prophetic writing. I will forever have respect for the man and his work after better understanding what he was about.

For my research topic I chose young voters. I am particularly referring to the fact that most young voters do not even vote. I wonder why people would neglect such an important power. I believe that young people are not aware of the influence they can have on local and national issues. It is very important that young voters get registered and cast their votes, especially with the upcoming election. Also if they choose not to vote they may come to regret it since presidents are only elected every four years. It's an opportunity any young person eligible of voting should not miss out on. Voting is not only a national issue but a local one too. County elections can also influence our lives and need to be voted on. The good thing about this issue is that it can be changed. The simplest way being to spread the awarness of the situation. Whether that be by word of mouth, blog, facebook, newspaper, etc. The point is that we can and need to change this problem.

Hello people, I'm a student at the University of Memphis doing a blog for my english class. I've never done a blog before so this is really new to me. I'm supposed to talk about communties I'm in and the specific discourse in those communities. Well the only two "communites" I can think of that I'm in is my family and school. Discourse in my family can basically consist of anything. As of right now, family discourse is all about school since I am a freshman and away from home. School discourse is obviously about classes and etc. pertaining to school.