Week on my idea and process

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Idea: 

I had no clue what I’ll write about for my rational argument essay. I was thinking of a problem at home– but it’s like having a partner who doesn’t do anything and I have to carry for us, not having enough time for self, wishing I had more time, my poor stats exam… etc. It’s just simple and random stuff in my life. Wasn’t sure if anything I listed or could have listed work as my rational argument essay. Luckily, now I know– or have an idea: screen time. I could reuse the same topic as my microtheme, because thinking of a new one is difficult.  

Process: 

I honestly had no idea what to write about for this new essay we need to write– rational argument. But then I remembered I wrote about screen time for my microtheme, and thought why not reuse it for this essay? I spent about a day and half thinking about what topics to write about– turns out I didn’t need to do it like that. I could reuse my microtheme topic! 

But that’s why I stayed after school (on 11.2.23) a bit, with my professor, to ask about my topic. Of course it’s a good topic– but the body paragraph ideas would be too much. Originally I had body paragraph one as health (physically and mentally), then body paragraph two about school and productivity, and body paragraph three will be about social media, and counterarguments: helps learning and productivity, social connections, watch and relax, jobs(?). It's basically a lot of subtopics, and my paper will probably exceed 7 pages. So now I’m just gonna focus on the psychological and mental effects of screen time. I could also talk about how it’s distracting or productive– depending on how people balance it out. We shall see what next week will be like. I'll be working on my summary and analysis worksheet-- just watching a TedTalk and jotting down important notes, and later in the box-- put it altogether!