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During this course “Writing,” I have stumble across challenging essays.   In the begging of class my essays were not explainable and was not strong enough to meet college essay material.  Reading my essays shows how much I improved. The first essay that I wrote was very weak, it did not had enough details. I wrote three short paragraphs and thought that it was a passing essay. During this course I learned my mistakes and weakness on writing essays. My major weakness was not giving enough detail for example, not writing personal and outside experience. Reading and understanding the passages were not an issue it more writing my thoughts on paper. Trying to elaborate on how I agreed or disagreed with the passage.

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In different scenarios people tend to act different when they are by themselves or in a group. In this passage “Individualism in Groups” by Carol Tavris there are several behaviors someone would act in a group or by themselves in a situation. Someone alone in a dangerous situation would think differently from someone in a group. For example, one individual is there to witness someone’s life in danger they would most likely help the person. However, in a group they would heisted to report it because the person would assumed that someone already helped, that is called “Diffusion of Responsibility.”

             I don't agree with this idea because it depends on the situation a group or an individual is in. For example, it is late at night outside of a bar theirs a homeless man lying on the floor. Someone by themselves walking would witness it and most likely do nothing. The person would assume it is just a drunken poor homeless man in the street and would walk by. This evidence that I showed proves that the author is wrong about a single person being by themselves would help or report someone being in trouble.

In my personal experience I have been in a car accident with my sister, cousin, and my mother who was driving. Soon as the car crash into a parked car people who witness it offer to help us. No one heisted to call the ambulance and some even offer for their help. In conclusion the author’s analogy I do not agreed with it because, my experience proves the author being wrong about “Diffusion of Responsibility.” Again it depends on the situation people are in. In conclusion people just have different mind frame than others.   

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                In this passage “How Your Birth Order Influences Your Life Adjustment,” by Lucille Forer there are several reason why a child feels a certain way being in his or her family. The child would know his or position in the family for example being, only child, oldest, middle, or the youngest in his family. The oldest child would feel that he or she have more responsibilities than the younger siblings. The middle child may assumed of being better than other people because the middle child is older than the younger and has its older sibling and parents for help. The youngest child would have a lower self-esteem because he or she feels that they can’t accomplish than his siblings. Finally the only child would assume of being independent for himself.   

                Being the oldest in my family I agreed with this idea. As being the oldest I feel that I have a lot of responsibility of being the role model for my younger brothers. In my experience I have to face my parents as being the leader of my brothers. My parents expect me to do the right thing so my brothers would look up to me. I also need to take care of my brother’s problem and set a good example of being the oldest.  

                I have two younger brothers named Jose and Albert. Jose is 18 teen years old and he is the middle. I do feel that he thinks he is the best because he always mocks Albert. Jose likes to argue a lot of being the best and most of the time fights with Albert. He usually ask me for help and if I can’t help him he would ask my parents.

                My youngest brother Albert is 16 teen he most of the time wines a lot of not doing his homework right. I do feel that he needs a lot of attention because he feels very self-esteem moist of the time. My parents tend to spoiled him and order me to help him for his problems. I feel Albert is lucky to be the youngest because he has a lot of people to watch out for him. Sometime when I have a lot of problems or being stress out I sometimes wish of being the youngest.

                I do appreciate of having brothers I feel bad for an only child because when their parents are gone they are by themselves in this world.