Williams,+Brittany

=Brittany Williams Porfolio=

Letter
During this 9 weeks I have improved as a writer. I learned new things and better myself in other areas. Starting out it was a challenge but as we wrote more it came with ease. I feel like writing is an important skill that someone should have because its not just used one time in your life.

When writing I believe I do well in including specific topics. When doing short writings such as summaries is where I think I focus well on in this area. “They arrived at Buna and it was very dead and empty but it was a good camp and the Kommandos were nice.” A significant piece of a summary from chapter four of __Night__. The area that I believe I'm more weak in is sentence structure. When I right I feel that I just write and that I don't really look to see what I'm writing and how I do it. “Hi my name is Brittany. Most teachers think my first name is Brittany-Nechole, but there is a very logical reason for is so I don't mind.” That was when we first started writing and now that I've learned the Shaffer Paragraph, I feel that wasn't very well put together. To improve on the area where I feel I'm weak at is to write more with the Shaffer paragraph structure. The Shaffer paragraph helps a lot because it allows me as a writer to follow instructions and not to just nonchalantly write. Improving in sentence structure will greatly help my writing. = = = Do I consider myself writer Essay (8/26/11) =

Do I consider myself a good writer? No, because I feel a good writer is someone who has well structured writing with the elements such as staying on topic in there writing, elaborates well, and has good punctuation. I don't consider myself a good writer because I feel like I'm weak in the areas of elaboration. Elaborating is hard for me because if makes you have to think a little extra to provide more specific details on subject, sentence, or word. I also do not consider myself a good writer because I'm not all that good with punctuation. I do feel as of my freshman year of taking English 1 Honors, my writing has improved greatly.

= This I believe Essay (9/16/11) =

I believe everything happens for a reason. I believe in this because I don't think God place certain things upon you if he didn't believe you couldn't handle it. Things happen for a reason because it may be a test to see how or what you would do to handle it. It can also be to see if it makes you weaker or stronger. If something bad happens or you are in a very complex predicament, I believe it will only get worse before it gets better.

Ashley became intertwined in a very complex situation. Ashley was a very good student who kept her grades up and stayed focused. Ashley's dad became very sick and her family begin to struggle financially because of medical bills. Ashley's mom came to her one day and told her she would need to get a job. Ashley did not really mind or care about her mother's decision. Ashley got the job, but within the first couple of months her dad's illness escalated. This made it very hard for her to stay focused at work. She struggled and struggled, then the affect of her dad being sick on her cost her job. Ashley and her parents were devastated. A couple of months after she got fired her dad got better since everything became calm again. Ashley decided to get another job, this time as an assistant.

Ashley stayed longer with this job than her previous one. Ashley's dad soon became worse but her boss was very understanding and would not fire her. She soon became more appreciative and grateful of her new job. Ashley's boss soon became more involved with the the family because of her dad's illness. He became real close with the family. After getting close, a tragedy struck and Ashley's dad had passed away. They knew it was coming sooner or later, they just were not prepared because they were so caught up in making his last days his best.

They have the funeral and after the funeral Ashley's boss had approached her and her mom and said if they needed anything to just ask. A few months after mourning they became aware that their financial state was not as great as it should be. So Ashley went and talked to him and making him aware of what her and her mother were going through. A couple days after talking to her boss Ashley and her mother received a letter in the mail and Ashley instantly knew, she called to thank him. Ashley started to think what if this would have never happened and she wouldn't have got that.

=Cause and Effect Essay (11/3/11)=

“ I thought the emphasis on .08 laws was not where the emphasis should have been placed,” Candace Lightner, the founder and former president of M.A.D.D., said “The majority of crashes occur with high blood-alcohol levels, the .15, .18, and .25 drinkers. Lowering the blood-alcohol concentration was not a solution to the alcohol problem”-Los Angeles Time in December 2002

Many people may not think that drunk driving doesn't cost much but it actually does. Drunk driving can cost up to $24,000. A DWI conviction for a first-time offender can cost anywhere from $9,000-$24,000. If there is a child in the car that means additional fines. Each time there is drunk driving accident that's $20,000. So not only is it dangerous, but also is costly.

Drinking and driving shouldn't be done because it is expensive, dangerous, and can cause effects the can greatly hurt someone.

Death and injury can be two major effects of a drunk driving accident. In 2008 11,773 out of 32,761drunk driving deaths were accounted for 32% of car accidents in the United States. This statistic is important because it helps us to monitor the number of drunk driving accidents that happen each year and how many people die from this accident. Using this statistic allows us to compare it with recent statistics. kind of injury can be a long term affect or a short term effect of the victim. A reported long term effect of car accidents if spinal issues that can cause back and neck issues. Amnesia, which is a short term effect, is the loss of memory and occurs when a portion of the brain that stores memory is compromised. Injury and death are just two of the major effects of drunk driving. Guilt can be an emotion that greatly affects the body and mind. Guilt can Adapting to life in prison can be very difficult and at times can create habits & thinking that can become dysfunctional. Being in prison can cause psychological problems that may also effect the person long term or short term. People that are incarcerated become “psycho” because they become detached socially and also because they are deprived of many things. Being put in prison is one of the major consequences for being a drunk driver and killing a person or people. A DUI (driving under the influence) or a DWI (driving while intoxicated) is one of the many reasons each year that someone is either placed in jail or prison In 2009 5,474 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents that involved alcohol. Drunk driving has many effects and guiltiness is not the only one.

A long term effect of being involved in a drunk driving accident is going to jail or prison. There are 3 types of survivor guilt according to an issue of MADDvocate “general,” “parental” and “incident guilt” Guilt after death can cause self-blame, can trigger emotions that increase anxiety. It affects your productivity, ability to cope with the loss and ability to have a positive outlook on life. Feeling guilt can not only cause mental and physical dysfunction but also social. Having the feeling of guilt after someone is injured or have may even died, can cause one to deprive themselves from others and become depressed. Most people that get that guilty feeling after something bad has happen is most likely not guilty of what they've think they've caused. Drunk driving has many effects that can greatly vary from death, to and injury, and even prison. People shouldn't drink and drive because its affects hurt.