If I could choose between $1,000,000 or $10 any time I snap my fingers, for many reasons I’d definitely choose the $10. First off, a million dollars is kind of an overwhelming amount of money and I’d just end up putting it into my bank account and being overly cautious of my spending even though it’s a lot of money. But by snapping my fingers I could have $10 or more at my own convenience whenever I need or want it. Not to mention I think I could eventually snap my fingers enough times to accumulate over a million dollars. And the $10 at the snap of my fingers is pretty much limitless whereas the million dollars will eventually be used up.

1 – I believe in small changes making big differences.
2 – I believe in parents giving their kids choices.
3 – I believe in giving everyone a chance.
4 – I believe in taking pictures to preserve memories.

5 – I believe in long term friendship.

6 – I believe in oversharing.

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I chose to take CNF because my friend talked about how fun her class was last year and some of the activities they did in the class. She talked about how they made music videos and art which I guess somehow had to do with writing. I wasn’t sure who’d be teaching my class but I hoped that I would be able to do some of the same things she had done. Creative writing also seems like a lot more fun and less complicated then writing research papers. I hope to learn to be able to write whatever flows without worrying about structure and grammar, and fix all that grammatical stuff towards the end of my writing process.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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