Mom, Dad, Two Children, One Dog

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The four-door paneled station wagon is no longer in existence. Surely, any frugal father would have traded that jalopy in during the Cash For Clunkers program anyway, but the reality is that a lot of families do not have a frugal father, nor do they have a family station wagon. They have minivans and soccer moms, not necessarily in that order.
A lot of families do not have fathers or mothers and some have neither. Some have cousins and grandparents living under one roof. Modern Family presents a complete corruption of a traditional idea.

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This family portrait does not reflect the traditional sense of family.
According to your own experience, what is a family? Who is your family?
DO NOW:
Please click on Comments, be sure you sign into your account that reflects your name, and answer this question. Discuss your family in personal, informal style. Be sure your comment is substantial, and write something you are proud to share (a paragraph is good; two paragraphs are better).

Love, Lust, And Other Heart Attacks

Neil Sedaka sang this: Motley Crue sang this: Then again, some people just want to be with someone. Love, and what seems like love, can make people do some crazy things.




DO NOW:
Post a comment below about love, romance, and heartache. Is love easy? Is it difficult? Does it have a simply definition? Does it exist? Can two people have a satisfying relationship? Can more than two people do so? (Notice that I'm not asking for lyrics here).

Welcome Wagon

Hello, Composers. Yes, if you are in an ENG 101 class, you are a composer because the class is a composition class. Another word for composer is writer. Writing is fun as you've learned so far. In addition to essays, you've written paragraphs. Blogging is a way to write paragraphs, too. In the blog world, writers can share their writing. That's the purpose here.

This blog's mantra: Write and Share.

Say it with me: "Write and share."

I'll occasionally write posts about the topics we discuss. Your job is to write posts about the topics, too. I have linked all your blogs under Classmate Linkage. You should click at will and see what your classmates have to say.

Write and share!

DO NOW:
If you haven't done so already, create your own account and blog on Blogger using the directions on Blackboard. Write your own Welcome Post. Copy and paste the link to your blog into the dropbox on Blackboard. (The URL link should be something.blogspot.com as the URL link to this blog is everyonelovesessays.blogspot.com).
Then come back to this blog. Please click on Comments and write some commentary on what you think you’ll like about this class, and what you will not like about this class. Offer some goals you’d like to achieve.