Blog # 48: Analysis

Writing the Analysis paper, I had a difficult time in starting it. I knew right off the bat that I wanted to write the paper over- high school cliques. I was well aware of high school cliques from my high school because I went to an extremely judgemental, gossipy, and diverse high school. I went to a small high school with approximately 300-400 students throughout the entire school. There were so many different cliques involved in my high school- jocks, preps, gothics, emo, hippies, guitar heroes, and of course, the geeks.
I enjoyed writing this paper because it felt so natural to write. I knew how each individual clique was stereotyped by my own personal analysis from high school. On the other hand, I was in the prep stereotype because I was a cheerleader and popular but I also hung out with all sorts of different people. I was the type of person who could get along with everyone. I had several friends that did drugs and people automatically assumed I did drugs too. I was a concert junkie in high school but didn’t have the “rocker” appearance like the other students did.
I also had some difficulty writing this essay. The most difficult part was of course the actual analysis part. I had no problem whatsoever when defining each individual clique. That part was easy! The hard part is getting deeper down into the smaller parts of analyzing the cliques. I thought I did a great job analyzing the different groups but after work shop I realized that from what Ms. Rawls said, I did not truly analyze the cliques. She said I did a great job defining them, but isn’t that the same as analyzing? Another area I had a difficult time with was the thesis statement. I honestly do not think anyone will be able to explain what a thesis statement to me is in great enough detail. I know it is what the paper is going to talk about, but what else? I think I am looking too much into it when referring to the thesis statement. I wish I could just write my papers how I want to instead of following a guideline that does not mean anything to me.
I went to the writing center to receive some extra help on my thesis statement and it was the biggest waste of time. I felt like I was helping myself. I am glad I went, but I could have told myself what the young gal told me. I am not degrading the whole writing system, but I was really disappointed with the help I received. Hopefully I will have a better understanding of analysis in the near future.