CESL Visit

         I met two students from CESL, both of whom are from China. They were both really cool and both had some interesting perspectives on writing. I think I realized after talking with them that writing is a tool that can be used in math, history or science. It can be used in so many subjects that even if you are trying to write in a language your not fluent, if you can organize your ideas and put them together you can write about anything.

Persona Text

               For my persona text I'm using a poem I wrote to one of my friends at the end of senior year. He had been kicked out of my school and was heading down the wrong path. Him and I were best friends and back in the day we used to write lyrics and make songs over instrumentals I would make. This song is sort of just a freestyle. I gave him the song when I saw him before my graduation. I censored some of the actual lyrics because some of the language I use could be seen as offensive but at the time of me writing it I felt it was necessary because that was a facet of hour friendship. This song to me is the most meaningful I've written because it's a lot more serious then the other stuff I've written.
               This piece doesn't really remind me of any texts we've read in class but it does have similar metaphors and its own unique language just like the other memoirs We've read does. The language I use reflects the same I used with him and is important in creating a sense of our friendship.