Abstract Concepts

Glancing over the list of words that was provided, I find a couple that stand out. The two that interest me the most are knowledge and success. These two words both have concrete meanings, in dictionary form, but can take on entirely different meanings depending on who is speaking. For instance, success in life can mean a lucrative career, bountiful family life, or satisfying goals one set for themselves. The real question remains is, what is that individual's personal definition of the word success? For each person the answer could take on many variations and end up in totally different conclusion. If you ask someone to define success in career terms they might say a six figure income and limitless benefits; but another person's definition might equate to just enough income to live comfortably, and insurance for them and their family. This concept alone makes writing about success an appealing topic to me. I can envision elaborating more on the topic by speaking about differing interpretations from people's points of view. The only problem is, I really can't think of enough questions to ask, where being successful in a situation, would allow me to write an entire paper. Success would be an interesting topic to expand on, but at the same time I don't think I'm the one to do it.
Knowledge is; however, a subject I would positively enjoy trying to tackle head on. My definition of knowledge is a person's insight on a certain topic. There, however, exists many forms of different types of knowledge. A few of them are: observed knowledge, acquired knowledge, and knowledge in an intellectual form. Any of those can be expanded upon, but the one I find fascinating is, knowledge in an intellectual form. This one is interesting because I can write about ones capacity for knowledge, and their application of that knowledge. I also could go on and on about what intellect means to me personally. I can further expand this topic by talking about how intellectual knowledge differs from others. The only speed bumps I see, would be trying to relate pure intellect and false knowledge. By this I mean, the only way to gain knowledge is to observe it for yourself, right? So I see some problems, but I believe they can be overcome. I consider this topic to be one that can easily be manipulated to into taking on many different meanings. For that reason alone, knowledge will more than likely be my topic of choice.

Portfolio One

I really need to work on my verb tense. I never really noticed it until you pointed out to me in my rough draft. I constantly found myself proof reading and have to correct myself. Another issue I have, is getting my ideas out of my head and making them sound good on paper. This is one concept that has plagued my writing since I was little. It seems I always have this great idea in my head, but it never translates right when I write it out. I really have problems string my sentences together as well. Whenever I write my thoughts get scattered and I end up writing many sentences out of place. I need to find a strategy that would help me complete my thoughts, before moving on to the next. Fully expressing myself on paper is a constant struggle that I really need some help with. One other item in my paper that needs work is punctuation. I have never been able find where I needed a comma, semi colon, or a colon. And as you also pointed out in my rough draft I need to work on finding out when I need to hyphenate words.
I am really hoping to fix some of these problems soon. The verb tense isn't a huge one, and I think I can easily fix that by being a little more concentrated when I write. Expressing myself on paper is going to be a difficult task to correct. During this narrative I found that writing things down on paper before hand helped a bit. I have also found that if I think about writing what I want during my daily route, it comes easier when I sit down to write. But if you have any suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. Connecting my thoughts will be something I will work on as time goes on. I find if I give myself more time write, stop, and then come back to it , my thought flow a little better. So over all I have a lot of improvements that need to be worked on, but its nothing I think I can't accomplish.