Response to "Sex, Lies, and Conversation"

In response to "Sex, Lies, and Conversation", I believe that my communication style is somewhat similar to that of the boyfriend that layed down and covered his eyes whenever his girlfriends wanted to have a talk, but this mostly depends on who I am having a conversation with. If I'm talking to my parents, I feel a bit uncomfortable and don't make direct eye contact. If I talk with my sister or any of my friends, I can look them in the eye. If I have a conversation with a guy, that is when I have trouble keeping eye contact. I am listening, but it is more comfortable for me to look away and not have direct eye contact when I have a conversation. Sometimes I also find myself looking down, and I shrug my shoulders and say, "I don't know" a lot, even if I do know. That is my basic reaction to a situation that I don't feel comfortable in.

Sun Dial essay

For my essay about the Sun Dial, I think I will have a few things to fix. I'm sure there will be some grammatical errors that I will have to fix, or they will be caught during peer revision. Another thing I will have to do is add more detail to make the story longer. It is almost exactly three pages, and I want to make it a bit longer.
In the beginning, I had a lot of trouble with my essay. Starting out the introduction is always the hardest part for me. Once I started it was much easier, but I still had some trouble trying to make at least three pages of text. I started to think that I was running out of detail for my topic, and running out of interesting things to say. Hopefully after peer revision and my second draft, I can make the paper much better.

The Front Porch

Based on this essay, “The Front Porch”, McCovey seems to value close relationships and private time. McCovey talks about how sitting on the porch fell victim to the invention of automobiles and electricity, leaving no visible reason to continue sitting on the front porch. Sitting on the porch was mostly done because there was nothing else to do. Now that we have luxuries like cars and air conditioning, I think McCovey feels that we are taking our private time for granted. He discusses sitting on the front porch with his grandparents, sounding nostalgic when he states that people no longer sit with their families and have alone time.
To some extent, I agree with McCovey. I also value privacy and personal relationships. Electricity and automobiles were around long before I was, so it’s hard for me to say that life would be better without them. I understand McCovey’s viewpoint. A front porch is a place to sit and relax, to get away from your every day distractions. Now, the television is our distraction. While I also value privacy, I believe that there are many different ways to have your own alone time, and I accept that times have changed. Every generation has something that most people will inevitably become consumed by, and our is television and entertainment. I agree with the values McCovey embodies, but I also understand why they are hard to keep up with.