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It's been an interesting school year to say the least. Sadly, all I've heard about for the last few weeks , has been relevant to the strike that took place. I have mixed feelings on the strike, but I'm glad it is a issue of the past now. I'm looking forward to being able to focus on what's important, my education. I honestly don't know what to expect moving forward in this English class, and our final major project revolves around an infograph, relating to the subject of abortion.

I'm not going to lie, having discussions in English about the strike has led to unfortunate frustration from me. I condone the discussion, because it was often times vital conversation to have. It wouldn't of had to be necessary if negotiations would of worked out
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There were fourteen universities with thousands of kids partying, so I knew from the start the issues would be fixed. It also offered six days of no class for me, so I'm honestly glad it happened. Now that the problem is resolved, all of us students, and professors can focus on what is relevant. The education we're receiving which will shape the future of our lives.

The main focus on English class revolves around a project related to the topic of abortion. These six days finally gave me the time to start reading the book, "The Cider House Rules'. Honestly, I'm not intrigued by the book, and it's not related to my book interest. I've always been a fan of auto-biographies, book series's, and motivational, life changing books. Despite my disinterest in the book, it's related to the project we're doing on abortion which is a topic I feel very strongly about.

(Random thought unrelated to the blog) Does it make sense that Hillary advocated changes to the Second Amendment because of guns harming children, yet supported the mass incarnation of babies through abortion in the third debate? That doesn't make any sense to me personally, but just some food for
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In class last week, Dr. Martin asked, "What about in the case of rape", in response to me saying I don't support planned parenthood's funding of abortion. I heavily regret saying, "Maybe I could understand abortion in that case". I've only ever had one situation that I've questioned whether or not abortion should be necessary for. In the case that the mother could be potentially killed. This however is known as an extremely rare case, and the majority of abortions are out of mere convenience, which is a fact, not an opinion. I'd hope a majority of people would go against abortion in all cases, other than the case of life threatening issues to the mother specifically, which an argument could be made

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