Outline Essay "Changes"

Thesis
+pressure may make you commit to some changes in your life that you believe is the correct choice or for the good of others.

Major Point One (School)
+constant pressure of college
+comparison from others (family members, people that I do not even know)

Major Point Two (Family)
+situations with father and mother
+how long pressure lasted, or continued.

Conclusion
+change for others, not for oneself.

Essay Planning "Changes"

Topic
+What do/did you have to change to be in CoA? What do you have to change to remain in CoA/The Semester
-My "dream" college/family dream
-My priorities/urgencies
+my job, my friends, my family, my education
-My routines
+morning/afternoon/evening/night

Audience
+The reader: possibly a conversation to the reader
+First person view for a more personal note.

Question to Answer
+What am I doing here?
+Why am I here?
+Should I be here?
+Is it right for me to be here?
+Did I make the right decision?

Key Writing Strategies
+Examples: pressure from families (siblings/expectations/their dreams, not mine)
+Problem and solution: did not get into a university, have to take to alternative by going to community college.
+Cause and effect: what happened after I went to community college?

(I have no bad feelings about being in community college, it is just that I was kind of forced to go to community college.)