Prompt: People sometimes feel the need to step away from their normal routines or environments in order to better understand themselves. Describe a time when you needed distance from a situation, place, or group of people in order to think more clearly or gain perspective. What did that experience teach you about yourself?

 Prompt Response: I was a party and I really needed to get out of it to think more clearly. I had some homework to do and I was trying to think of how I was gonna do it. However, the party was playing music at a deafening volume, so I went outside. The music was still audible outside but not as loud, which allowed me to actually gather my thoughts. That experience taught me that big parties are not for me and also that I should probably bring my earbuds with me when I go to one.

Summary: In class we read chapter 2 and 3, and also defined quotes and they're themes.

Reflection: I had some trouble trying to connect the theme of American Dream to the quotes.

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