In Class: Freewrite for Topics

Walk through my life and all things I didn't want to do:
- I wish I didn't have to wake up at 7 or 7:45 (depending on when I hear my alarm)
- I wish I were allowed to have a puppy in my dorm
- I wish I had a break for lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- I wish prices at 1873 were lower.
- I wish gas pricies were lower.
- I wish there was more publicity about TCU's club rugby team
- I wish Froggy 5-0 was on time more often.
- I wish freshman could park wherever, instead of by the stadium in a designated freshman lot.
- I wish the showers in suites were cleaner
- I wish concert prices were cheaper, so more people on college-student-budgets could go.

Issues that have provoked disagreement:
- People driving over the speed limits
- People talking on their phones while checking out at a store. (1)
- My parents not understanding what I'm saying.
- My mom only repeating what I just said, instead of helping me to figure it out.
- Whether I should be concerned about money or not.
- My class schedule
- The Air Force shouldn't go to unmanned, Air Combat-esque aircrafts. (2)

My argument:
People talking on their phones while talking on their cell phones while checking out at a store gets annoying. It's rude to the clerk because he or she is doing you a favor and you're just ignoring whatever conversation he or she is trying to have with you. Everyone else doesn't want to hear your conversation, but by talking on your phone, we're forced to eavesdrop. Then people get frustrated by others knowing their information or details of their weekend - just because we were close to them and could hear what they said. Imagine if it were flipped and the clerk was talking on the phone while you were just waiting there to get your stuff.

The other side:
People need to get things done, and sometimes it happens at inopportune times when a person is checking out of a store. It is just a part of the culture now. Sometimes people just need to get things done. Phones are just a part of life and no one thinks anything of it anymore. We can't point fingers at people because we're all guilty of doing it at some point to some degree.