Topic 11 and 12

Topic 11:
So I don't really have a controversial issue that comes to mind that I can discuss so I will default to the second alternative question and state my opinion of the state testing this week. I HATE IT! I don't like reading uninteresting stories that I don't like. You can't measure peoples knowledge by something they don't want to read, because personally I think that if they found an alternative way to test people, that actually caught my attention, I would have done a lot better. I mean, they gave me a story about commas, like the punctuation commas and how it's so amazing and great and all this history on it. Yeah commas are needed in life but really? You had to give me a story about that? I don't know.. honestly I think they need to pick stuff a little bit more interesting.

Topic 12:
Christmas traditions! I love Christmas, it's one of my favorite times of the year. One of our families Christmas traditions is every year my aunts and uncles figure out a house we can go to on Christmas eve to do presents and such, and this year it was at our house. Anyway, I have two younger cousins who still believe in Santa Clause, and my dad always dresses up like him and comes in with a big bag and gives everyone presents. It's really funny because every year my brother and I, or sometimes my uncles, get on the roof and stomp on the roof like Santa's sleigh has just landed. It's always fun though because my dad always asks them to go for a ride in Santa's sleigh and this year they were both up for it but my aunt didn't want them to figure it out so she wouldn't let them go. Anyways, Santa's visits are always a Christmas tradition in our family.