Write about something that you believed as a child.

 Response: Something I believed as a child was that I could talk to animals. Whether it was a wild animal like a squirrel, or my pet cats, I thought I had the skill to communicate with any type of animal. For a long time I thought that they could also understand me, my thoughts or speeches out loud, and I would hear them "responding". I believed that the thoughts in my head were actually the animals communicating with me. Sometimes I would tell a random animal something and then expect them to follow my action or order that I had said out loud. Additionally, I thought this was a gift that only I had. I am not sure if I could this belief from watching to many Disney movies, or just having a wide imagination, but either way I was set on the idea that I had a power for communicating with all kinds of animals. 

Summary: Today in class we learned what a claim is and how to use the three different types of claims to see if a claim is arguable. 

Reflection: I learned that there are three types of claims- claims of fact, claims of value, and claims of policy. I also learned that a claim usually doesn't involve a set in stone fact, because then it cannot fully be argued from different sides.