Writing a blog has never been something I have done, but due to an argumentative writing english class, I now have a reason to! As an undergraduate student, I am beginning my blogging experience as a requirement, but also as an opportunity to explore my own thoughts and opinions about various topics of discussion. I hope the audience I will be writing to in this blog will encompass a wide range of people, including my teacher, my classmates, my family, and my peers. Therefore, please bear with me as I may provide extensive information about certain topics or assignments. I will only do this so my blog will pertain to all of my audiences.

With this being said, I am writing for an argumentative english class and my first topic of discussion surrounds the idea of what an argument actually is. An argument is a disagreement about any point of discussion, but is difficult to define because an argument can also be a discussion in my opinion. Most people, myself included might think of an argument as being a fight or an unpleasant experience, but in thinking further into the subject, I have concluded that an argument can be something as simple as individuals expressing their own, opposing opinions and attempting to reason through them with each other.

Going along on the same subject, public debate is the next topic of discussion for this blog posting. Public debate is, not surprisingly at all, very similar to an argument with some differences of course. In my own opinion, I believe a public debate is a more formal argument that is often times restricted with rules, as it is in politics. In otherwords, I think that with these guidelines, public debates are far more restricted, more organized forms of arguments.