Shape of History

When I thought about the cycle of society and how it rises from family to community to cities and then falls, I tried thinking of ways to represent it.  Although not necessarily a conventional diagram, I thought of rainfall and virga (rain that evaporates before it hits the ground). So the initial vapor is the formation of families to communities and so on.  But once it reaches the high point, which in this diagram is the cloud, it falls again.  But they fall to different location before they begin to rise again.  A couple issues I see with this is that there is now where to go once the water reaches the clouds- it is doomed to fall.  This might be representative that we cannot reach further than where we have gotten.  It is also entirely possible that it is completely incorrect.

Semester 1 Essay Reflection

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Regarding both essays, I struggled to obtain any expanded core points.  This is because I was not able to achieve all 7 points in the basic scoring guide.  In the compare and contrast essays, I repeatedly made errors with the analysis between the two points I was comparing.  Evidence was no problem, and thesis statements yielded me points.  I need more practice with change over time essays before I can make concrete statements, but with the information I have, I can begin focusing on areas on which I need improvement.  I made a stupid error with evidence on my midterm change over time essay by not specifying exactly what I was talking about.  That will receive some of my attention, but looking upon it now, I can see what I did incorrectly.  But once again, the analysis proves to be a weak point in my essays.  Global context may need some attention as well.