I just wanted you to know that I used your blog "What Makes Someone A Hero?" in my freshman composition classes that I teach. It was a great example of persuasion, had a strong thesis, knockout examples (examples of what a hero is not, followed by examples of what a hero is), examples from personal experience as well as the wider world, and a strong conclusion.

A football player who responded "She crazy" had to back up his argument (or at least make an attempt), and soon realized that your attack was not against ball playing but against the use of a specific term in certain ways. Your defense of a definition was your thesis, and though you used controversial examples (like Sully), your reasoning was sound and logical, and we gave you the credit for redefining a word that we use too loosely, and for making us THINK more deeply.

Go Dr. Laura!

Donna