Throughout this blogging experience I focused on a topic that was important to me and had significance in mine and my family's everyday life. The treatment of dogs is very important to be because I am very affectionate for many animals. To me there is nothing like a good companion to always be there for you. While doing this blog, I learned a whole lot of new stuff. First, I learned how to express myself freely by using "my commentator". It's a very obvious thing that everyone has, you just never really realize it. This is where I learned my bias comes from. It's like a judgemental part of me that shows it's own true feelings, even when thoughts are secret that should not be shared with others, it's a place to keep my own ideas and judgements. When I became fully aware that I, along with many people, have their own bias, I then was taught how to get passed that and realize that everyone doesn't think or feel the same about certain subjects. Everyone is different in their own ways and have been raised differently in various lifestyles. Through knowing this, it is easier for me to understand that having bias thoughts, I will most likely come across many people who feel differently from me. The bias in me causes me to think of one side of a binary as the right side. As I think one this is right, it limits my knowledge of the other side. I have learned that this is bad. By not being able to see both sides of an argument, I cannot get rid of my bias. To do this, I must become an authority. With knowing both sides of an argument, I can have information to win and be the right one. There is not really anything to make a huge argument go away. For example, people are always going to have their own opinions about how dogs should be treated. Different people will think that it is okay to have dogs bred or participate in dog fights. What it dwindles down to, is finding a common ground. In all of my arguments, the common ground of eliminating the controversy would be through knowing that the binary is not whether or not there should be dog fights, or whether or not there should be dog breeding, but rather the question should be posed as how do you feel dogs should be treated, and what are their rights.

It is apparent that it is hard to get a good conversation/argument going unless there are people who feel passionately about the topic. That is a driving factor in fueling the person's incentive to even care about the subject.