1. Do you believe that people become who they are because of what they believe they come from? For example, if for your whole life you are under the impression that you are of Irish decent and have Irish heritage, does that affect who you become? Do you mold your personality or life around these beliefs? If so, how would a person change if they discovered they had been misinformed about their ancestry and decent?
2. What do you think of the idea of instant messaging being more of speaking than writing? Do you use "be" and "like" more in speaking or text? And how do you think using these affects literacy skills?