Journal 40: Get What You Want

    I remembered that I really wanted to go to graduation trip with current seniors, but my mother didn’t allow me to go when I told her. She thought that I went with my friends last year, so she didn’t want me to go this year. Last year I thought that I won’t go with current seniors this year because I didn’t know them very well. However, I made lots of friends and built friendship with them. Sometimes I would think that I might regret if didn’t go with them. Therefore, I told my mother that I wanted to go this year because I wanted to spend time with my friends not because I wanted to go to Bali Club Med. At the beginning, she wanted me to use my own money if I really wanted to go. She changed her mind that I could decide how much I wanted to pay by myself. The total fee for graduation trip was almost NT50000. I pay NT15000 by myself. My family didn’t want me to go because they wanted to have a family trip during spring break. For this situation, I used both logic and emotion appeals. I told her that this year was my real high school graduation trip and I really wanted to cherish the rest of time to spend with my friends. On the other hand, I reacted sad and unhappy when my mother said that she didn’t want me to go.