Open+Argument

I want to strongly express that this is the first argument essay that I ever wrote. That's why it's so terrible. Everyone starts somewhere, and this was my first attempt at an argument essay. Looking back, I'm cracking up laughing because I even turned this paper in. The number one method of winning an argument or being effective is using proof to back up your statements - which I did not do. Instead of backing up with evidence, I assumed the audience believed everything I was saying which is no way to be effective. Everything I said was very general and my introduction and conclusion had no purpose, universal idea, or direction.