"Two Kinds" by Amy Tan The story "Two Kinds‚" by Amy Tan is just one of the stories about the relationship between mothers and daughters in the book‚ The Joy Luck Club. We start this story with a mother‚ a Chinese immigrant to the United States‚ telling her American born daughter‚ Jing-mei‚ at a very young age that she can become anything she wants to become in America; more specifically‚ a prodigy of some sort. We witness the mother’s search for what kind of prodigy she will turn her daughter
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LANGUAGE RELATED TASKS Grammar item 1: …but sooner or later we have to sleep. Meaning In this sentence have to sleep is used to express the idea that we are obliged to sleep even if we don’t wish to do so. CCQs: Is it something we must do? Yes. Can we avoid it? No. Use of examples: We have to use the safety belt. Children have to attend school by law. Form Have to is a non-modal alternative to the modal verb must to talk about obligation. It is interchangeable with have
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"What’s The Matter With Kids Today?" An article by Amy Goldwasser‚ argues against the old generations who assume that the internet and technology are worthless. The negative views on teens today are viewing teens to be ignorant and blind of the world around us. Goldwasser starts off her article by taking quotes and multiple studies on the problem of teens and technology. Goldwasser makes logical arguments of the benefits of technology in the lives of teens today. She also talks about how the older
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It is ironic that Kapil Sibal declared at 125th Birth Anniversary celebrations of great Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan that exam-centric education system would have to go. One wonders what Ramanujan himself would say – “Mr. Minister‚ even I am a product of exam centric education system”? Kapil Sibal says he would like to replace the current system with a child-centric one. Now that is a very interesting term. So how does the minister define the term? Expressing his determination to do away
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Mothers have always played an important role in their daughter’s life. They help mold us into the people we will become; they are there for us when we need support and raise us in the best way they know how. In Amy Tan’s "Two Kinds"‚ we see Jing-mei struggle with her mother’s expectations and the disappointment that follows when she doesn’t meet them. She struggles to see her mother’s quiet support and love and instead feels as though she isn’t being seen for who she really is. Like many other mother-daughter
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Different dialect‚ different status‚ different identity? By: Angelina Costan What does the way we speak a language have to do with status and identity? Eliza Doolittle‚ who once was a flower girl‚ is now a noble lady. Her weird English dialect has changed into proper English‚ and now she is seen as an upper-class woman It appears that a dialect has a special role of determining someone’s status and change of dialect changes the person’s status in the society and identity. Is it true? People
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In “Women and Wealth: A Primer” by Amy Gluckman we read of women and wealth‚ and the relationship that they both share. Gluckman states that when we think of the words “women” and “wealth” in the same sentence‚ contradictory images can often cloud our minds. And she is completely right‚ we may think of wealthy individuals throughout history and present times such as Oprah or Marie Antoinette. We may also think of regular anonymous Latin American or African American women trotting rugged roads lugging
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Diversity Role Written Assignment: A Person Receiving Welfare Fundamentals of Human Communication Take a Step Out! My name is Mae Jones; I am 16 years old and the oldest child of three. My mother is a stay at home mom with only a high school diploma‚ and my father was the primary provider for our family until recently when he was laid-off. We are currently receiving government assistance due to my father’s unemployment. The total number of Americans on welfare is 12
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RESPONDING TO OBJECTIONS Some questions answered in this chapter. . . * How should salespeople sell value and build relationships when responding to objections? * When do buyers object? * What objections can be expected? * Which methods are effective when responding to objections? * How do you deal with tough customers? The goal of this chapter is to build relationship and sell value to buyers. So‚ what’s with building relationships? Whether you recognize it or not‚ all successful
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discipline and taught to work hard because it is debatable if this will result in successful children or if they will hold a grudge against their parents. This is the message the professor and mother of two Amy Chua writes about in the article written in 2011 “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” Amy Chua has raised 2 children with discipline and
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