A BIT OF HUMILITY Have you ever been so sure of something that the simple consideration of the opposite seems to overwhelm you? I have been; or‚ I had been. Since the age of ten‚ I had considered myself bilingual. This course has given me an increasingly wide opportunity to acknowledge the fact that speaking a language does not necessarily mean I have sufficient tools to write in it. In fact‚ I have noticed many misconceptions‚ errors‚ and even some atrocities. The first grounding came with my
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high school and had no further education. We would not have any of the technology we have today because we would need highly educated people building it‚ along with other jobs that require higher education like teachers who educate the people of the next generation. Therefore‚ people should get a college education even if it is expensive. College education can help you get more employment opportunities because more and more jobs are requiring some type of college education. You can also make more money
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Bilingual Services Shouldn’t be Provided in the United States When people speak one language they become as one and become a society. Speaking one language and using the same language for public services unites everybody; which in this case is English. When immigrants comes to America from all over the world they should assimilate with America’s culture and learn the American language English‚ which is spoken by more than half of American citizen’s. The government as well as the American should
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Kristian Jore Bethany Frerichs WRIT-202 03/18/2013 Final draft Analysis of “We should cherish our children’s freedom to think” “We Should Cherish Our Children’s Freedom to Think” is written by Kie Ho and expresses his belief of the education in the US. Throughout the article he argues that the American school system “is not perfect‚ but it is a great deal better than any other” (Ho‚ 2007‚ p. 114). His arguments are reflected through his thoughts and experiences but are weakened by vague evidence
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Have community colleges in California become greedy? Well two-tier pricing has popped this question to students who have been going to community colleges that have this system. Students are taking it as a bad thing and saying phrases such as “’Education is a Right Not just for the Rich’” (Medina). However‚ students that are arguing about this system are only looking at the flaws instead of the overall outcome this new system is giving to students. Aside from the issues of two-tier pricing‚ this
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or group different from others. People start forming their their identity at early age. When people decide to change their culture when they are young adults they will change their identity at the same time. In the articles “Aria. A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” written by Richard Rodriguez and “And then I went to school” written by Joseph Suina‚ they illustrated us how people change. People change when they enter into a new culture because they start to think and act different. These changes
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Alex Theall Writing 122 Trunnel Argumentative Piece Secondary education allows individuals to gain knowledge‚ but at the same time it can bury a person up to their eyes in debt. College or a Trade School can be great tools to broaden someone’s opportunities. Americans believe that a higher income comes with higher education. Many successful people today have little to no education‚ and still are able to live a lavish lifestyle. The majority of billionaires today have earned their wealth by dedication
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Today‚ being bilingual has become popular‚ but this is a necessity. In this globalizing world‚ speaking more than one language makes people more productive. Researchers say that there are advantages to being bilingual. These advantages can be reflected in your work‚ health‚ and social life. One advantage of being bilingual is reflected at work. Now‚ the unemployment rate is really high‚ so it is a good idea to increase skills by learning a new language. It is known that being bilingual increase
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of a bilingual brain”‚ speaker Mia Nacamullitalks about benefits of being bilingual and how it affects our brain. First of all‚ she compares bilingual and monolingual people. He describes language ability‚ which occurs two active part: speaking and writing and two passive part: listening and reading. Likewise‚ he categorizes the bilingual people who occur 3 general type. first‚ he gives an example of Gabrielle‚ who is 2 years old and immigrates the United State.She is a compound bilingual‚ a person
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speak‚ the way we act‚ the way we view other people and who we are comfortable with. This makes us have a bias towards different cultures. This has been a problem in society for a long time‚ Richard Rodriguez‚ in his article “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” demonstrates how in his childhood‚ about fifty-years ago‚ kids viewed him in a strange way because of his ethnicity (group of people that have a certain racial‚ cultural‚ religion or other traits in common.) and language. “Walking down
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