Belonging English Speech Good morning‚ fellow students. I am here today to give you a short presentation on how personal‚ historical‚ social and cultural contexts have all worked together to shape my understanding of belonging and not belonging. How would you feel if you were thrown into an entirely different landscape to what you were used to? And were treated as an outsider just because of the colour of your skin‚ or where you were from? You would feel neglected‚ alienated‚ alone. This is the
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We gain more from belonging to a group than we lose Everyone needs to belong to a certain group as it helps to develop a sense of “us” and “them” that helps to define who and what we are. The interaction between people within the group makes us to feel acceptance‚ satisfaction and recognition of our own personal values. However‚ as the fear of rejection and disparity are often associated‚ sometimes we must sacrifice in order to belong. This may result of a trapped individuality and we behave in
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Reflective essay Research is work carried out to increase knowledge. It is done so we have a better understanding of how things work‚ behave etc. it can be used to confirm facts‚ theories‚ solve problems and expansion on past work. A question is posed‚ research is done to find the answer and an answer is given. The purpose of research is to learn something new. There are three types of research pure‚ original and secondary. Pure research is done by examining something. It is used to find out something
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The Reflective Essay Since joining the class and over the last semester‚ I have been pursuing English as a subject consequently learning the importance of brainstorming‚ aspects of organizing prior to writing‚ revising and collaborating in writing. The subject has provided a gateway through which I have learnt the art of expressing myself‚ literature‚ grammar as well as the language itself. However‚ this did not come without its challenges. English being my second language‚ it took me a while to
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Naomi H. Period: 5 Reflective statement: From Sleep Unbound How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? In other words‚ what did you learn that didn’t know before? In the novel From Sleep Unbound by Andree Chedid‚ there is a major cultural difference from American culture. Through the interactive oral and reading the novel‚ I learned that one of the main differences is the role of women. In the novel‚ which is set
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Reflective Statement The Outsider – Albert Camus How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? When I first read ‘the outsider’‚ by Albert Camus‚ I was colossally impressed by the protagonist’s outlook towards life but at the same time the happenings in the work perplexed me because of a different time and place setting. Upon discussing the setting of the work‚ I was introduced to the fact that the course of events
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A reflective account A new little boy started recently in nursery‚ as he entered nursery i bent down‚ smiled giving him eye contact i then said hello using his name and told him mine and he smiled back. He had never been to nursery before and he was very excited and had no awareness of the daily routine. i calmly held out my hand and he held out his. holding each others hands i showed him where his name card was‚ he picked up his name card and we walked over to the self-registration board. i asked
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Our sense of identity can never be constant Identity and belonging are inter-related; they go like peas in a pod. The groups we choose to belong to and the ways we connect with others help to form our own identity. Together‚ these issues go to the heart of who we are and how we present ourselves to the world. One human quality that we all share‚ despite our individual identities‚ is the need to belong. It is a paradox that we long to be free‚ to be who we truly are and yet we yearn to belong to
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Marcela (Marcy) Justis ENGL-1301 Leigh Ann Olejnik November 5‚ 2014 Reflective Essay (Midterm Writing Process Reflection) Expanded I had thought that my writing was decent before I started this class‚ only to find out there’s an easier more effective way to pen words to a paper. A way‚ that maybe‚ people might get what you’re saying in a straightforward kind of way instead of all over! Once I found my way‚ I realized that I could add more to my paper without sounding so redundant. As I reflect
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Math is fun! Reflective Essay MM212: College Algebra Ashley Miller 10/27/14 Math is fun! When it comes to numbers‚ I usually know what I am doing. Math is one of my strongest subjects‚ as well as‚ my favorite. I have always done very well‚ in all kinds of math. Numbers come easy to me and I rarely need to use a calculator. My least favorite thing about math is when you are required to show step-by-step what you did to solve the problem. Like I previously said‚ I usually do math in my
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