about identity‚ awareness and one’s place in the world‚ indeed the universe‚ and they do so by means of a unique style. This style is influenced by Bishop’s acute awareness of the poet’s craft and her ability to work with both traditional forms (sestina and sonnet‚ for instance) and free verse. The questions that interested me most are those posed in ‘Questions of Travel’. These fascinated me because Bishop dedicated so much of her life to travel‚ yet in this poem she questions the motives behind
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HUMANITIES 2319 American Minorities Internet Writing Assignment Students will complete five (5) of the following internet exercises. Each exercise will be worth 100. Reports will be typewritten (double-spaced) and will be due May 7‚ 2012. Each report should include the student’s name‚ date‚ and a full citation of the website. Refer to your book for extra information in answering the questions. If you are having difficulties opening a site then choose a difference assignment (sometimes sites are
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Wymysorys appears during the 12th century with strong influences from German‚ Dutch‚ Polish‚ and Old English. Wilamowice original settlers are believed to have been of German‚ Flemish‚ and Scottish descent who arrived in Poland during the 13th century. The people of Wilamowice‚ however‚ will always deny any connection to German and Flemish beginnings. And although related to German‚ Wymysorys is incomprehensible with modern day German which is common among German dialects. Wymysorys has been on the
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fresh and nutritious foods in before and after school programs. • Healthy Pomona Kids Partnership will hire a program supervisor and two fulltime bilingual program assistants to establish a community outreach committee. • Appoint four community outreach committee leaders that are culturally competent‚ with two of the leaders needing to be bilingual. • Staff will develop a plan for local farmers markets and community gardens. Objective Two Educate families on the importance of good eating habits
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they should do to make sure that their students get a fair and equal education and succeed. Schools today are being pushed to find as many ways that they can to help their English Learners become successful. Many states have taken away from the bilingual programs and have forced the children to learn English. It is true that this may be an English speaking country‚ but we cannot take a young child’s education away. All around the country their has been an increase in English language learners‚
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meticulously every day to close the barrier between my peers and me. Fortunately‚ there was a bilingual teacher‚ Mrs.Verburg‚ who became the only person who could
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Hispanic views and interest. Mexican Americans are inexplicably unfortunate‚ so their government tends to favor open-minded social programs; other issues are more in particular of exclusively Hispanic such as benefits going to unlawful aliens and bilingual education for example. Stipulating Mexicans were merely approaching the United States to make the most of all benefits while failing to move forward on the inadequate educations‚
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effort. While English thrives in the States‚ the States is gaining new speakers of other languages every year. The people against bilingual education insisted that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. In my opinion‚ first‚ I do not think that bilingualism is a threat to national unity. Bilingualism means an equal ability to communicate in two languages. Bilingual is a very useful skill. Therefore‚ we should celebrate it rather than seeing it as a nationalistic issue. We need to reinforce foreign
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Multilingual I recall a friend asking me‚ “What do you call a person that speaks two languages?” To which I responded “bilingual of course.” Then he proceeded to asking‚ “What do you call a person who only speaks one language?” As I sat there dumbfounded searching deep in the back of my mind for the correct word‚ he said “an American” and began to laugh. It may seem like a just a little joke—perhaps funny or not‚ depending on how you take it—but it has a
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