Angela Cusumano November 28‚ 2010 Portfolio Review Committee University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I
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September 1933 Dear diary‚ Today was my first day back at school. I’ve been looking forward to the start of school for ages‚ really glad it’s finally started. It was my first day back‚ it wasn’t bad for a start but then it got worst. Well you see my new teacher Miss Caroline Fisher has just moved into our school; I don’t think she likes me. Today she asked the whole class ‘doesn’t everyone know how to read or write? ’I said to her that I didn’t really learn how to read or write I just read the
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shows determination while she is enlisted in Adolf Hitler’s school program. Sophie drives to get the education she deserves as well as help others do the same. Louise Ogawa shows optimism in her letters which were later compiled into a book called “Dear Mrs. Breed”. Although the conditions are very tough in the Japanese internment camp Louise sees the best of things and keeps her positive attitude throughout her time there. Helen Waterford
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“War has a damaging effect on all those involved” Do you agree? I agree with this statement whole heartedly‚ the text’ Dear America’ edited by Bernard Edelman‚ demonstrates the damaging effect of the war in depth. The compilation of letters writer by soldiers serving in Vietnam to family and friends home in America establishers the varying effects war has on the people involved. I will outline the significant cases. War is both brutal and brutalising‚ its dehumanising influence can bee seen in
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Personal Response to Dear Daddy The short story Dear Daddy by Lee Maracle brought me back the tears that I‚ too‚ had as a child. I felt pitiful for the main character’s experience and deeply impressed by the thirteen-year-old girl’s courage of getting over her negative feelings for the past and going on with her life. The story‚ written in the form of a letter‚ shows the process of a thirteen-year-old girl becoming more mature as she expresses her grievances from her tragic childhood. At the beginning
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For this discussion I decided to write about Joan Didion’s essay‚ “The Santa Ana. The author starts off by explaining that there is‚ “Something uneasy with Los Angeles air in the afternoon.” This immediately grabs my attention as I have been to may states and towns and don’t believe I have ever had the feeling of uneasiness or that something was wrong with the air in a given city. Even when in Buffalo the air does not feel any different other than it is cold. The cloud cover does not help either
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On a cold damp hallows eve three children Avon‚ Wyatt‚ and Cynthia stood before a forested wood‚ each tired from a night of trick or treating‚ Avon is the first to speak “What’s the haul guys?” he says‚ “about 10 pounds of pure sugar” Cynthia chimes “wanna scare some kids since we are near the haunted woods” they all look at each other with evil grins that would burn the soul out of any who watched and then burst out with laughter. “Ok lets go.” Cynthia says leading the boys into the forest on a
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-This refers to President Bush’s widely debated "No Child Left Behind" program‚ in which federal funding for schools is contingent on standardized test scores. The program has been praised by supporters for its aim to raise the bar for teachers and push for continued education‚ as well as its basis in literacy support and individual school accountability. It has also been berated for creating a narrow curriculum because of limited focus of the standardized tests‚ inadequate funding‚ allegations of
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Since 1970‚ there has been an incredible number of poets that have created unforgettable pieces of music that have implemented a lasting impact throughout time. However‚ one poet stands out among the rest‚ and his name is Tupac Shakur. Tupac’s name will continue to be passed down for many generations. In fact‚ even those who do not necessarily listen to or enjoy hip-hop/rap music‚ recognize his name. Tupac had a difficult life growing up due to the fact that his father quickly left the family picture
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covered in snow‚ with barely any wood left showing. The wooden house is not visible from the nearby street because it is engulfed by thick forest. The house is owned by Frank Nelson‚ but many people in town refer to him as “Saint Nick” because he is the Santa Clause at the local church. He is in his seventies and he is a widowed husband‚ no one in town knows about what happened to his wife because he had moved there after she had died. Though some thought this was weird‚ it did not raise many concerns around
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