Myself as a Writer Gatphan Atassi 2nd Period AP Lang It is no surprise to anyone who has known me since my years as a "wee-little" first grader that language is my "Achilles Heel." The inner confusion in an up-and-coming student’s head when introduced to two languages since birth is quite a mess. Having to live in a world half dominated by the colloquial English language that is spoken everyday while the other half is controlled by the strict rules of Arabic drives me insane at times. Lately
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as a system of oppression in which males are the primary authorities in society. Historically‚ patriarchy has been the norm in almost every culture in the world. According to Philip Cohen‚ a professor at the University of Maryland and the writer of America Is Still a Patriarchy‚ every country expect Rwanda has a majority of male parliament‚ despite the handful of countries that have women heads of state. However‚ he points out that though some women may be heads of the state it is more important
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Academic Summary In “Should Writers use They Own English? ”‚ by Vershawn Ashanti Young‚ he argues that there is not simply one standard english but infact there are many languages and dialects that compose the english language. He goes on to provide the solution that there should be more than one dialect or language acceptable in writing (111). Additionally‚ he argues with Cultural Critic Stanley Fish that standard language ideology creates
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Mandy Dean 02/01/2011 Midterm Reflection Letter Renee Gurley English 090 My journey as a writer has not been as difficult as I thought it would. I have always had a passion for writing and telling my thoughts or stories. However‚ I have learned many things so far in this class. When writing the first essay there were many steps I used. The topic of our essay was already selected‚ so I simply built off of the topic. I used brainstorming to select my different thoughts I wanted to share
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Freedom Writers Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank) is a first-time teacher who wants to make a difference. She has little idea of what she’s getting into when she volunteers to be an English teacher at a newly integrated high school in Long Beach‚ California. Her students are divided along racial lines and have few aspirations beyond basic survival. When Erin discovers how much of their lives are blighted by racial prejudice‚ she introduces them to books like ’The Diary of Anne Frank’ and begins
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Summary – Preschool Readers and Writers This book is very helpful and contains all kinds of ideas to get children to start reading and writing. It talks about how we need to incorporate reading in all aspects of learning. It talks about how to handle the child that is disruptive when you are reading to a large group by reading to him or her at other times when it’s just the two of you and encourage parent reading at home. This book also gives you different ideas on what to read to preschool
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This semester I think I’ll learn how to become a better writer by strengthening my knowledge in the use of advanced rhetorical devices‚ adding more depth and analysis to my body paragraphs‚ and by attaining a higher level of maturation in my writing. I’m hoping that taking this class now will translate into successes later in life when it’s required to exercise the abilities I have and will continue to develop. My definition of nature would be anything that exists without the innovations man has
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Together By Education Segregation has been a problem for quite some time‚ and it has trickled down from generation to generation‚ influencing younger and younger children every day. The problems the teenagers were facing in this book‚ The Freedom Writers Diary‚ were simply because of the segregation they were either taught or learned from the people around them. With the help of Ms. Gruwell‚ these teenagers became more open-minded about their peers and realized they needed an education. “You can’t
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The amount I have changed as a writer is unbelievable. The biggest change is that I no longer loathe writing a paper. I feel as though it comes more naturally than before‚ and I can now make complete sentences easier than ever before. Another thing that has changed is how quickly I can write a paragraph before I would struggle getting a cohesive thought on a page‚ but now writing a paragraph that relates all together in some way is easier. All of this brings me onto my next point. I have changed
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the government is not doing enough to prevent is racism and sexism in America. Both these issues are prevalent in America and I believe that the government needs to do more to address these issues. Since Donald trump has become president I believe sexism‚ racism‚ and global warming issues have taken a backseat‚ to other less important issues. Conservatives
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