range of topics. You have a certain bond with them‚ that you wouldn’t normally have with someone who was limited to one language. Even visiting other countries who’s main language isn’t English can be more enjoyable. For instance‚ whenver I visit Puerto Rico‚ I have the opporunity to convert with locals and
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because I take to learn to have more development considered a universal language. For my profession being bilingual is necessary and essential‚ because having another language domain allows me to exercise the same in another country outside of Puerto Rico and so to carry out my duties and responsibilities in the federal sphere. Yaliz Santiago Hernández Prof. Erick Otero English 1103
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on a Friday. My mother was born and raised in Puerto Rico until she was 25‚ she moved to NYC the late 80s. My dad was born and raised in the Dominican Republic until he was 22; he too decided to move to NYC in the70s. They met at some warehouse in the late 80s and around ’89 they started living with each other. Then in January ’91‚ I decided to be free from the comfortable womb. I figured it was time to explore the world. So of course with my Puerto Rican and Dominican parents the only language
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In Search Of Respect East Harlem also known as El Barrio is a neighbourhood of upper Manhattan in New York City. In addition to this‚ East Harlem has historically suffered from many social problems such as the highest jobless rates in NYC‚ teenage pregnancy‚ AIDS‚ drug abuse and homelessness (Chaturvedi‚ 2016). In Search of Respect is a book written by Bourgois and he goes to stay in East Harlem to conduct ethnographic research (I understand this as you basically going out to live with the people
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of life is something everyone wants‚ but when you move to another country in order to accomplish that‚ you will also experience major life changing consequences along the way. During my last year of undergraduate studies‚ at the University of Puerto Rico‚ I stepped into a Spanish literature class. I was not acquiring the knowledge I was expecting; therefore I decided to switch to another section. As a planned‚ I learned more about literature‚ but for my surprise‚ I also met my future husband. He
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Technology makes people distracted? Paul A. Colón Cotto University of Puerto Rico in Bayamon English 3201 Prof. Davieliz Villafañe Colón December 1‚ 2014 Brainstorming Box: 1. Is controlling me. 2. Im abusing of her. 3. Places when is not suppost to use it. 4. A help for me. 5. The thought of some scientists. 6. We having the key on our hand to change this situation. 7. Me filling identified with the topic. Technology makes people distracted? The reason
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Dominican Republic and Jamaica‚ sisters of the Caribbean The Caribbean is a mixture of different cultures and people. Jamaica is under the island of Cuba and on the west side of Haiti. The Dominican Republic shares it land with Haiti on the west and Puerto Rico is on the east‚ crossing the ´´canal de la mona´´. These islands may look similar in a geographical view but they have some peculiarities. Aspects like their languages and the political situation where they are living make them unique. Since the
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your study‚ we will focus on three distinct groups‚ which developed societies in parts of the Caribbean and in Central and South America. The Tainos were located in Hispaniola‚ Cuba‚ Puerto Rico and some parts of The Bahamas and Trinidad. The Kalinagos were in Grenada‚ Tobago‚ St Vincent‚ St Kitts & Nevis‚ Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The Mayans were located in Mexico‚ Belize‚ Honduras SOCIAL ORGANISATION OF THE TAINOS AND KALINAGOS LABOUR DIVISION The duties in a Taino village were assigned based
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in the United States. It was written in February of 1899‚ on February 4th the Philippine-American War began and on February 6th the U.S. Senate signed the Treaty of Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War and gave the United States Puerto Rico‚ Guam‚ and the Philippines. It also gave the U.S. control over Cuba. Kipling’s approach to imperialism shaped his entire life. Kipling and his parents were both British and he grew up in a colonial country. He saw firsthand what imperial powers
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Alaska from Russia for 7.2 million dollars and then gain Hawaii by overthrowing the queen and helped the have a coal depot and also the product of sugar; then they went lower and start controlling or being protectorates of countries such as Cuba‚ Puerto Rico and Panama. The navy‚ leaded by Alfred T. Mahan‚ started to become stronger and of higher importance since if they had a good navy they will control trade. The conquest kept going in other islands such as Guam that were used as coal depots and to
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