REFLECTIVE JOURNAL WEEK 1 Topic: What are your goals and expectations of studying at Insearh? A goal is something that a person desires to achieve. Expectation is something what you think or hope will happen (Cambridge Dictionary). Each individual‚ group‚ community‚ or country has different goals and expectations… College students often desire to achieve multiple goals and expectations in their studies. The expectations of all students (include me) who are studying at Insearch is quite the same
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Because both my parents came from China‚ I took Chinese. But I cannot read or write Chinese and barely speak it. I love my North American citizenship. I don’t’ mind being called a "banana‚" yellow on the outside and white on the inside. I’m proud I’m a banana. After all‚ in Canada and the United States‚ native Indians are "apples" (red outside‚ white inside); blacks are "Oreo cookies" (black and white); and Chinese are "bananas." These metaphors assume‚ both rightly and wrongly‚ that the culture
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The Cracker Barrel Restaurants John Howard King’s College‚ London Discrimination against lesbians and gays is common in the workplace. Sole proprietors‚ managing partners‚ and corporate personnel officers can and often do make hiring‚ promoting‚ and firing decisions based on an individual’s real or perceived sexual orientation. Lesbian and gay job applicants are turned down and lesbian and gay employees are passed over for promotion or even fired by employers who view homosexuality
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variety of ways. I learned many new skills and techniques to help improve my writing skills. I learned that I need to continue working on my grammar: first‚ correcting run-on sentences and fragmented sentences‚ second‚ improving my understanding of the readings to help connect ideas‚ evaluate examples‚ and develop details‚ and finally improving my public speaking skills. Beginning of the semester I was having numerous problems with the grammar of my papers. Since I had trouble with grammar among other
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Self Reflective Report Contents Introduction 2 Definition of Self-Reflection 2 Research Findings 3 Delivery of Debate‚ Strengths and Weaknesses
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Freedom Writers Reflection The movie “Freedom Writers” has many differences and similarities between various cultures. In Mrs. G’s classroom there are several mixed cultures and gangs in the class. Each of the cultures sit with what is their culture and gang. None of the cultures communicate with each other but only talk about one another and how much they hate each culture that is not their own. Each individual in the classroom has to deal with his or her own problems outside of school and home
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Having lived in a variety of countries‚ I have developed a level of interest and compassion for various communities and environments. I often felt like an outsider when my family and I would initially move to a new city. The unique experience of being able to look into a community or society from the outside allowed myself to not only appreciate but also analyze my surroundings. Growing up in South Korea‚ California and Louisiana‚ due to my father’s work‚ allowed me to appreciate different cultures
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This semester has had a lot of work especially in English II‚ but I’m glad it was like that because I have learned a lot in my English class. I’ll be talking about a few things that I learned this semester. Like discrimination‚ debating‚ and how to convince people to change their mind about something. In the beginning of this class I learned about discrimination‚ which is when people treat others different because of their skin color. In the book “The Secret Life of Bees‚” the main character‚ who
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Most recently‚ I’m partaking in Pam Damoff’s Youth Advisory Council which is a replica of Justin Trudeau’s council in the Oakville and North-Burlington region located in Ontario’s GTA. I hope to inspire change and initiate a social shift in youth’s mentality in recognizing our own power as a new generation. I want to demonstrate how undoubtedly capable youths are to create positive change by modeling initiative actions especially with such readily available tools and information at our fingertips
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As I work toward the completion of my application for the Fulbright program‚ it has been important for me to identify the individuals best equipped to write letters of recommendation on my behalf. Clearly‚ of all my mentors you have contributed the most to my intellectual growth‚ and you have the clearest perspective on my experiences and abilities; and so I am writing today to ask for your support in my efforts to continue my education. Throughout the time you mentored and enlighten my knowledge
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