Advantages of Being Bilingual Being able to speak two different languages is one of the best abilities to have in todays world. Especially living in the United States‚ which is such a diverse country‚ it really does come in handy. Benefits of being diverse in languages are that you have a greater change of getting that job that’s extremely competitive‚ and you’ll have a wider range of culturalism in your life. As someone who is bilingual‚ I can say that I have experienced certain advantages
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Richard Rodriguez is a great example of what it is like to be part of the students who belong to the schooled category. Rodriguez himself is one of the many students that lacked the ability to critically think. Rodriguez read and read books that his teacher once mentioned‚ but still didn’t feel smart. Being a "scholarship boy" Rodriguez was unable to critically think for himself and was unable to capture and completely understand what he was reading. "I lacked a point of view when I read." (Rodriguez
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elaborate on his bicultural hardship as a Mexican American boy seeking higher education. In the essay‚ the author contributes literary elements of satire‚ flashbacks‚ and deductive reasoning to lure the reader into further in-depth thinking. As a child Rodriguez was the exception to the stereotypical student coming from a low-income working class family. He was always on top of his class and rather than spending his time out with friends or with his family he spent his time with books and notes. He saw schooling
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article “The Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriguez has showed me that people have very different experiences with their education. Rodriguez describes himself as a child: successful‚ a scholar‚ eager to learn‚ and the perfect student. He also describes his changes as he continues to grow in his academics. He surpasses his parents in intelligence and soon realizes that he is becoming so different than them that they can’t even hold a conversation. Rodriguez then continues‚ arguing that education distances
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Rodriguez Uses of Literacy I feel as if Richard Rodriguez is so lost in the Hoggarts’ text he becomes both the reader and writer .He is using literacy so often that it seem like Rodriguez is actually the one writing the "The Achievement of Desire." While reading‚ Rodriguez discovered Hoggart’s book that defined his own life. It was evident Rodriquez wasn’t the only one struggling with the scholarship boy role. But the great thing about Rodriguez throughout the text he realized how much he
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“I is for India‚ Our land in the East‚ Where everyone goes To shoot tigers and feast.” (Ames 278) John Beames’ “Civilian Memoirs” gives a slight reference of what Ames was trying to convey‚ being that he was in Indian during that time‚ and that piece was just about his day to day life‚ more so touching on why India was ‘the preferred place to live in’. The piece was more based on the work environment as to Beames and his comrade George Faulkner chose to move to India for the same reason‚ less government
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Monika Lukasik 2013 Holistic development from 1-19 years Monika Lukasik 2013 Holistic development from 1-19 years It is very important to keep in mind that every child and young person is unique. By looking at the holistic development of children and young people‚ we can view the whole person-physically‚ emocionally‚ intellectually. It is very important to keep in mind that every child and young person is unique. By looking at the holistic development of children and young people‚ we
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Bili Bilingual Education: A Life-Long Advantage Alexa Adams It is concerning to see the U.S. continue to academically fall behind countries like China and Finland. The Program for International Student Assessment or PISA‚ is an international standardized test taken by 15 year-olds in developing countries. The U.S.‘s Secretary of State‚ Arne Duncan (2010)‚ was disappointed in the results‚ “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble‚ or we can face
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I watched a movie about a college girl gave birth. The film was really interesting. It gives a lot of moral lessons especially to the college girls like us‚ those who have no idea what it’s like being a teenage mom and yet willing to take the risk. The film is very powerful‚ to think that it was based on true story. The main character in the story who pretended to be pregnant for her project‚ was smart and brave enough to think of something really interesting and then do it. Based on the movie‚ pretending
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As I hear my mom coming down the hall at 5:30 in the morning making sure everybody was awake. I immediately jumped up out of bed because I haven’t slept a wink all night. The reason for this is because I was so excited and nervous to get to the airport and take my first flight in my life to Florida. Where a huge boat named “The Mistress of the Sea” was waiting on us to board it and go on a 3 day adventure. We got to the airport about an hour before the flight left so we could check our bags in
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