Due to my uncanny similarity with the group of college students William Zinsser described in his essay “College Pressures‚” his words induced within me feelings of guilt and regret. Throughout my years of schooling‚ there have been many occasions in which I have labored to a maximum which resulted in an almost unbearable amount of stress and panic. Oftentimes‚ I credited this anxiety to my teachers who assigned many projects and tests; or to the School Board that made continuous changes to the learning
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In the essay “Only Connect…” by William Cronon he talks about ten important qualities that he thinks best describe who a liberal educated person is. Though all the qualities were amazing and well explained‚ the third quality “They can talk with anyone” was very captivating. The theme of this topic was captivating because we live in a world in which people communicate through technology far more than face-to-face communication. Our generation has become so accustomed to texting and emailing as our
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From an excerpt in William Frey’s Diversity Explosion is a chapter that speaks of the growing minority population in the U.S. and the decreasing population of white people. Frey goes into detail about this trend and states that in future elections the deciding vote is still yet to be seen if it will pertain to minorities as the baby boom generation will come into old age and most likely cast their vote to conservative parties. In past times of America‚ the idea of a “white minority” was a fearsome
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William Deresiewicz is an American author‚ essayist‚ and literary critic‚ and in “Faux Friendship” (The Chronicle of Higher Education‚ 2009)‚ Deresiewciz argues against social media because he believes that it is negatively changing our perception of what friendship really means. First‚ Deresiewicz describes to the audience what the concept of friendship not only was‚ but how it developed over time. Throughout ancient times friendship was considered precious and far superior to marriage‚ but because
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special requirements such as saving a life or wearing a costume? True heros are often times overlooked and ignored‚ keeping them hidden and unrecognized. Throughout English 9‚ we have read many books‚ novels‚ and epic poems that include many heroic characters‚ but the true hero in semester 2 of English 9 is the Nurse from Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare To begin with‚ the Nurse provided many things to Juliet‚ but the most important was the relationship of a mother. When the Nurse was young‚ she had
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The text “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner is about a boy named Colonel Sartorius Snopes. His father is accused of committing a crime. The crime he was accused of burning down his neighbor’s barn. He and his family ended up having to move. He and all his family have moved a lot so he was use to moving. They moved to a home in on de Spain’s property. They felt like it was finally the perfect fit for them because no one seemed as if they would bring any harm to him or his family. He spoke to soon
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After reading chapters 1‚2‚3‚ & 7 of On Writing Well by William Zinsser‚ I found that his stance on the importance of simplicity in writing very impactful as not only does this pertain to writing but to lots of other aspects of life. Zinsser believes in the importance of routine‚ this applies to my life as almost everything I do daily is routine based. Without a solid foundation and consistency‚ I believe everything we wish to accomplish cannot be done successfully without it. For example‚ every
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understand them completely as we are not told the entire story but only certain parts of it. Indian myths are largely patriarchal‚ where we find the female characters playing marginal roles even though the entire epic centres on the actions caused by these women. Modern retellings of the mythologies offer a fresh take on the women characters of these epics. One such powerful revisiting of Ramayana is Amish Tripathi’s Ram Chandra Series. The first novel in the series is titled Scion of Ikshvaku which
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I was intrigued with the article “College Pressures” written by William Zinsser. I was fascinated by the way Zinsser exposed the true thoughts and emotions of not only the students‚ but professors or anyone who deals with students. This article was interesting because it is relatable to many students. I liked this article because I connected with it on a personal level. The way he started off the article was genius. He really portrayed how the students pestered the dean with excuses and problems
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William Cronon is an environmental historian and currently a professor of History‚ Geography‚ and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Cronon received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison‚ and graduate degrees from Yale (M.A. M.Phil.‚ and Ph.D.) and Oxford University (D.Phil.). Cronon’s book Changes in the Land: Indians‚ Colonists‚ and the Ecology of New England was published by Hill and Wang. Founded in 1956‚ Hill and Wang focuses on American history‚ world
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