...When talking about my history as a writer, I always think of my big change in writing between the time when I lived in Vietnam and when I came to America. When I was in my country, Vietnam, writing is my favorite thing to do when I went to school there. At that time, I really liked to write journals, poetries, short stories and even novels. However, when I moved to America for four and half year ago. I started to hate writing. I don’t feel confident to write anymore. It’s probably because of the language. I tried to learn how to write in English when I move to America, but it was so hard for me at that time. I remember the first time when I wrote an essay in English, it took me two days to write a short paragraph. The big problem is I didn’t have enough words to write, and my huge mistake is that I always thought in my own language, then tried to translate to English, which was the slowest way to learn in writing. That habit changed when my professors kept telling me to think in English during writing time instead of thinking about Vietnamese, and that helped me a lot in writing. I’m a narrative writing person. I love creating different characters and telling stories about my characters. When I was in middle school, I used to write a lot of actions...
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...A reflective essay is a piece of writing that basically involves your views and feelings about a particular subject. The goal of a reflective essay is to not only discuss what you learned, but to convey the personal experiences and findings that resulted. Writing a reflective essay is your chance to reveal and talk about your personal insight about a topic. Reflective essays are used as a self-assessment measure of sorts; they allow you to address your experiences and what you've gained. The reflective essay consists of your individual views on the matter and an explanation of your stance. The goal of this essay is to successfully relay your own beliefs, attitudes and observations. In some reflective essays, you'll be required to support your conclusions by citing materials such as books, journals, articles and other resources. A reflective essay should reflect your own thoughts on the subject matter, not those of others. The poem by Langston Hughes, “Theme for English B”, brought back memories of myself growing up during the times where it was truly a white only and black only world. It was not college that I had to endure the color barriers but it was going to elementary through high school. I went to an all black school until I entered high school. The plot seems to take on a very structured, by providing detailed background information. The plot is clearly connected to the setting as Hughes states “I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-Salem. I went to school there...
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...As I sit, contemplating exactly what America means to me, I realize something incredible; I'm able to relax here -in my school's public computer lab- and type this very essay. What's the big deal about that? It is not what I am doing at the moment that counts, but that I have the ability to complete acts such as this one. America to others may mean fireworks, ballgames, and a white picket-fence lifestyle, but to me it is so much more. America means that I have the ability and opportunity to attend school every week; America means I have the right to an education, to expand my abilities as far as the eye can see. I can talk about the plethora of freedoms I am blessed with, but I simply wont be able to remain in the word count of my essay....
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...for writing about race and the black experience in America. 2. The fire next time was published in 1963 which was right in the middle of the civil rights movements. The way he writes this book relates to how black people were still truly suffering from oppression and were finally striving for true freedom....
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...Korea, tells in this essay that is named “Facing Poverty with a Rich girl’s Habits” about new immigrant comes to America, How can she absorbs new environment, difference of culture and wealth is important or not. Writer has a few most important points in this essay. First of all she wants to answer wealth is important or is not? After her father bankruptcy, her life is very difficult and they flow to America without any penny. One day you will be rich but another day you will lose all of your things. Lost thing is not big a problem. Once she flew from Korea, she lost everything such as home, friends, relation and wealth but she might satisfy now, because she has new friends, a new home, and a new job. Our forefather told me that “If you lost the things, it is not a problem, if you lost the ethic, it’s a problem, If you lost your health, it’s big a problem”. I agree with that. Secondly, Illustrated in essay that different culture, social, life style and character between Korean and American students. For example, when the teacher entered in classroom, no one batted an eye but in Korea students and environment of school are different. Another important point of writer, however she became citizenship of America, she celebrates Korean national celebration day, to love national food, national song in her soul and cannot forget her memorize that when she was in Korea. Furthermore, she said that how new immigrants can settle in America, how they can inherit...
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...Bharati Mukherjee’s essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” is a short essay about two sisters. Both of the sisters have been in America for somewhere around thirty-five years. They have each found their own niche in life, but continue to keep in touch with each other over the course of the 35 years. One sister Mira, came to America in 1960 to study child psychology and pre-school education. Mira would in 1962 marry an Indian student from another university. Mira goes on to be a legal immigrant for thirty-six years, but still manages to cling to her Indian citizenship. She wants to return back to India after she retires someday. The other, Bharati, came to America in 1961 to study creative writing. Bharati would later end up marrying a man...
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...Outline: Immigration Benefits America 1. Topic: Clinton thought that immigration is beneficial for America to development their culture and economy. 2. The most important problem is that how can we strengthen our national community if we grow more diverse. Every immigrant has their duty to study, work and contribute to America. Drawing Strength from Immigrants. 1. There are lots of immigrants in America, and they have to study a lot of different things in order to fit in America society. 2. Some Americas saw that the immigrants with suspicion, violence and discrimination, so they forced to take the literacy tests to keep them out of America. 3. With the times goes by, there are less races than other in a century. Immigrants Are Good for America. 1. New immigrants are good for America because they developed the new economy. 2. Some examples to confirm that the immigrants study in America and get their job, so they made a great contribution for America. The Spirit that Built America. 1. The immigrants’ spirit drove America to succeed because they have the same humanity with America. 2. Some Americans were afraid that their hometown becomes a foreign land, but it’s wrong, because every immigrant have their own rights to live I this society and they also have to follow the rules. 3. Majority of immigrants are here legally. Sharing the Country. 1. The most important part is that the new immigrants can benefit the nation in some ways...
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...“America Skips School” Nowadays we hear a lot about education, about how there is not enough emphasis put on education and too much put on other things like sports and T.V. The essay “America Skips School” by Benjamin R. Barber talks about that exactly. Barber begins the essay with a bunch of statistics concerning dropout rate, crime in schools, percent of criminals who have dropped out, literacy skills of Americans and things of that nature. After quoting all of the supposed statistics he jumps right into saying that teachers get paid too little, letting the reader draw the conclusion that this is the sole cause of the above statistics. Then he moves on to say that our whole education system is crumbling as well as our society. Americans say that they care, yet sit back and watch the walls of the educational system fall. He then raves on about how kids today learn all they know from the T.V. and society and all the older generation blames the younger ones for ruining society. This in fact is the fault of the older generation for “showing” them that this is what they need to do to survive. Society tells us it is much better to be a basketball star, or take over a company and sell the assets than to be a mere kindergarten teacher (p455). All of these horrible events are a result of not paying teacher enough. We should now start paying the teachers as much as some of the “best young professionals” (p460). That is the only way to fix this downward spiraling problem. ...
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...The order of things The Order of Things Essay -”The Order of Things” Carl is a reverend and the main character in the short story by Judy Troy. He has a wife and a daughter, but he is having an affair with this woman, Lily Forrest. The story goes about how he and Lily isn’t satisfied with their marriages, and are trying to make up with it by having sex. These to person’s looks almost like each other and this is why Carl has fallen in love with her. Carl sees himself in her, in a female version. The description of the persons looks is very direct (explicit) in the story, we are told for an example that: They’re in the early forties, married to teachers, they look alike (Six feet tall, pale eyes, angular features and light hair). The story hasn’t many characters in it, and they’re well described, the looks directly, but the personality indirectly (you have to guess how they actually feel), and you might get mixed signals at some points. It’s funny to think that a Reverend, who have become this, because he is so religious, is having an affair with somebody else. He should at least be so religious that he wouldn’t cheat on anybody, even though he doesn’t like the wife? The fact that he is a Reverend in this story and not an ordinary man, might be to show that love beats everything, and also might not be. I think the relationship is only based on sex and have no feelings from Lily’s side. Carl has fallen in love with her, because he can see himself in her and not because she...
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...Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts is an essay written by Jonathan Franzen. He is from America and he is a novelist and essayist. The essay by Jonathan Franzen is based on a commencement speech he delivered at Kenyon College, Ohio, USA. The essay starts talking about a relationship with his phone. He is impressed by how far out worlds technology have come and how advanced our civilization has become. He got his new smartphone and three years later, it is much more advanced than before. Jonathan Franzen is telling about how we live our lives and how we make in this case the smartphone so personify and makes us addicted to technology. Franzen is also talking about his new phone and bringing to debate about we personify and threat our new technology equipment we have with us every day. The ultimate goal with technology is “to replace a natural world that is indifferent to our wishes – a world of hurricanes and hardships and breakable hearts, a world of resistance – with a world so responsive to our wished as to be effectively, a mere extension of the self” (p.2.55-61). Then Jonathan Franzen starts debating about technology and it is trouble by real love, and has no choice to trouble love in return. The way Jonathan Franzen engaging the audience is creative and very interesting. He is admitting that he is an old man at 51 years and he have become really tired of the use of technology, but even though he admit he have become...
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...writing. I was the child who refused to read and “un-educated” child. Boys tent to learn things more physically compare with girls, and I was the kind of child. To sit down and read would be the hardest act for me. My mother was an elementary school teacher. She retired several years ago, and she known very well about how a young child should be learning. Which means I had different education than other kids. While other students were suffering by their parents’ pressure on their grades, I was...
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...Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm Healing Hospital: A Daring Paradigm When I think of care giving I think of support, compassion, and making a positive difference in the health and lives of individuals. My philosophy of care giving involves passion for patient care. What I mean by passion for patient care is being passionate about providing high-quality, accessible, value-driven care that encompasses the whole person from body, mind, and spirit, as well as being committed to meeting the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of all patients. My philosophy seems to go hand and hand with the paradigms of a Healing Hospital. According to Chapman (2007), the Healing Hospital is a concept that more than anything else, supports culture of caring. Therefore, love is the center of healing. I will further discuss the paradigm of the Healing Hospital, consider the ramifications and challenges of the paradigm, and evaluate the reasonableness of the paradigm. A healing hospital is built on the ancient tradition that love is at the center of healing. The Healing Hospital represents a vision of true excellence built on the most important principle of human existence- loving one another (Chapman, 2007, p. 10-11). Their concept is supporting a strong culture of caring for their patients and caregivers. Healing Hospitals use the three symbols of loving services which are: a Golden Thread that symbols faith in god to represent positive tradition of healing, a pair of intersecting circles...
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...First World War. During the great migration a vast number of African Americans left the southern states to relocate to northern states such as Chicago, New York, and Washington DC. They were in search of new employment and artistic opportunities. This was the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance era where African American artist (musicians and poets) called themselves the “New Negro”. The two Poets I chose to discuss throughout this essay are Langston Hughes and Claude McKay. I will be discussing their roles during the Harlem Renaissance, The elements of double consciousness within their poetry, and the primary themes seen in poetry during this time period. Langston Hughes Langston Hughes was one of the most influential writers during the Harlem Renaissance. His unique style of writing incorporated Jazz and Blues music into poetry. Langston Hughes played a significant role during the Harlem Renaissance period, his work became the voice for the average African American struggling to deal with the stress / pressures of being racially discriminated against. His poems encouraged them to love their brown skin and accept who they are and not how they are seen by their white counterparts. Instead of African Americans sacrificing their identity (culture) to blend into the white society he encouraged Negroes to have a sense of pride in their ancestry and celebrate their spirituality and culture. His poems spoke against racism and acts of violence against Negroes. Claude McKay Claude...
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...the United States I/Challenge III November 3, 2015 Liberalism and the American Revolution "Liberalism and the American Revolution" is an essay written in 1976 by Joyce Appleby, esteemed Professor of History at University of California, Los Angeles. Her work describes many ideas and historical events that took place in the three quarters of a century leading up to the American Revolution. She notes how the early settler’s beliefs, attitudes, and values changed both about themselves in this new land and the ideal future they envisioned for their families. What I would like to focus on however, is how she describes the colonial American's shift from servitude, to patriotism, and just some...
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...Ethics Essay Wk 1 ETH 316 04/16/2012 Ethics Essay Week 1 Ethics Essay * A description of the differences in how each theory addresses ethics and morality Virtue ethics are character traits like honesty or generosity. The way I read it was they are strong morals and build your value system or system of beliefs. Utilitarianism holds the theory of what it every takes for the greater good. One of the worst examples I found was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan during WWII it was done for the greater good of America and the world. Craziness! Deontological ethics is basic black and white. It is based on the basic qualities of an act and not the moral effect. Lying is a great example, I hate (I know strong word), but I hate lying. I feel as an adult you have no reason to lie or breaking promises (don’t make them). In Pocatello for some reason when you call a contractor for work and you leave a message they do not call you back and if they do answer they are late for the appointment. I might be old school, but what I say I do, it is my reputation. * A personal experience to explain the relationship between virtue, values, and moral concepts as they relate to one of the three theories I have been married for twelve years and have two step kids a boy 24 and a girl 26. I have known the kids since they were two and five years old and I love them both, but Josh I do not like as a person. He has shunned all his personal values, ethics and morals. Josh is 24 and...
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