73 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2018
    1. The United States of America has a duty to human nature to protect these people struggling within its borders.

      It's true this sentence is a bit too profound, make it less dramatic and more all-encompassing of your essay.

    2. when finding safe housing, a stable job, or even medical attention

      Maybe try to include a sentence about English before this sentence.

    3. lie

      like

    4. legislation

      immigration legislation

    5. They

      There

    6. centering

      centers

    7. is that

      is when

    8. When she felt pain in her chest, she treated it with pain relief tablets. There was no “community clinic where she might have seen a doctor with no questions asked; no one in her suburban family had heard that such things exist” (49). Maluki lost her ability to walk without severe pain. Finally, she was brought to the hospital after losing consciousness. She underwent two surgeries that could have been prevented if she were cared for earlier.

      Try to use present tense. Like a story.

    9. born American

      born Americans

    10. American right

      Maybe add something about how these services should be given to anyone living in this country because they are central to welfare and health.

    11. day(41)

      space

    12. When he first

      Maybe find a way to fit the present tense in somehow.

    13. excessive

      excessively long

    14. don’t

      contraction in quotes?

    15. education valuable

      education or valuable

    16. now

      Delete.

    17. Basic necessities are difficult to reach for those unfamiliar with their environment and its native language

      Include something about housing in this sentence.

    18. support her family financially

      work

    19. Irais Flores fled Mexico with a plan

      ...with a plan to support her family by caring for children or cleaning homes...

    20. Now

      Repetition of now.

    21. weren’t

      Make sure it is okay to use contractions in quotes.

    22. story

      store

    23. immigrants

      immigrant

    24. and stable

      and a stable job

    25. Structural barriers place immigrants at a disadvantage when assimilating into American life for reasons such as the English requirement and the difficulty in finding safe housing, work, and American services

      Structural barriers such as the English requirement and... You can't list these as reasons when they are the structural barriers.

    26. should thus be assisted

      Maybe add one more sentence about why the advocates mentioned above are correct in the debate.

    27. debate on immigration policies

      controversial debate on this topic.

    28. undocumented immigrants

      immigration

    1. this constant struggle, and the disadvantages that people face when the migrate to America

      Combine these ideas into one concept.

    2. which is perpetuated by their inability to access the resources they need to escape it

      New sentence.

    3. This leads often leads

      This often leads to

    4. amount of income they receive often being below living wage

      Due to their low income

    5. However,

      Delete.

    6. believing

      They believe

    7. they come here in

      delete and replace with 'in'

    8. fearing deportation 

      Fear of deportation

    9. addition to this

      Comma after 'this'

    10. them

      Who

    11. which lowers their economic status and continues to disadvantage this group of people

      Again, too long of a sentence you have to introduce this in a new one.

    12. immigrant’s

      immigrants'

    13. Access to health care is often an issue because of the high cost of quality health care, and the low rates of insurance coverage

      You can say this in a much less wordy, clear way

    14. and many others

      You don't need this.

    15. that many of us deem necessary for a high quality of life.

      Introduce this concept in a new sentence, it's important.

    16. from the low skilled jobs available to them

      Delete

    17. don’t

      You can't use contractions

    18. allows

      Allow

    19. Immigrants

      Immigrants'

    20. often meaning they were tricked into paying extra exorbitant fees

      This sounds funny and you did a tense change (were). Make a new sentence and introduce this concept in a clear way.

    21. , however this often leads to a crowded home environment that does not allow for comfortable living, studying, or sleeping.

      New sentence.

    22. As well as not having access to state provided services,

      You just said this, you don't need to say it again.

    23. which is a significant difference for groups that are educated to the same level

      You don't really need to say this.

    24. wage on

      wage of on average

    25. to not responsible for paying them a living wage

      employers are not accountable for paying immigrants a living wage.

    26. laborers

      workers

    27. graduates the

      graduates, the

    28. employer’s

      by employers'

    29. crippled by

      This is the passive voice

    30. in the US 

      You said 'in the US' twice in this sentence.

    31. hindrance

      There are clearer words than this. It seems random.

    32. these often are not paid through formal institutions, which allows them to be extremely low paying jobs

      This should be a new sentence.

    33. they

      Who?

    34. it

      Delete.

    35. a

      Delete

    36. Immigrants

      No capitalization

    37. immigrating

      Migrating

    38. The current American immigration system, and the implicit bias against immigrants lead to an inability for immigrants to find skilled work in America, which continues the cycle of poverty and disadvantage within this community.

      Again I recommend writing shorter, clear sentences. Dr. Deckard basically requires this.

    39. this

      Escape what. I recommend deleting 'to escape this'

    40. social status in society

      Social status in society is too repetitive.

    41. they

      Who is they?

    42. To escape conflict, poverty, persecution, to find better opportunities, and reunite families, these are all reasons people immigrate, and they all have in common the idea that when they arrive they will have a better life.

      This a run on, try to use less commas when splitting up these ideas. Use periods!

  2. Jan 2018
  3. wri101.digitalsociologyprojects.com wri101.digitalsociologyprojects.com
    1. Please let me know

      Ask, don't tell. She may not allow a change of time.

    2. thursday

      Capitalize Thursday.

    3. Hello Dr. Deckard

      Hello is typically not a formal entry term. Try to dear or delete the hello all together.