; work on developing the ability to notice when people do things differently and how those different ways might improve your approach;
we all write different so reviewing others work does help and it's beneficial since we get to notice differences in our writing
open the door to other cultural norms and standards.
having an open mind in general is super important
You filled me with hope about the next chapter of the great American story when you used your power to make a difference in our society.
When you have power people need to be inspired and keep making a better change
He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out.
I agree with this because we should be able to speak up whenever also its right to speak up for others too
Around the country and the world you set aside race, class, age, language and nationality to demand respect for human dignity.
We should all be able to love one another even if we're different backgrounds and be able to keep inspiring each other if just because we look different or speak different languages.
to make a difference in our society.
We should inspire each other
FIRST GENERATION STUDENT. I am also a first generation student so that it a bit tough but I want to be role model for my brother and motivation.
"Balance Socializing and Studying" on page 28 In high school, I procrastinated way too much and kept telling myself I need to stop it, yet I still did and still got my work done however it got me overwhelmed just because I waited last minute now I learned my lesson especially now in college I'm going to use my time wisely. The fact that I still get my work done on time is good because I do put my effort in it it's just the habit of procasinating was horrible and made everything 10x worse you know. I know I'm not the only one who done this serval time in high school others can relate to this too.
"High school students spend so much time stressing over getting into college-studying countless hours for standardized tests, traveling to visit campuses, laboring over every words in their admission essay" (pg. 27). I can relate because remember how much I was stressing for those college applications to get done before the deadline and writing those personal statements was long because really I overthink it.
"Also, by establishing a friendship with a professor , you'll see her as less of an obstacle and more as a mentor".(page 28). Basically during my high school years, I feel like me speaking out and reaching out with my teachers one on one was beneficial. I wasn't afraid nor shy like some others be. I do see my professors as my mentors also not just depending on them but having that friendship is important because of guidance and help with further things in life.
"What words for some, may not work for you. It's amazing how much you can grow during your college years if you remain open to new ideas....."(page 31). This right here is facts because thats one reason why I'm attending college is because I want to be able to open to new opportunities and really new ideas. I know it will definitely help me grow as a person because life takes new experiences day by day.
"At age 18, I thought I had the world figured out.."(page 27). Honestly I can relate to this because turning 18 was a big deal like I had no idea and now realizing like wow I'm officially on my own and be self-reliant you know so it feels weird but I'm adapting to the adult life.
"NOT ALL COLLEGE droupouts are permanent dropouts." (page 30) This is a good point because I personally know this is true because some of my family friends and friends before me that I'm still contact with decided to dropout because they felt like school wasn't for them or it wasn't in the right moment yet they just wanted to take a year off or so and they decided to go back and finish and now they're all satisfied. Basically every has a different college path they want to take such as how many years they want to finish or so.
T–to the E-to the A
TEA help guides me in what should be considered in my paragraphs
If we borrow another person’s ideas, language, sentence structures without properly acknowledging them, this is plagiarism and undermines our credibility.
This is important because it's not our own work so we are suppose to give credit and make sure we cite when we use any information from others.
Because the Evidence informs your audience about the topic you frame with the topic sentence, consider using different forms of evidence to inform your audience about the topic, by using
When you have evidence, it supports your topic and proving the information when you write about it
On page 265, it says "How is the back man going to get "civil rights" before first time....." I still don't get it because the slaves on the other hand.
On page 265, it says " As I see it today, the ability to read awoke inside me some long dormant craving to be mentally....." The fact that he had the ability to read and learn new words and progress from there is huge impact and how he educated himself and the fact thats how he couldn't go through the same education as us is mind blowing.
On page 262 he mentions about how he learned about his own people's history (slavery) by reading it.
Page 265, the last paragraph, "How is the black man going to get "civil rights" before he wins his human rights?". African Americans are still going through it.
also on pg. 258 it proves that you can be successful in any way possible.
On page 258-559 reading malcom x story in prison is really interesting wow. His story proves that even in a tough situation you still can be hardworking and learn more new things.
began to write storiesusing all the EnglishesI grew up with.
The fact that she wants to improve her English and gain learning from writing her stories is a big deal due to how she grew up.
Yet some of my friends tell methey understand fifty percent of whatmy mother says. Some say theyunderstand eighty to ninety percent.Some say they understand none of i
Yes I can relate because whenever my dad is around me and my friends and talks to us they don't understand but they do understand so like my dad has broken English here and there but when my dad talks to me it's clear because I'm use to it.
t has become our language of inti-macy, a different sort of English that relates tofamily talk, the language I grew up with
I can relate to this because I do use a different kind of English when I'm at home talking to my parents since they kind of struggle with proper English.
Apart from what any critic had to say about mywriting. I knew I had succeeded where it countedwhen my mother finished reading my book andgave me her verdict: "So easy to read"
I would even say this was deep to read and relate you know. This writing was very touching.
why there arenot more Asian-Americans represented in Amer-ican literature. Why are there few Asian-Americansenrolled in creative writing programs? Why do somany Chinese students go into engineering?
Asians parents expect high standards of their own children for us to have a better "life" yet we can still be great but they just have high expectations and if we don't listen to what they say we feel bad and don't feel accomplish. It's just complicated.
But they seem just as bad, as ifeverything is limited, includingpeople's perceptions of the limited-English speaker
Us who live in America no matter what race, we are expected to speak English if not we get treated like s*** and not we get looked differently
Even now and 3,000 miles away, I can see my mother spic-ing the ground beef, pork, and venjson with chile. My mouth salivates at the thought of the hot steaming tamales I would be eating ifI were home.
I like the way she puts out imagery and food language in this story. It reminds me of my aunt who lives so far from me.
There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience.
No one should feel like they don't have the experience if they can't speak their language.
y "home" tongues are the languages I speak with my sister and brothers, with my friends.
I can connect to this because I can speak certain things to my friends and siblings and my parents therefore it's like who I feel like I can open up to them when I'm close to them and comfortable so it feels like "home" and I can only understand my parents language when they speak it to me so it's a bit odd and weird.
One day the inner struggle will cease and a true integration take place.
we all go through struggles yet when we struggle together and help out we can all become one that gone throughout and rise back up
Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identi
shows one of her argument
remember being caught speaking Spanish at recess -that was good for three licks on the knuckles with a sharp ruler.
The fact that she got punished
Gloria Anzaldua was born in 1942 in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. At age eleven. she began working in the fields as a migrant worker and then on her family's land after the death of her father. Working her way through school, she eventually became a schoolteacher and then an academic, speaking and writing about feminist, lesbian, and Chi-cana issues and about autobiography.
Some background info about the author
experience-based and project-based learning where you ask your own questions, solve problems on your own, teach each other in groups, and learn through interaction with your professor and their ideas, as opposed to passively taking in ideas through reading and lecture.
I feel like as a student, we all have all types of experience in our life and yes we learn from our own experiences therefore we can interact with others when we do write essays or read other essays then we are more engage if that make sense.
Everybody learns differently.
Yes everyone has their own ways of learning and it's good to have our own way of processing also because it takes time.
f active learning and what makes learning engaging, fun, and ultimately the most rewarding for both you, the students, and us, the teachers.
Active learning really does make things fun.
where learning is not just about reading information and memorizing it, but where what you get out of this text largely depends on the energy you put back into it
I agree with this because we can make connect to what we learn and also what we get out of text can be interesting and new to us.
first preparing you with the mindsets that will empower you to grow and learn through various college situations that you will encounter.
I feel like we should be mentally ready and have the mindset so we can feel good to learn.
Prepare your mindset to be flexible and open to new reading and writing situations in college;
I agree with this because opening up to new reading and writing can make us realize how to build our strategies for reading and writing.
As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me
This is how we learn from one another and we can improve our work and communication skills with each other when we help and learn from each other.
I am the only colored student in my class
It doesn't matter what color we are if we are in the same class, it won't be any different
●I am genuinely here to support you in your journey through this class and SFSU moregenerally; let me know how I can help!
This shows how much you care about your students and yes knowing your a professor that wants to support and help us will make us feel great being apart of this class honestly!
. Essentially, your course grade will be determined by the amount of labor you putinto this class, your self-discipline, goals,and academic habits you build, and your revision processes.
This is definitely important because it shows how much we should care about our work we put into this class and we are suppose to earn our grade not expect it therefore we can have goals for ourselves and become better readers and writers as we build our English in this class.
Share your thoughts “in person” (with camera on or off
It's always good to share our thoughts and ideas because maybe who knows we can relate somehow also be more interested like we can even have the conversation so the class won't be silent.
Therefore, this class really is all about you:
This tells us that we are putting ourselves into the writing mindset as we learn more of ourselves too and become more prepared when we are in this class writing.