CUNY Academic Commons | Jacob Altstein | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/jacobaltstein/activity/ Activity feed for Jacob Altstein. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 23bdd589f4c139471334eff9762fadc7 Jacob Altstein (He/Him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/920915/ Mon, 15 May 2023 22:47:36 -0400 e4ada04f750bac2db13647119a526649 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=277 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 05:08:43 -0500 INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Hello my name is Jacob Altstein, I go by Jacob. My pronouns are He/Him. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn and am now living on campus at CCNY. I’m currently undeclared / liberal arts. I’m […]

]]> 2669e4af88f077a16a5abd055c5762b5 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=266 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:48:52 -0500 1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

]]> a79eabfcc9e0c5c1fc6889102bd615bc Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=264 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:44:59 -0500 1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

]]> 523d20c0345ed9e7cc6b8ebc4f7c9956 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=260 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:43:06 -0500 1989 to 2019 was known as Japan’s Heisei Period in which Emperor Akihito was inpower. Haruki Murakami’s iQ84 was ranked as the best literary work seen from Japan in this era.Before his career took off, Mur […]

]]> cb57b39376c78a44223bac7420c10c83 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) commented on the post, DISCUSSION BOARD POSTS, on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/discussion-board-posts-2/#comment-19 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 04:29:22 -0500 nice

]]> 3b05286465c15724198148795aa35c69 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=247 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:45:57 -0500 AUDIO RECORDING

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is […]

]]> 096b998bfca1220001ad5294b9b8e53b Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=243 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:38:40 -0500 “Audio Recording Response”

Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak […]

]]> 76aee92109f3392165ff3666f0dc7711 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=226 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:25:45 -0500 When we think of propaganda, I think what comes to mind is evil dictatorships and political corruption. Kim Jong Un, WW2, Hitller, Vladimir Putin. But in reality, propaganda is something that is everywhere, and […]

]]> e6be42917183edbc76a2b6a0edfed033 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=224 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:22:13 -0500 Interview with my Girlfriend Abi Rivera 

I met Abi in Brooklyn by Fort Hamilton on a Thursday afternoon. We immediately went to the Parade Grounds where I would conduct the interview. On the way there we […]

]]> f3046a89c74dd8557a1ea1c3cf723dd8 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=221 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:21:14 -0500 I will interview my girlfriend Abi. I know I’ll get good authentic answers from her. I’m going to record the interview on my camera, I’m hoping that we can both be in it but I might have to hold the camera. An or […]

]]> 489a011f955e0aa4739dc540a632ef23 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=219 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:19:50 -0500 Several summers ago when I was just a young boy, me and my family decided to vacation in Europe. From the start I was already nervous about going to another country where people don’t speak the same language as m […]

]]> 14c91d6b559f909069de0cc8a1c286f5 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=217 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:18:54 -0500 In my Junior year of high school it was my goal to run a half marathon. It’s something I had been thinking about for a long time but was too cowardly to really commit to. I had been running for the cross c […]

]]> 186c66a9c317b5fe5d666d4139e734de Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=215 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:17:50 -0500 While I do not wear a suit and tie when speaking in my “suit and tie” language, it’s really interesting how my brain just automatically knows when it’s time to make the switch and not think twice about it. I c […]

]]> f51cc5c5b381155e5246890b2734dcac Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=213 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:15:41 -0500 Baefy is a slang word that combines the words “bae “and “wifey” together. “Wifey” Meaning “Wife” and “Bae” which translates to “Before Anyone Else”. The word is usually used  in talking about your significant oth […]

]]> b944e41fee8c97b505105266e9e9104e Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=211 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:14:37 -0500 Right off the bat, we have some very straightforward observations about the speaker and who they might be. The voice speaking appears to be a young man who can fluently speak English. It is likely that English is […]

]]> 0c2e93024aa3b94d7ff2177a5e388e5d Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=209 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:13:17 -0500 My Top Three Intelligences

1.Bodily/ Kinesthetic:  You use all or part of your body to create products or solve problems. Athletes, surgeons, dancers, and craftspeople have this […]

]]> 52be724bced641244be47472c732d54d Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=207 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:11:26 -0500 Everyday I find myself asking, is it too late? Is our planet doomed? Over the course of my life I’ve observed time and time again that my country’s leaders and politicians straight up ignore the ever worsening c […]

]]> 4e229ae44afe53bc95bdfa7fa32c7710 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=205 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:10:48 -0500 Well first off, the first thing that caught my attention in this piece was the word “idiosyncratic”  which means a distinctive or peculiar feature of a certain place or thing. Dillard writes about Hemmingway a […]

]]> e0383b46aad13e9ff20b65f13a079e88 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=203 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:10:17 -0500 This one of those things were there isn’t really one “right” answer. How does one have the “right” to tell another’s story. Do you have to be connected to the person or people of that story? It would be tot […]

]]> 1bcac910557b49f8798dddc90ba62443 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=201 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:09:39 -0500 Well I’ve never really taken into consideration what it’s like to write in the way that newspaper columnists write. Obviously it’s supposed to be strictly informative and factual with no opinions dropped in there […]

]]> 0ea9049265593c2c8b100a911f358209 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=199 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:08:55 -0500 Analysis / Getting Thoughts and Ideas Down

How does Amy Tan persuade her audience? What is Rhetoric? What is the text doing? 

Mother Tongue was published in 1990. It is a nonfiction / personal narrative […]

]]> cc666e2b37c96c3fc23d4779ce9be263 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=197 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:07:57 -0500 Wow I really wish we had read this in the beginning of this class, it would have been really beneficial. To have the reaffirmation that it’s totally ok to write something that sounds bizarre and senseless and i […]

]]> f3131089cb7d9f2d75a121dba3603a41 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=195 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:07:13 -0500 In June Jordan’s Nobody Means More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan she discusses Black English not being recognized as a language in America. Black English has many rules and guidelines to it. […]

]]> 50b5d50e64ad804974215426aafea9ff Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=193 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:06:20 -0500 James Baldwin states how much white people take from black language and culture. “Black Language” was born due to black people not getting a good education. It came from systematic racism. Black Language sti […]

]]> 2418172bc8f4ef9d6711695406ceb1aa Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=191 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:05:37 -0500 My eyes were only ever fixated on the clock above the door. Impatiently waiting six o’clock to roll around, my teacher’s words drowned out like hearing someone speak from underwater. I had never felt so lost and […]

]]> edc60136e2e0a2c2cb41dac6530fb0ce Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=189 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:04:53 -0500 I really appreciate how much Zinsser stresses how important writing about yourself is. It’s a great way to sort out one’s mind and make sense of what is going on in life. Zinsser describes writing about yours […]

]]> 8ef235eb5ee4414b9ad516e5c70040ac Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=187 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:04:03 -0500 My eyes were only ever fixated on the clock above the door. Impatiently waiting six o’clock to roll around, my teacher’s words drowned out like hearing someone speak from underwater. I had never felt so lost and […]

]]> 3f67f2613dd2e9ea0e4b83ca60bf1e99 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=185 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:03:19 -0500 For Joan Dideon, keeping her notebook is a sort of reality check and form of self expression for herself. All of the random thoughts she has goes directly into her notebook. The pages are a good depiction of what […]

]]> d5a5f87c83c71c017d25c01b6b828c0b Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=183 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 14:02:05 -0500 Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue, was a wonderful informative story that spotlighted the struggles of growing up with a parent who speaks “broken English”, and her experience with language and how people are perceived b […]

]]> 33f7b5da611c0543b67befb88ed6c217 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=167 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:50:59 -0500 “The English language only has six vowels”

]]> 97c8886e20769c2134dc4bb8ad9f2277 Jacob Altstein (He/Him) created the site All Things Jacob https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/806138/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 13:26:11 -0500 f42166cdc6dc6f84092272b100a80513 Jacob Altstein (He/Him)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/800607/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 23:30:24 -0500 7cd05c67e1d4a1ba0abe3ebda095294d Jacob Altstein (He/Him) became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/789217/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:26:37 -0400 85a9b59156ceebb083edf6ab0d67a9bc Jacob Altstein (He/Him) wrote a new post on the site All Things Jacob https://allthingsjacob.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=37 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 20:28:26 -0400 Interview with my Girlfriend about Language
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4LVgPD2Bb0

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