Poetry is the format I struggle with the most. I love prose, I have fun with prose. Poetry, on the other hand, slows me down like no other. I enjoy reading other people’s work, from Rupi Kaur to John Milton. […]
My own Catholic education instilled in me a fear of, well, everything. From ghosts to the devil himself, I was surrounded by scary stories. Catholic school can be a terrifying place, even without the fanged, […]
Toni Morrison’s quote concerning writing is, in my opinion, a great way to consider writing. One forces themselves to slow down and examine when they’re writing, whether it’s for academic or personal reasons. It […]
Prompt 3: You can feel the cold, dank air on the back of your neck as the tiny hairs there stand at attention. From outside the din, you can hear the dissonant echoes of your classmates shrieking and laughing, the […]
Ronald J. Pelias (2003) reflects on the culture of academia in his autoethnography, “The Academic Tourist”, noting that “academics… like tourists, like ethnographers, never get beyond the surface of things, […]
As the United States continues to diversify, and as businesses grow increasingly globally-minded, it is vital to standardize the written and spoken English language. This is of course, separate from local and […]
The genre of children’s literature is more complex than it first appears. Though the language is simple, there is always an implicit or explicit lesson that encourages the reader and their parents to further […]
The hip-hop genre can trace its origins back to the economically depressed South Bronx in the 1970’s. While the Bronx was burning, new artists were emerging in a music style based on sampling, rhythm, and a focus […]
In “Jamaica Debates ‘Queen’s English’”, author Caroline Turriff discusses the phenomenon of English education in Jamaica, a country that largely speaks the dialect known as patois. English is taught in schools […]
1. The literacy campaign in Ghana went beyond teaching residents to read and write, functioning as a social justice movement as well. It was intended to improve quality of life.
2. I appreciate the concise, […]
In “Revisiting Open Admissions at CUNY”, Stephen Steinberg draws the parallel of representative disparity between white and minority (specifically Black and Latino) students in the late 1960’s and today. When CUNY […]
Jalysa’s and Katarina’s analysis
In this picture, the child is sitting in a normal seat belt, not a car seat. She is neither happy nor scared to ride with a seat belt, which may be important because it’s her f […]
This child is more than likely the youngest, as she is sitting in the middle. We came to that conclusion because the seat belt is across her lap instead of at a diagonal, as it is with the side seats. Ava […]
