https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ramishsaqib/activity/ Activity feed for Ramish Saqib. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a78aa8e6c07f53fff7e4d2e1bc78c650 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1893 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:38:12 -0400 Considering the feedback that you provided, I mainly need to focus on further analyzing and providing connections between affirmative action and my personal experiences.It is also brought up that I should use more […]

]]> 5bacee4bdae4489ae1d783111088ad31 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1842 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:21:06 -0400 Even though we all know what affirmative action is, let me give you the definition so we can hit that word count. Affirmative action is “(in the context of the allocation of resources or employment) the practice […]

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]]> 56a3fb2f817f74d69b8290bfdfabc79e https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1652 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:50:33 -0400 It was a bit difficult to find studies related to race and its effect on the experience of college students in their school. All the good ones you had to either sign up for, or pay. So, I supposed I’ll just look a […]

]]> 6ba22d673fdaa4dfcf827f845da39909 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1609 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 21:27:08 -0400 In the auto ethnography that I am writing, a topic that I discuss is affirmative action. The basic definition of what affirmative action is is “Affirmative action policies often focus on employment […]

]]> d7733cec7e927fe9308e36072f9492c8 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1583 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:35:06 -0400 When I was applying to college there was a lot of talk around things like diversity and specifically affirmative action, and while applying we were told to keep that in mind. A lot of the school I applied to were […]

]]> f6c289af37f6d03c3fcf3ae22d7e5c03 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1543 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 21:48:06 -0500 For the theme of my auto-ethnography, I decided to interview my guidance counselor from high school, Mr. Hill. I asked him about the college application process since he was once part of the admission staff for a […]

]]> d25140570837f7bc6887c37870552195 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1454 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:22:37 -0500 Writing an auto-ethnography for the first time in my life. The question is, where am I going to write it? This tends to be the struggle for a lot of students, finding a place to do your assignment so you will not […]

]]> 32ac472ea29f7c277f0e6f36a2b1c79f https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2019/02/06/quick-trigger-time/#comment-3615 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:50:37 -0500 Robert, that’s a great idea. Maroon 5 is amazing and I’m glad someone else understands this like I do.

]]> e10ad40fdd28d0c9f5d6055cb949aa51 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1391 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:31:00 -0500 The event that I would still want the apology for is from my junior year english teacher back in high school for kicking me out of the class just for laughing at something that happened and telling my guidance […]

]]> c65da0539686d20fae220f8cf996631a https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1320 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:04:36 -0500 Back when I applied to Macaulay, I remember that one of the essay options was to write about something currently going on that is political. This was around the time of he 2016 presidential election and of course, […]

]]> d196da9cfac618c2ba91908f799baec9 https://english121.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1254 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:39:47 -0500 The author makes good points on why the five-paragraph essay shouldn’t be the primary way we teach students how to write essays. It could lead to a lack of creativity in future writings where students will force […]

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