CUNY Academic Commons | Shakira De La Cruz | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/shakiradb/activity/ Activity feed for Shakira De La Cruz. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2f178faf78d6ab7f57f3c33039bf13fb Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=956 Wed, 10 May 2017 13:53:37 -0400 Tenure creates lifelong contracts that prevent schools from adapting to new trends. Tenure is a rigid system that is supposed to improve the institutions of education, but does not help universities at all. To […]

]]> 681137cd973ca249e1675dcfa998a9de Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=952 Tue, 09 May 2017 21:41:01 -0400 Tenure creates lifelong contracts that prevent schools from adapting to new trends. In fact, this makes professors question the tenure that they do receive because their adapted to contracts that make them have to […]

]]> 4cec6666a7ab819ae773bd23320c3c77 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=916 Mon, 08 May 2017 14:23:08 -0400 Tenure has made it difficult for students to actually learn important studies and information. In fact, due to the ineffectiveness that it has on students it tends to downgrade the level of learning that a student […]

]]> 9476bd0c0b30a0c55350348b20a23e08 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=890 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:06:31 -0400 After reading an online article titled “Cuomo Proposes Free Tuition at New York State Colleges for Eligible Students” I am highly shocked to know that there is a proposal to make college tuition free for New Yor […]

]]> 8a5a6e8250f30c1f8706b6b1444c77a9 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=888 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:49:08 -0400 The proposal given to students in terms of education for African Americans is something that I approve of and believe that is something that should be spoken of. Education is key and the majority of people, well […]

]]> 5e9f37d4fda47de25e5b7339b0834d78 Shakira De La Cruz started the topic The Denial to people crossing the border is wrong ! in the forum Talk Activism https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/talk-activism/forum/topic/the-denial-to-people-crossing-the-border-is-wrong/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:35:12 -0400 The unfairness of not letting certain people cross the border just because they are considers aliens or immigrants is discrimination. The border crisis that deals with migration from other countries is something that we need to find a solution for. There’s a lot of things that people will never understand and that just means that we have to work h…[Read more]

]]> d45b5d5d7eb11e5d3fbfd9306dbb0a78 Shakira De La Cruz joined the group Talk Activism https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/460434/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:55:55 -0400 5220701961e18b30b5d056a7f91144f8 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=795 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:42:15 -0400 This article defines gentrification as “a process of neighborhood change involving the migration of wealthier residents into poorer neighborhoods and increased economic investment” (Ordway, 2014). In other wor […]

]]> 5b34fc7b3479f844d1efef2bcfc3ef8a Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=735 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:46:01 -0500  

It is very difficult to overcome an addiction. The hardest part for an addict is actually to recover from their addiction. Within their recovery, addicts tend to face many problems while trying to stop t […]

]]> cfacbff370f008e52334f716818f618e Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=549 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:23:36 -0500 The opioid drug crisis has damaged our public health and public safety issues. Drug abuse has always been a challenge for this country and it seems that we are not doing anything to prevent the worsening of this […]

]]> 72b19c4cbad15724b15fbd5e6d03a1b2 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=468 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:29:23 -0500 In the article “Chasing The Scream” Bruce Alexander informs us on how much our environment can shape our compulsions in regards to drugs. Bruce states that “addiction isn’t a disease. Addiction is an adaptat […]

]]> 091a1ab930c547feed41440f1b01703b Shakira De La Cruz commented on the post, Credible Article: Trumps Recipe for More Addiction, on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2017/02/15/credible-article-trumps-recipe-for-more-addiction/#comment-87 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:21:36 -0500 Hi Professor Walia, I will take this thought into consideration for my literature review. Thank you 🙂

]]> 31784ce5dcc401edf8a2f9119ebd0143 Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=372 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:37:15 -0500 This above link is an article written by Llyod Sereder. The main idea of this article is the impact that Donald Trump’s health policies will have on individuals and communities that are affected by the use and […]

]]> f0081764bba505b29b8bbcd45c7b527d Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=186 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:42:43 -0500 In this video Jamila Lyiscott explains how she speaks English in three ways she considers as a linguistic celebration. For example, she states that she is “tri-lingual” because she speaks three tongues at hom […]

]]> 8b6121a7aaf14696c900ef1154b3b914 Shakira De La Cruz commented on the post, Empathy Rules !, on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2017/01/30/empathy-rules/#comment-16 Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:52:46 -0500 Hi Professor Dhipinder! I appreciate this comment. I will take everything that you said and make sure I apply it in my other blogs. I enjoy writing and every constructive criticism I will take as something […]

]]> 884296491c4145ca51963804d95991cf Shakira De La Cruz wrote a new post on the site Spring 2017 English 121 Course Page http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=103 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:39:13 -0500 Shakira De La Cruz

How are writing and empathy similar?

Writing and empathy are similar in multiple ways. For example, they are similar in the way of understanding someone’s circumstances verbally. If s […]

]]> 182e9b58f9d6d7e60031d94d65da7384 Shakira De La Cruz became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/452827/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:32:28 -0500