CUNY Academic Commons

After reading Catherine Ramsdell’s essay, I came to realize how important story telling is. This especially relates to how one tells another’s story or when someone does so for themself. All I could possibly consider when reading this article was about my topic in general. These stories that people share and how they share it is important in bein…[Read more]

While reading the first article written by Amy Tan I couldn’t help but relate to what had been said towards how I speak towards a certain groups of people. Typically when I am home I talk to my parents in my native language and often talk to them in English but this type of English that I use, the tone, is completely different that the one I use i…[Read more]

After reading this article, I came to question whether or not people knew that social media was a potential dangerous source for political reasons. The person who created the retweet button regretted it because of how content can spread like wildfire in this case possibly aiding the spreading of false information made me question how serious of a…[Read more]

While reading through the New York Times article, “Is it still possible to pay College”, I couldn’t help but relate to how I know a few people who blindly took out loans for college leaving them with a surplus amount of debt once they get out. I myself, constantly question if I made the right choice in not choosing a top notch school and stick…[Read more]

While listening to the episode of the podcast I was surprised to listen to many of the statements that the republican had made. Although I was a bit confused in many of the things mentioned, I was more interested in the analogy he had made with the Dead Chicken Strategy and comparing it to how the liberals were going to be placed in that similar…[Read more]

When reading this article I could not help but to think how accurate and relatable it is. The author was able to perfectly describe how someone like me lets say would easily get entertained for a long time with such app. The apps greatest success in attracting so many people would be because recently we are living in a time where remakes of old…[Read more]

My topic is sexual abuse and I came to choose this topic because of the relative amount of people that have confided in me with their stories. I want to be able to be informed about the ongoing situation that has many people struggle in their daily lives because of trauma. Looking further into the topic I was surprised to learn so much of how the…[Read more]

During my junior and senior year in High School, my teacher introduced us to Rhetorical Analysis Essays in which we had to step by step choose literary devices to be able to further analyze a topic. For example, we were often given a rhetorical analysis as homework assignments or as test. However, some differences that I can notice about what I am…[Read more]

<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″>I’m the New York Times article, “America’s Hidden HIV Epidemic” the author Linda Villarosa attempts to bring to light the seriousness of how HIV is and how the black and brown gay/bisexual population is mainly affected by it. The author introduces Cedric Sturdevant and his daily routines on treating and aiding…[Read more]

When reading the analogy that the author had made toward a man in the 1200, I had already began to understand what the rest of the reading would be about. Given that the comparison between two different time frames  allows for an understanding of how different dialogue and communication could be when used in rhetorical situations. When given the…[Read more]

<span style=”margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: ‘Times New Roman’,serif; font-size: 12pt;”>Writing can be used as a form of expression depending on how the author would want to portray their texts. Being able to successfully write such pieces can be very influential on the perspectives of their readers. Depending on the…[Read more]