Stephanie Malinowski manipulates Thomas L. Friendman's "30 Little Turtles" in her strong response, Questioning Thomas L. Friedman's Optimism in "30 Little Turtles. " Malinowski pulls quotations out of Friendman's work in order to portray how it impacted his writting positively or negatively. The quotes used by Malinowski are compelling, in the sense that it futhers the readers understanding and questions the author, Friendman's. For example, in Friendman's work he goes on to say that an Indian telemarketer states, "They say you people are really good at what you do.…
“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic story about a 14-year-old boy who faces challenges and is forced to live with his aunt after his parents death. In the beginning Michael is living with his Aunt Esther and they don’t get along well. Soon,Michael gets along with his aunt and learns to cope with the death of his parents. In the end Michael accepts his parents death and opens up to his aunt. The story shows that Slugo represents Michael.…
“That house where we live with Dwayne Ray? We’ll be there before you know it.” But it didn’t seem to matter to Turtle, she was happy where she was. The sky went from dust-color to gray and then cool black sparked with stars, and she was still awake. She watched the dark highway and entertained me with her vegetable-soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest.…
“Shells” by Cynthia Rylant is a realistic short story about a fourteen-year-old boy who learns to live with his Aunt after his parents deaths. His Aunt Esther, is his closest family member. After Michael's mom and dad passed away, Esther was the only one that would take the teenager known as her nephew in. Esther and Michael bond over Michael's mom but Esther's sister. They don’t know each other at the start, but finally learn to cooperate.…
Thinking Critically About “Questioning Thomas L. Friedman’s Optimism in ’30 Little Turtles’” Stephanie Malinowski’s response to Thomas L. Friedman’s essay revolves around two key points. The first point revolves around how “call center jobs” (107) are playing a positive role with young Indians. Malinowski recalls how Friedman succeeded in “portraying the positive side” (107) to his audience. On the other hand, the second point Malinowski’s uses questions Friedman’s credibility as well as demonstrating how he created stereotypes by generalization of young Indian workers.…
Turtle Island is a creation story which strives to elaborate how Kitchi-Manitou in conjunction with the Four Winds utilized a small piece of earth to make an island for animals and people to live. The story revolves around Anishinabe people, American-Indians of North America, who (according to the story) were the first humans to exist on Earth. Kitchi-Manitou created the Anishinabe. The Anishinabe fought against each other for various reasons including disagreements on hunting grounds. Kitchi-Manitou was annoyed that he decided to purify the earth with a flood (mush-ko’-be-wun’).…
Why did the marigolds mean so much too Miss . Lottie ? The late 1930’s during the great depression in bailtimore , maryland. A short story written by eugenia collier called Marigolds .The genre of the story is approching adulthood .…
One day as promised if she passed her spelling test, a young girl and her parents made a special visit to McDonald's. The little girl had to use the restroom when the family arrived to the restaurant. The parents ordered food for themselves and told the cashier, “I would like to also order a happy meal for my daughter”. By the time the family’s order number was called, the little girl was already out of the restroom. The family went to sit down and eat, but the girl was disappointed when she opened the bag of the meal.…
In the children's book Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Trisha is excited about the idea of learning how to read, but by the end of the school year she notices that some kids have already started learning to read, but she didn't. In first grade the kids could get the words right, but when Trisha looked at a page she only saw weird shapes. While the other kids were on their second or third book she was still on her first. She soon began to feel dumb. Trisha's mom got a job in California.…
For my fifth observation of Jaelee, I was observing to see if she can use three-to-four word sentences to express herself. When I got to Jaelee’s classroom, the children were getting ready for snack time. Jaelee came over and gave me a big hug. When I asked her how she was doing, she did not respond and just looked up at me with a smile. She was practicing writing her E’s and told me “I write them all of these” while pointing to the paper.…
Once upon a time there was a turtle, his name was Ricky Bobby. He was a pretty cool turtle but there was no hot babe turtles for him to hang out with. rickie bobby says “yo, dude in the sky that made me.” “Make me a turtle pal.” then the big dude up in the sky says “ight dawg……
Ring, ding, ring, ding, another spring break is here for the Kennedy Junior High Crusaders. " Have a great spring break class!" Steven ran out of the school to meet his mom, because he couldn't wait to go camping again with his cousin, Jesse. " Are you sure you haven't forgotten anything?" asked his mom.…
Two dozen 18 year olds sat inside a warm smelly classroom at Marshall High School. Graduation was a month away and everyone, including the teachers were ready to get out of this hell hole of a school. It was that point of the year where it wasn’t warm enough to turn the AC and not cold enough to have the heat on. Everyone in the building was sweating buckets. Walking down the halls, one could definitely tell who was wearing deodorant and who was not.…
I often find myself prey to emotions and impulses I cannot control. When I feel overwhelmed, I feel like the walls are closing in and I need to claw my way out of my skin. Sometimes I will be sitting with my family and all I can think about is what a disappointment I am. For many years I have thought this meant that I am troubled in a way that one else is, and that is the most daunting experience: believing that you go through your entire life alone and misunderstood.…
This writer observed toddlers at group therapy session with their mothers. The toddlers ranged from the age of 11/2 -3 year olds, there were 4 girls and 3 boys. In the setting, the toddlers had a variety of toys, books, coloring boards, puzzles to play with while their mothers were in therapy. I observed the toddlers for an hour to see how they interact with each other playing.…