Radio Reconnaissance Platoon

Special Circumstance Essay I was born on the smallest country in the mainland of Africa, The Gambia. Gambia was colonized by the British which made english its official language. Mostly everybody who was born past the time of the colonization knew english, but they still spoke their home language which was mainly Mandingo. I was one of those people I knew english and Mandingo. Life changed when I moved to the United States with my younger brother and my mother to be with my father who was living…

The students were passing in the fluency sprint when I entered the class. Students were asked to take out the place value chart and a marker. Teacher passed out a Kleenex to erase. (Students talked while this transition was taking place.) Teacher reminded students that the voice level in class should be 0. Students continued to talk. Dexter and Brandon were called from class. They missed the introduction and practice for the skill taught today. (I do, We do) Teacher moved to the…

Bridget Thomas is a young bubbly woman who enjoyed her time at the boys and girls club, and is more than happy to share her story and how she improved not only her life but the lives of others. Her determination to help others made her put aside other extracurricular activities for her commitment to the boys and girls club. Though she may not be the only one that felt the need to help, she is one that determined that the commitment she had was much more fulfilling than what she was doing…

I’ve written before about how I met my wife, Georgette. We met on August 4, 1978, in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the Midwest Federation Lebanese Convention. We were both 21 years old. I traveled to Indianapolis with a friend and when we walked into the hotel to check in, Georgette was walking through the lobby with her sister, Janet. My friend yelled out to them and introduced me to Georgette and her sister. We spent a few minutes talking to them and then checked into the hotel. I knew who…

(In my lab) Sometimes it is hard to explain my idea because I studied math using only Japanese in school. Although I tried to learn English math words before coming to the U.S, explaining complicated things in a foreign language is not easy. However, I was relieved that minor English mistakes are not problems because my mentor listens to me patiently. Once I come back to Japan, I would like to continue to study more so that I will be able to explain my idea using math words smoothly. On the…

In my previous paper I talked about what it is like to communicate with me from my view. I compared my communication skills to painting a picture, and just like painting a picture I want to make sure I do not miss any details. In part three I will interview: my mom, my boyfriend and my sister. I have known all three for a very long time and have had multiple conversations with various topics. In this paper you will see what it is like to have a conversation with me threw their perspective along…

description of the radio, the emphasized quality of the radio is not its size, but its aesthetic dissonance. "Irene was proud of her living room...[but] the new radio stood among her intimate possessions like an aggressive intruder"(Cheever 251). The constant remarks in regard to the radio's physical appeal serve as more than mere initial speculation, and rather as a forewarning. As Jim and Irene Westcott soon discover, what they are in possession of is no ordinary radio. The radio has the…

When I first saw the title of this poem, I automatically knew it was going to be about someone that use to play basketball, but I never knew the guy in the poem would end up the way he did. This poem is about an ex-basketball player, named Flick Webb, who use to be the best in his town. The third stanza talks about how he was an outstanding player and some of his accomplishments. However, the two stanzas at the beginning and the two stanzas at the end tells the life of the basketball player…

While reading “The Osage Firebird,” I saw how the structure of the text, led to one another. Meaning, when the author, Sudipta Bardhan, wrote this passage she made it connect really well to each other. While reading the passage, I observed how she did it. She did it by adding one detail in one section, then that one detail becomes the main idea for the next section, or for any section. I saw the connection of each section near the end, since in the beginning of the passage, I didn’t see any.…

In the article “Faking Cultural Literacy”, Karl Taro Greenfeld explains how in our society we need to admit that we do not know everything, and that we should start learning more of certain topics. Greenfeld uses different stories from his life to allow the reader to connect with him and see how this problem occurs in our lives as well. Greenfeld talks about how this has become an epidemic in our society, that we would rather fake knowledge about a topic rather than admit we do not know…