Second Chechen War

Having found myself in dicey debates with myself regarding commas that would satisfy the need for a mild pause or the full stop that would “totally” serve the same purpose; the fictional yearnings for an existence that would have an unbiased, yet debugging nature that would clarify and put an end to subtle, tricky-little-things have always hovered around my writing table. And here I am, many years later, looking at an opportunity to help a fellow Engineer or a burgeoning scientist shape his/her…

There are hundreds of languages in the world, each making us unique to others who don't speak it. Being able to speak more than one language such as English, French, German and Spanish gives us a greater opportunity at acquiring a job that will pay our dream house and car than those who don’t, especially in the United States because it’s one of the most diverse countries in the world. Being bilingual or trilingual opens many doors for people to be able to progress, but some people feel that…

What if the entire world spoke one language? What would that language be? In John McWhorters writing the Cosmopolitan Tongue he talks about how languages are dying and it’s not necessarily a bad thing. He claims that by 2109 ninety percent of the world’s languages will be dead. That would take us from the current 6000 languages down 600 languages for all of the world. Do you think that is a bad thing? Mcwhorter doesn’t, he feels that it is a natural progression caused by people of smaller…

Federal and state laws govern the education system in the United States. In Arizona there are current laws that govern English Language Learners (ELLs), specifically Proposition 203, which Arizona voters approved and went into effect in 2001. Proposition 203 changed the law by removing bilingual education and putting the Structured English Immersion models into place instead, (Jost, K. (2009, December 16). Bilingual education vs. English immersion. The CQ Researcher Blog.). According to…

COMMON CORE Maria C. Galvan Cruz Cal Poly Pomona Professor McKinney Common Core History Common Core has been in work since at least 2008. Former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, who was the 2006-07 chair of the National Governors Association and now leads the University of California system is who gave initiation to this project. Mrs. Napolitano initiative had a strong focus on improving math and science education, as well as the workforce. Although many do not agree with the common core…

The response of both men and women within nationalist groups, forced members of PFWAC to reconsider the possibility of achieving equality, justice, and rights both as women and as Palestinians. The questions raised by the response of nationalist groups created a binary in which Palestinian women could either be Palestinian or be women. In other words, Palestinian women could advocate for their rights as Palestinians or as women, but never simultaneously, the ability to advocate as Palestinian…

Reader Response #1 Anna Raya always considered herself Mexican or Puerto Rican. That all change when she left for college. College in New York would be challenging because she went from being Mexican to being “Latina”. She discovered fast the discrimination and criticism that she would be facing in this new ethnic group. Especially, since she was have an extremely hard time living up to certain stereo-types that came with being considered Latina. Anna is at times mistaken for other races.…

Lost in translation is an autobiography written by Eva Hoffman, who immigrated to Canada from post-war Poland with her family in 1959 and then to the United States. This novel is composed of three parts: “Paradise”, cheerful and happy early years in Portland; “Exile”, struggling and disoriented life in Canada and “The New World” which tells of how she received a scholarship and went through college in America. In this novel, Eva Hoffman imparts us with her most intimate experience about how to…

3.2.2. For focus student number one, I will adapt the learning goal by presenting the auditory memory for words at a level two to increase difficulty. The student has mastered level one of repeating two words, and will continue to be pushed to a harder level to improve the skill. For focus student number two, I will adapt the learning goal by presenting the auditory memory for words at a level one to build confidence and accuracy towards the goal. The behaviorism theory focuses on observable and…

In a conversation that I heard over the weekend between two women who are friends; During this conversation a comment was made “ she is a professional dog sitter” and the other woman replied saying, “ Well, I know but I have to make sure” The second women who said that has hesitation in her voice due to her anxiety about going on vacation without her dogs for the first time. It is a relevant example because she had hesitation in her voice when she was responding to the comment that was made.…