Second Lieutenant

Lior Bar-El Sinai Scholars Essay 4/10/16 The First Roman Jewish War The First Roman Jewish war was a conflict with great ramifications. It resulted in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, and started the transformation from a Judaism centered on temple sacrifices to a Judaism dominated by Rabbis and the interpretations of scripture. Militarily, this conflict was important as it saw diverse militaries fighting with contrasting tactics. The Jewish rebels fought with irregular tactics…

home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an exploratory qualitative and quantitative study documenting the linguistic methods by which second generation Argentineans maintain the Spanish language and reveals major factors which are successful in Spanish language maintenance in an English-dominant society.…

have almost nothing to do with their parents’ home countries as they both are now a settled American family living in Oakland with two kids, but in other ways they have maintained an understanding and appreciation for where my family comes from. As a Second Generation child, I have been taught the importance of both remembering my cultural background and also succeeding in modern…

While in Spain, I participated in the Tandem program and taught English as a second language. The Tandem program paired volunteers with different native languages to have regular conversations with each other. Outside of the Tandem program, I tutored elementary children to teach them English. Both experiences allowed me to improve…

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…