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In addition, thanks to the challenge, I had a chance to escape from my comfort zone. I was fully aware American Studies class was about writing, but its intensity still surprised me. I had never written much for a period of time. However, what stressed me out was the topics, in other words, I had to write about theme out of my interest. It always took me much time to write, and I was usually in the state of being nervous. Needless to say, writing itself was hard, and writing about things I did…

“The Black Sheep in flock of Royalty Attempts to Rule: Olivier’s Richard III” “The Black Sheep in flock of Royalty Attempts to Rule” was interesting to write. I had never read the play, Richard III prior to enrolling in the class. Shakespeare really fascinates me, because of the linguistically differences in our modern day English. In English 339, Dr. Clermont-Ferrand had the class look at a total of five different plays and movie adaptations (online) during the summer session. My only request…

Finding one’s true passions can be an epiphany, yet for me it was an oddity I strayed away from at first. As a child, I finger painted to my heart’s content and displayed my artistic expressions on the cream-colored walls of my house. I loved art throughout elementary and middle school, although I never felt that I was very good at it. Even still, it captivated me. Curious to test this inexplicable pull, and at a suggestion from my English teacher Sean Pang, I joined Echoes—my high school’s…

Amanda Kranning: An Interview with an Intellectual First let me say thank you for agreeing to this interview. I am pleased to be here. Thank you. So, we see you talk often about how literature impacts your life. Could you explain more on this topic? Well, as we all know there are many aspects to what things we read, this includes books whether nonfiction or fiction, blogs like yours, or the daily newspapers. All have something to offer us in a way of learning. Take newspapers, they are full of…

While writing these past journals and essays, I feel in many ways I connected with part of the message of Carr's Googley-Technology essay. Carr wrote about the loss of deep reading skills, and the trend of skimming. Carr provided examples of the effects it had on some individuals. When I first read Carr's essay, I felt it was hard to follow, all over the road, long, somewhat tedious. Now, I had to write discussion entries, journals, and work on my essays, most of which were reflective of…

As I look back on my middle school to high school years and try to decide what kind of writer I am, how well I can interpret and analyze other writings and text, and how easy it is for me to research and compose a well developed paper I believe I am at the level of English 100. From recent years, especially high school, I have learned what kind of writer I am and what techniques work best for me. When it comes to writing papers I have written a fare share, from research expository writings to…

While attending a career and transfer fair at my two-year college this Fall, I only had one intention; to visit the Geneseo booth. After discovering that a Geneseo representative would be at my college, it was clear to me that I had to go. I had visited the campus before, and after getting a glimpse at the small tight-knit community of students, I had only confirmed my desires to gain admittance to Geneseo. In addition, after researching many different schools, my search always without failure…

learned to judge a source and determine if it is right to use by looking at its credibility, point of view (whether the author appears to be biased), date of article published and various other things. Having been able to go through the research process in class I can now look into the future and say confidently that I have the ability to search for reliable sources. Though I may feel this way as a researcher as a writer itself I have so much to learn. One of the things I hope to acquire as I…

I embark on the long dark adventure of English 1A, I resemble Alice from Wonderland, descending down the proverbial rabbit hole. Senses rally like a whirlwind, frantically grasping in midair for clues that could enlighten the subject. Deeper down the tunnel of Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, and Critical Writing. What can it all signify, it appears to be ambiguous. Furthermore, mind faltering, I hesitate to determine what this could all mean. Bam! I hit the bottom of the tunnel, high…

While writing this paper I learned a lot about classism today. I never realized how much of a problem classism still is today. Hazaras are only one of the many groups of people that suffer from classism. It shocked me that despite everything they have been through, that they still face discrimination and oppression. I always thought of classism as more of an issue of the past. I knew that in some parts of the world it is still a problem, but I never realized how big of a problem it was. I…