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  Bye guys

It was a great semester with you guys nice meeting you all hopefully i see you guys around on campus good luck folks :)   

Bye Guys!!!

Hope you all did your best today... I only wished we had more time.
Enjoy your summer and hope to see you guys around. It was truly a pleasure meeting you all.

Exam day

Today is the exam. I hope we all do well today.

I'll see you soon guys.

It was a great semester, how the professor said last night,  we worked hard, but it was helpful as well. I have to say thank you guys for your help, for being nice and I wish good look for all of you the next semester, especially to Natacha, Irving, Ricky, Jaqueline, and Stephanie, thank you. Of course, very thankful to our professor Jhon Talbird, I was no wrong when at the beginning of this course I thought that this course looked intense, but I had the filling that our professor could be demanding but of great help at the same time. The last class was really nice. Had been sharing, talking, eating and reading our material made of the last night special. I'll see you tomorrow on the final test day, good look since now for that. I will miss you also as Natcha said. 

The end is near

       I have improved in my writings throughout this class and I've also become a tremendously better researcher. These 4 assignments helped me to express some of my personal stories and struggles in life much easier than if I had to verbally do so. I believe I have now mastered how to compose researches in my essays and how to cite these researches.
Professor you did a great job choosing both those books for us to read, they were educational and left us with life lessons of some sort. I am definitely gonna recommend these books to a few friends. One of the things I enjoyed the most was the fact that our 4hr class every Tuesday went by so quickly because it was always interesting for me. Honestly, I came with the thought that I would fall asleep in this class after a longs day work.😏😏 I'm so anxious on what the final will entail.
Overall great work Professor Talbird continue to do what you do, I will miss you all!!!

Last day.

Today was a really fun last day. Everyone's readings were great. I really enjoyed Yazmene's piece, I thought it had a lot of good information from the movie and book. I thought the part about Drew Carey was funny. I also agree that women should turn down sexist roles in movies and modeling, any job they take shouldn't be degrading. I really liked Ariana's piece as well, it brought me to tears because of the sad events that took place, it's so horrible those people would treat a pregnant women so harshly. Your so strong Ariana, I really respect you and your a great mother :). I was happy to share my writing, and I appreciate the nice comments Natasha and Stephanie said about my piece. I did work hard on it and I was happy to share it with you all. And congratulations Nida on your pregnancy, it is amazing that you are going to be a mother, I am so happy for you<3333333. Thank you Professor Talbird, for all of the constructive criticism this semester, it helped me think more into my writings and cover all aspects and bring it back to one. My writing has more flow now and I know what I learned from you will help me throughout my academic career. I think the policy on rewrites really encourages students to go back to their writings and make them better. And your endless advice on drafts really helped me pinpoint my weakness and errors on all my essays. I'm really glad i chose you as a Professor for my first English class since the 8th grade, your awesome! The pizza, desserts, chips and sodas were all delicious. I won't forget all the great people I met in this ENGL 101 class :).

You will all be missed

I think tonite everybody did a good job with the class readings I enjoyed hearing about personal experiences and different topics that everyone chose to write about. I think we are all amazing writers. #Lets get it

End of Eng 101

      We are at the end of the semester already.. WOW!!! unbelievable. I must say I totally enjoyed our class, this is my favorite subject, so I was hoping for the best. This class was more than what I expected. First I want to thank you professor for guiding us on the right path and having a lot of patience with us. I know reading so many papers ain't easy. I loved the fact that you also gave rewrites to those that wanted to do so, thus giving all students the opportunity to do their best and you are always available via email. Keep that up!!!
I only wish we had more reading classes. I would have loved to hear the essays that you all wrote. I enjoyed everyone's essays tonight especially Yazmene, Ariana and Shakira keep up the good work and don't be shy. Finally thank you guys for being such wonderful classmates throughout this semester. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors, hope to see you guys around campus.
Good luck on your finals!! We can do it.😊😊😊😊

How could I forget the pizza, cookies and brownies.... was great night well spent.
That was a great way to conclude our classes. YUM..

This semester class

In this semester of english class, my goals is to improve my writing skills and essay. While we were working with our group members, my writing essay and writing skills has improved a little bit better then before so now I'm very proud of it in this semester of english class.

Activity today in class

Hi everyone, today in class we ate pizza, cookies, and brownies so it was delicious to me and today was fun in class. We also share our activity about poems and short story too.

The pizza was good and dem cookies and brownies was bomb. My stomach is happy. Peace out.

Semester

This semester I have learned so much about writing with the help of my wonderful Prof. the group critiques and going to the writing center, helped me improve my writing skills. I have gained more confidence with my writing and I am more familiar with writing format, citations etc. The books we have read were very powerful and interesting books. Thank you Prof. and best of luck to all my classmates.

Im have never had a class that has been so much fun to be in. ive made amazing friends in this class and also properly have become a vegan. i learned alot about my self and others while being here. im gonna miss you all and i hope to keep in touch with you all also!

Good afternoon my 101 peeps,

                  I wanted to say, I will miss you all. Thank you for all the special talks I've had one on one with many of you. Thanx for the gummie worms and cookies that got me by. Most of all thank you for keeping me on my feet. And to Professor Talbird, thank you for preparing us for what's coming.

I can't believe we are at the end of the semester it seems like we just started class yesterday. What the fudge????

I remember when I started this class one of my goals was to be a better writer and reader. I think I see an improvement in those areas. I definitely feel like my writing has improved. I know I still have some things I need to work on but I think I have become stronger in my writing since I have been in this class

I appreciate Kristen Green and Peter Gilbert for telling these stories. I am glad they brung awareness to what was going on at these times. Through them telling these stories they helped me learn about things I had no idea about. I think it's good for people to know these stories because I think sometimes we don't realize how good we got it until we hear stories about someone's education being put in jeopardy and them facing inequality. To now have the right to go to school with any race of people. It makes me feel grateful

I'm glad for the group critiques and for professor's feedback on my essays because I feel like they helped me become a stronger writer. I found the advise to be useful. I enjoyed this class because it was actually interesting and not boring. Some classes could really be a snooze. This class I learned a lot. Learned a lot about history and people's personal experiences

Watching all deliberate speed and the lovings made me have such a respect for people that fought for their rights and equality. Because of them is why my life is a little easier even though rasicm still exist. But I couldn't imagine going through what some of these people went through back then. I'm thankful for them.

I've learned about transitions when I'm writing an essay. I hope I've gotten better at it. I learned about Sonia Sotomayor. I knew of her but I didn't know she written a book and I didn't know her story. Her story is an inspiration to me because she came from nothing and turned her life into something despite obstacle's that tried to come against her. I'm glad to have read Kristen greens book. The stories she told needed to be told. I think it was brave of her to step outside of what she grew up in and went with a guy not based on his race but just based on love.

Final Entries

Since we have a partial week this week any entries you do on the blog will be extra credit. You can use this space to make final comments on the class: what you learned, what you're still working on, what you wish we had done more or less of, etc. You can also use this space to celebrate your classmates' readings on Tuesday. Which were your favorites and why?

You all have worked hard. Thank you for your dedication and good luck in your future endeavors.

This semester

This semester in ENGL 101, I learned a lot about integration, diversity, public issues and equality. I also learned many skills that will enhance my writings. I am a stronger writer now and I feel more aware of the surrounding issues still in our society today, such as racism and gender equality. I appreciate the helpful feedback Professor Talbird gave me on all my drafts, and I think his policy on rewrites gave me an opportunity to do my best on my essays. My transition sentences are much better after this ENGL 101 class and I will continue to work on my comma use. The books 'My Beloved World' by Sonia Sotomayor and 'Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County' by Kristen Green, were insightful and uplifting. They show the damage done to victims because of unfair laws, regulations and beliefs, but also shows with hard word, perseverance and justice, you can overcome any hardship. What did you guys think about ENGL 101 this semester?  

Did you guys see this? What do you think?

http://www.phillytrib.com/news/police-called-on-yale-univ-black-student-sleeping-in-her/article_f5ac2427-0919-56e6-9b5b-0b9be5efd717.html

With All Deliberate Speed

With All Deliberate Speed (2004), the documentary by Peter Gilbert, examines the fight to defeat "separate but equal" which played out in several of our nation's school districts including Prince Edward County. Some questions I have:

1. There are multiple rhetorical strategies to get across various messages in the film: interviews w/ survivors, archival video and still photography, documents, classroom Q&As, and even dramatic readings by African American celebrities. How do these various ways of telling a story work together?
2. How do the two texts--Deliberate Speed and Kristen Green's book--work together? How are they in dialogue with each other? Do they contradict each other in any way? How did watching the film help you better understand the book if at all?
3. Kristen Green, in her book, asks the questions: "But what has the county ever done to repent?" (249, for closing the schools) and "[C]an anything [any reparations] ever be enough?" What do you think? Does Prince Edward owe anything to the children, now adults, who were kept out of school? Does the US government? 
4. In the film, how engaged do the various kids seem to be regarding this history or racial inequality in general? How did you react to the kids' various comments? 
5. Both Kristen Green and Peter Gilbert are white. Does it matter that they're telling this story? Do you think this book and/or film would be different if an African American author had told the story? Should certain stories be off limits to some writers/artists or do all topics belong to all of us? 
6. On p. 268 of Prince Edward County, Elsie, speaking to Kristen, suddenly says, "Oh, I forgot you're white!" What do you think the significance of this statement is? On the opposite page, when Kristen starts crying and says, "I'm sorry white leaders closed the schools, and I'm sorry my family didn't treat you better when it happened," why does Elsie avert her eyes without responding? Why is this the last line in the book? 

Supreme court's decision

Supreme court's decision found country school board decision to close the school to all  public schools while the while white school is receiving tuition grants and vouchers and denied black school children equal opportunity.

Integration

For black students, integration wasn't easy. I assume it wasn't different for white students and for their parents and teachers. After the public schools opened their doors, black students  nodded  motivation,  One of these was sport, Charlie Williams was the first black football team Capitan in Fuqua, an Ricky Brown, who when he was six years old thought that was his turn to go to kirdengarden, his mom had to say him, that the public schools were closed. Now Ricki is the former basketball star from Prince Edward county high school. He couldn't believe that the school is different.  It was the beginning of a new academic story for black students.

Kristen Green book

In the book of Kristen Green, it shows that in the picture she was sad but she was brave in the picture and she had her clothes neatly too.  Also there was black people violence and there was small children dealing in the book about segregation school to see if the children is going to school or not.

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Segregation affected blacks and poor white in Edward county thanks to supreme court's to ordered  Virginia country,Robert Taylor and the rest of the defenders to open the the school and their action consider to locked school "unconstitutional"because of the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther king Jr. in 1960 both white , blacks and other minority can attend school together . 

This semester

Hi everyone
, thankyou you guys for this semester in English class and that we have done and wish you guys all the best in college.

This picture is about a little girl been escort to school in Prince Edward Country  by united state marshals because she is threaten by KKK and calling her horrible name like" Nigger" and throwing tomatoes her to indicate that,t is going to happen if she attempt to go to school her blood is going to all over the wall.The marshals face were hidden from the picture because to cover their identity. The little girl was dress in white dress which indicate honesty and she was eager to go to school

A painting shows a young African American girl is taken by the Civil U.S. Marcher, passing by a wall that has "n*gger" on it. The age does not matter at all. Once an African American is born, the word just tag to them automatically. The Civil U.S. Marchers all walk in the same form and the painting also cut off their heads. Although they doesn't want to do what they are ordered to do, they are powerless in front of the government. In order to keep their job they have to follow the order to do either they want to or not.

Thanking you all for an amazing semester. When I began this class, I thought I'd be tripping over myself with the work but I made it. Loving the bonds I've formed ;-)

This picture is a symbol of freedom and hope. No matter how much we try everyone will never be on the same page. With a little patience and understanding we can learn to respect each other. I am unapologetically black but I am however understanding. The only way to move past something is to learn from it.This picture was me on my first day of school in a foreign country without being able to speak the language. She looks brave in the photo, with her head held up high and her clothes so neatly put together. I see the word nigger, k.k.k. and a tomatoe that looks as if it were thrown at her. The first time I saw this painting I couldn't help but see a bit of fear and sadness in her face. Her posture looks as if she had practiced it many times.

"The Problem We All live with " is a painting painted by Norman Rockwell. Rockwell got a lot of backlash for the painting but also much praise. The painting is of Ruby Bridges, She was the first African- American female to go to a all white school. I couldn't even think about evening being in the type situation. this was a huge step in integrating schools. I think it is terrible stopping a child to go to school. it doesn't matter who they are or what color or race. I've had such amazing teachers look after me and always pushed my education. Norman Rockwell's painting portraits Ruby in a beautiful way. She looks so sacred but so ready to take on everything. she knows she is walking into a dangerous situation and the guards dont look as if they care enough to actually protect her. the words on the walls are nothing to her , she has heard them her whole life. 

Desegregation on the way

At the beginning of the desegregation  the black student have to be escorted by the U.S. Marshals The integration represent a stressful in Price Edward County, The black student faced serious and motive moments to integration at 1960s. Have to be as being in prison. but it was necessary to change the history. The black community lived sadly experience when their child have to be in home, because public schools were closed.

Norman Rockwell Painting

This painting brings up many feelings and emotions from within me. At first site I saw the display of the word "NIGGER" on the wall with a young black girl walking in between four Marshalls. I thought to myself, why are these men escorting this young lady? After taking a closer look, the girl was carrying school supplies which means she was either going or coming from school. Furthermore the girl has an angelical look and I believe the artist purposely dressed her in white to accomplish this look. The tomato on the wall indicates that it was just thrown and from the looks of it, the person who threw it barely missed the young lady. I also noticed "KKK" engraved on the wall.

My overall opinion is that this painting represents an era where black children were not allowed to be in school with white children just like on the book that we are currently reading, Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County. The girl seems to be walking with her head held high, but there is a deep sadness within her expression. The Marshalls do not have heads and their bodies are posed in the same exact way, stripping them from their individual identity, which symbolizes their thoughts about school segregation (they all thought the same way).

The image in my eyes portrays the time that segregation was at its worst, when the violence against blacks were more often than not. This is a scene of what it seems to be protection of a small black child, or a child that is being escorted away kind of like when the children in the book were dealing with the segregation of the schools.

The picture symbolizes an innocent little black girl, during times of racism being walked to school by what looks like 4 black men in order to keep her safe from the hate crimes that were happening around them.

In this photo i see people marching towards what they believe in. The young black girl forms that she is believing in what is important which is her education along with  people putting up a fight against each other.

What comes to mind straight away for me is the blunt "nigger" in the back but also the blinding yellow armband of "US Marshall" on the sleeves of white men wearing a suit. What the picure/ painting does best however is make the dark skinned girl wear a white dress to obviously show the racial bias at the time.

I think if society is willing to accept anyone sooner or later we will. it does not matter if a town opposes to a changed as the majority of the population accepts it there will be no problem, the people will think that they are doing the right thing by throwing ruby bridges all kinds of stuff. but at the end they accepted the change.

Desegregation

This photograph or painting reminds me of parts the reading in Something Must be done about Prince Edward County where Black children had to be escorted to Schools when they wanted desegregated schools and a few schools were ruled to be desegregated. Black children and their parents were scared because whites retaliated and this was causing injuries and whites would attempt to spit and throw garbage on them. Even though they faced such prejudice blacks still fight so hard and put up with whites crap to get equal rights. They needed diversity even if it meant being chaperoned to school until it they felt it was safe enough to go alone.

Ruby Bridges

When I see Norman Rockwell's painting "The Problem We All Live With" I see hatred and hope. A little black girl, just wanting education, getting attacked and violated, because the color of her skin. The U.S Marshalls in the picture provides protection for the little girl, but they can't protect her from the psychological pain she is suffering from. The hate won't last, but the hope does. Nigger plastered on the wall, with a KKK symbol and a splattered tomato, can't take away the beauty of that little black girl.

The Picture shows Ruby Bridges being escorted by the US Marshall to the school, the crowd yells bad words and throws stuff at her as she walked pass them, its sad for a little girl to experience so much hatred and anger towards her.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Picture.

I think that this picture has a racism thought to it.in the front of the guys you see that there is a KKK lettering to it. and behind the little girl is a sign that says "nigger" with a tomato splashing on it.meaning the whites do not like the blacks.

In the picture I see people that appear to be marching. I notice the guy in the gray suite has two different color hands. One hand is black one hand is white. I notice the word nigger in the background. It looks like someone through a tomato at the wall. I'm guessing it's aimed at the people marching. They seem to be fighting for their rights

Ruby Bridges

This picture makes me feel sad. A little girl walking between white men, it seems that she is being escorted to school because of the school books in her hand. On the wall are profanities and blood all over the wall and floor. It seems they are walking through a rough scene. The men in suits have a band that say US Marshalls.

White Rxn in the South

In this week's reading, Kristen Green gives us a lot of historical details about the federal governments attempts to force Southern states to integrate and also the white reaction to that integration. How do you react reading these details of protest?

I enjoyed group critique because the ladies in my group helped me to see things from a different perspective. I was just looking at things one way and they helped me to put my feet in someone else's shoes and think about what they are experiencing. Even though at the end I decided to change my topic. The advice was good and appreciated. I liked hearing their personal experiences on the topic that I had choice to write about at first because it's interesting how we can have a total different experience depending on the area we live in.

Women's suffrage

https://youtu.be/co6qKVBciAw

Racism

Hello guys, by the way about the racism, can the black people urge the racism against them self? I think yes, some public people can do that. Some tv show, radio show, movies could instead racism, or just who is being part of those kind of entertainment. For example, days ego I was listening  Steve Harvey radio show.  Most of you maybe know who is this famous black guy. He has a tv radio at 107.5 FM WBLS. At this show radio,  to make a jock to some body else, that I thought it was a black guy, they called him asking by his fredoom paper.  Who call was suppose a FBI agent. He made reference about the slaves and what they needed to be free. The victim at this jock just move to New York, and who was calling told that in New York, he has to have this freedom paper to live in New York.  Particularly, it was not funny for me. I see this  joke as a kind of selfrasism.

A Bus Ticket and a World Away

In Chapter 12, Kristen Green tells the story of various black kids who were locked out of school when the Defenders closed down the public schools. If you check the notes in the back (291), you'll see that she got most of this information by interviewing people. What do you notice about how she presented these interviews? Other questions:

• Green refers to Betty Jean Ward's family as "a happy normal family." And in the next paragraph she writes "And then they weren't." (147) What does it mean to be a "normal" family?
• What other stories in Ch. 12 made an impact on you?
• Ch. 8 is titled "Nigger Lovers." Why is it titled this? What do you think about Green, a white woman, titling her chapter this? What do you think about your white professor asking you about this? 
• How did closing the schools affect white children? 

Journalism changed her

 I believe Kristen Green might not have been interested in her hometown's or her families history, if she had not become a journalist. I think being a journalist impacted her life and made her more diverse and aware of what was going on around her, to the point where she found herself in a interrelationship. Maybe now she is trying so hard to make up to other blacks including Elsie for what she and her family had done. Kristen is just realizing she was racist while growing up sheltered before college.

Kristen was sheltered, because her parents do not want her to date blacks and when she meet the Spanish friend  she happy to meet different people from other race.

I think Kristen's time learning to be a journalist, helped expand her mind on her own past. She says on page 90, she was embarrassingly uninformed on the story of her hometown when talking with her professor. She also states Watkins instructed her to fact check even her most basic assumptions.Kristen became involved in journalism, and started to deal with issues, such as race, that she was oblivious to in Prince Edward County. All of these situations imply that Kristen career choice enlighten her to many problems in her own life and gave her the skills and motivation to search for the truth of her hometown.

I Remember watching a documentary about the Freedom Riders. Extraordinary courage stepped up to bigotry in America during the summer of 1961. The acts of bravery came from everyday people. Concerned and humble people - black and white; liberal and conservative; Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish. They put themselves on the line for what they believe in. The books and documentaries taught me although there is a bunch of bs in this world, there is good that goes unseen.

Unfortunately, I or anyone else will never know why those people closed their school. Sixty years after Brown V. Board and segregation still exists in many cities including the New York City school system. I work the polls for the Board of Elections on election Tuesday and I can tell what neighborhood I'm in from the inside. I learned of all this as an adult because my grandparents gave us all a private education attempting to shelter us from this sad world. In our homeland, people that are light think they are superior to everyone else. This silly ideology that was beaten in us still remains present to this day. This book really touched me in a weird way, I feel bad for both races. Those closures so many years ago are still affecting all those disenfranchised neighborhoods. All those children exposed to all that hate. Growing up I've heard the white man is the devil, I've come to appreciate all my brothers no matter their race. KEEP LOVING EACH OTHER AND NEVER STOP LIVING!

The Segregation Academy

Kirsten Green grew up being, as she writes, "sheltered." How was she sheltered and for what reason(s)? This is a question that arose several times while we were reading Sotomayor. What is the importance of diversity in school (diversity of students, of teachers)? What did Kristen lose out on by not being around non-white people? What did she gain when she went out into the world and lived in more diverse communities? What were people like her grandfather trying to "shelter" her from? Green's prof yells at her that "Nice doesn't mean good!" What is the significance of this statement? Another way of asking this question: Do you have to hate to be racist? Does racism have to be intentional?

White people wanted schools segregated because they wanted to keep the white race pure and provide white students the best education. The black people wanted schools desegregated because they were done with being treated unfairly. They wanted a better quality school and education. Kristen brings her story in the history because she is married to a multiracial man of American Indian descent. This is a man that she has children with. This is what some white people tried to prevent, the mixing of races. White leaders don't believe in mixing they tend to look down on people that do.

Segregation/Desegregation

As I continue to read through Something must be done.... I realized the main issue for the whites not to have wanted desegregated schools was because they strongly believed having mixed children was just plain wrong. This was stated on page 67 to be many of whites deepest fears and said "destruction of the two races" would make "the people of America a mongrel nation."
I found this too interested because nowadays would be considered a "Mongrel Nation" in their eyes then. I honestly believed it would have been a  better and a more logical explanation than based on their opinions, why they wanted to be segregated. Their generation was being brainwashed, I'm sure other whites disagreed but was too scared to speak up. I am happy, I live in the modern society where the law has changed allowing people to be free to date or marry whoever they desire with no penalty attached like what the Loving's family had to go through.

I think segregation of schools is created to stop intermarriage. They want to block people from dating outside their race. This is relevant to today's world because sadly racism still exist. Some people feel some type of way when they see people date outside their race. I don't think anyone should be that concerned about somebody else's life. As long as their happy why do u care. I think people need to mind their business. I am glad that people these days are able to freely be in a interracial relationship. I don't think there's anything wrong with stepping outside the box.

Link to webiste of top 45 public issues today

https://www.ranker.com/list/political-issues-that-matter-the-most/mike-rothschild

l admirer Kristen Green  honesty and determination to find out the truth why her grandfather ,Robert Taylor,and the leaders in Virginia decided to segregate white and blacks  school and also built a new white school for white kidsl and denied blacks from attending high school,also blacks were send to run- dowm building to attend school  without no water ,heat and classroom in their area. At the same time the t white students enjoy these privileges.

Loving

Kristen Green raises the story of Loving vs. Virginia (p. 27). What does intermarriage and segregation of schools have to do w/ each other? Kristen Green's book came out in 2015 and the film Loving came out in 2016 (HBO put a documentary out about the Lovings in 2011). Why are these stories relevant to Americans in this day and age? Do they tell us anything about our lives now? What?

Prince Edward County

As we begin the book, I'd like us to think about several questions:

In the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court ruling, it was decreed that separate facilities (bathroom, water fountains, schools, etc.) were acceptable as long as they were "equal." This is what allowed Jim Crow laws to exist (mostly but not exclusively in the South). This is what allowed Prince Edward County (among other school districts throughout the US) to have segregated schools. It seems that it was generally white people who wanted segregated schools and black people who wanted desegregated schools (feel free to disagree w/ me if you do). What were the reasons for both views?

Kristen Green says that this is a hybrid genre, a combination of history and memoir. How does she bring her own story into the history? (This is similar to your assignment #4--a text which explores the intersection between the personal and the public).

What was so bad about a desegregated school--in the view of the white leaders of Prince Edward County--that led them to close the public schools? This is a complex question which we should spend time discussing as the semester winds down. In fact, we may want to see how it connects to other questions currently in our lives: For instance, what is the threat of illegal immigrants (including DACA kids who were brought here as children) going to our public colleges? Just so you know that the North isn't completely innocent: Although undocumented immigrants can attend CUNY, winners of academic prizes in CUNY can't receive cash awards.

Undocumented Students

America is a country with laws. We have to follow and accept them. The constitution said. "No one is above the law ". Be an undocumented immigrant is not right, it is illegal, but the United States has the mechanisms to change the law as well if it is needed. Trump's administration points out undocumented immigrants as criminals. Where are included undocumented students who just want to be able to work for our country, but our President can't point out who sale weapons which are used to murder Americans. who many of them have been students. The article " An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants". Reflex the true of thousand undocumented students nowadays.  The creation of Freedom University (F.U) was just 6 years ago at 2012. Black students were victims years ago from discrimination as well. It meaning discriminations is not only for undocumented in the U.S.   So far there is no an effective decision to help undocumented students to reach they dreams.

Undocumented

Ashley and Melissa determination and persistence to go to college is inspirational. They never gave up, even after applying numerous times, and not receiving financial funding. Their dream was to go to college, no matter the trials and obstacles they faced, the girls applied each year. Reading their story is very encouraging and it gives hopes to others, to never give up on your dream no matter how hard the challenges may seem. Education is the key to success!

segregation

After reading Some Thing Must Be Done About Prince Edward county Narrative by Kristen Green l realised that thre was  a bad behavior in the Virginia because Robert Taylor and the his friends used their power to locked  public school the because supreme court issued an order that segregation is unconstitutional that  and white and blacksvmust  have equal opportunities in school.  Robert and his friends building a new private  school for white students. Also black parents were forced to sent their kids to out of town school, let them their children stay home or let their kids live with relatives in order to go to school. On the other hand Robert built a new private school for white students. After many court battles blacks get a run down school with no heat, water ,supplies science laboratory. but white kids enjoy all these privileges  until a brilliant lntellegent young black girl BarbaraJohns  led a protest after she was left outside standing on the street for more than two hours waiting for bus,  to be picked to go to school  but  instead the white kids were picked by the bus. 

underground college

The undocumented immigrants should be allowed to go back to school, and not deposited back to their country is not their fault they were boughAmerican by their parents   over strayed and jeopardize their Visa This students are working and going to school to better their lives  American is a land of opportunity Congress let them enjoy this opportunities without your help, their dreams and hopes will be ruined.

  

Good afternoon my 101 peeps,


On this Resurrection Sunday I feel extremely compelled to follow in the likeness of my Savior in the essence of allowing God Himself to resurrect those things inside me that I've killed that would've matured me and pushed me toward my destiny! I know my greatness, I know my capabilities yet I buried them. I feared the unknown, THAT ENDS NOW. As we enjoy our Sunday no matter our beliefs or religions. I ask that we all take time to be grateful and be humble. Love, peace and happiness to you all.

I wanted to add some more about the article An underground college for undocumented immigrants I thought it was great when the girls finally received DACA status. Because of this they were able to get jobs legally. I admire Melissa's courage when she confronted a member that was in a meeting of the board of regents in Atlanta. She let him know how she has been here all her life and that she should have a chance to apply to school. I thought that was brave of her to do. I love how Melissa and Ashley would apply to colleges every year despite not being able to be accepted and also receive funding. In 2015 Emory University made students with DACA status eligible for financial aid. I did kind of suck how only one of the girls got accepted. But these girls teach a huge lesson to everyone and that's to never let obstacles stop you from reaching your goals. Keep pushing and don't allow anyone to stop you or get in your way. Especially when it comes to something as important as your education.

UNDOCUMENTED

After reading this article i would like to take a different approach with talking about it. I think obviously we all feel horrible that young ambitious individuals are subject to these disgusting acts in society where they need to basically sneak around for proper education, i believe we should reflect on our lives, and how lucky we are here at QCC. Today we ( people of every color,ethnicity) are given the same opportunity to become whatever we want in this world. There may be some discrimination in the world but i truly think that is something that will never fully go away. I said it in class once before and i will always stick to my beliefs the big picture sometimes is a lot harder to see than looking at the baby steps taken forward which leads us to light at the end of the tunnel.

In the article about "An Underground College For Undocumented Immigrants" by Jonathan Blitzer

Hi everyone, in this article of "An Underground College For Undocumented Immigrants " by Jonathan Blitzer, it shows that the polices are being unfair of people education because Ashley and Melissa are immigrants and the education department didn't accept them to any colleges. However, Ashley got accepted to college but Melissa didn't. Melissa and Ashley got determined from their education from all the drama that they came from their country. Both girls are also a good hardworking ethics and a good students to join in college and finish their career in New York City. Therefore, Melissa and Ashley should get there citizenship in that way they could become American by the law.

Undocumented

I find it very unfair and disturbing that policies are made to prevent ANY child from excelling and getting equal education. This tale of trials these two twins, Ashley and Melissa, faced; from being rejected by colleges, solely based on being immigrants and then having to eventually split up when Ashley gets accepted into college but Melissa is left to stand on the outskirts, was very humbling to me. I never had to face any type of discrimination from unfair bans passed. Being an American born, I get all benefits offered from the government. I can't imagine the fear, anger and sadness they felt. But more than that I can't understand why anyone would prevent children from going to college. It is an injustice to the American name that we treat undocumented immigrants like that. When a human being shows hardworking ethics, ability to achieve, righteous morals and they live in the USA since they were 6 years old, they deserve to be American citizen and should be treated no less.  

In the article an underground college for undocumented immigrants I think it's pretty cool how they created a school called Freedom University for undocumented students who couldn't get in to other universities. I think it was terrifying how they had to keep the location a secret because of threats from the Ku Klux Klan. They had threatened to break up the classes and inform immigration authorities.  I love how the girls were determined to get there education despite all of the drama that came along. They have a fighting spirit that is very inspirational

Tonight's class

I've got a pretty bad cold, so I'm going to have to cancel class tonight. Please respond to the New Yorker article on the blog. There will be no blogs due over spring break. Since Assignment #3 is due the Tuesday we return from break, feel free to send me a draft for feedback. As always, it's better to send earlier rather than later. Have a good break and see you soon.

Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County

   So, I have began reading Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County and I must say it has caught my attention thus far. I find myself relating to the beginning of the story where Kristen got married to someone outside of her race but was still worried about how people from her hometown would react. Its surprising how interracial relationships were frowned upon and in some areas illegal, to the point where they didn't want the blacks and whites to attend the same school. Pursuing a teaching degree, this book will open my eyes to another level of challenges children had to face in  education many years ago.

Try to read soon!!!

Happy Mother's Day (John Oliver)

Watching that video was quite entertaining.  It is a shame that is taken so long to push legislation to have women acquire longer paid maternity leave.  This reminded me of my wife's pregnancies and how she basically worked till the very day when she had to give birth.  Once she had given birth, she was off for about 6 weeks.  Weeks that seem to go in a blink.  We were fortunate enough that we had help from family in caring for our newborn while she returned to work.  As the video suggested, I could picture the struggles new mothers face with while returning to work with such a short down time.  More should be for them.

In chapter 28 in my beloved world. When Sonia describes her anger towards her mother and their relationship I can totally relate. I have the same experience when it comes to me and my fathers relationship. She says how from time to time she would feel anger but even as a child she had this awareness that her mother had pieces that were missing in her own life. It's funny because I remember when I stopped being angry and realized that my father is a human being and that he didn't have much to give based on the lack of love in his own childhood. When you come to this realization it really puts things in to perspective and makes you learn how to have empathy for your parent.

The video that we watched in class that was kind of making fun of women that give birth and then have to get back to work right away was funny but also not funny in a way. I think sometimes it's good to make light of a  difficult situation like that. But at the same time their are women out there that face this reality. I think it sucks how women sometimes have to show up to work after just giving birth even when they are not physically ready. I couldn't imagine giving birth and then feeling that pressure to rush back to work or their is the possibility of getting in trouble or getting replaced. Women deserve the proper support for doing the most hardest job in the world which is being a mother.

Video class dicusion.

After we watch the Mother’s Day funny video at the last class. I think there is something else that this video could to show us. It is true that at the last part of the video, it reflexes the claim towards the politicians, but a detail that I saw was that from the beginning of this video, it talks about economy. The advertising material showed at the beginning of the video encourages people to buy.  The mother day is the motivation for that. The next part of the video focuses the absence of a law that protects the woman who has recently given birth.  However, I as well could see that is more important that those women are in your workplace because, they must produce regardless of your newly born condition. In conclusion, any celebration day, even the Mother’s Day, it is more commercial day that any celebration that it could means. In all the commercial premises, as soon as the season ends for the sale of an article, it is immediately removed from the shelves to show what is related to the next holiday.

Intresting Article

Hello everyone,  I was doing some research for biology class and I stumbled upon a scientific article explaining the physiological differences between genders. I think it was very informative and relates to the conversation we had in class. The link is attached below

https://www.livescience.com/33513-men-vs-women-our-physical-differences-explained.html

topic about gender equality

hi everyone, in class we talk about gender equality so gender equality is basically the access of the opportunity that is unaffected by gender which is male or female. Also it is the lack of  society that is being satisfied.

Class discussion

I would really like to hear others opinions on the topic we spoke about in class with gender equality in the work place. I really do believe that today gender equality is lacking for the length of time it has been working on getting to that rate in which society is satisfied. I question my last statement though, when society is satisfied... it brings back a saying i'm sure everyone has heard before, you cant make everyone happy.  I would say that for the amount that has changed in the work forces in our country i would be pleased this far to see female govenors, figures all around that kids can look up to.

Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants.

      I really enjoyed reading An Underground College for Undocumented Immigrants. This article is exactly what the title states. Personally I always wonder how undocumented immigrants get around with there life, knowing they are not privileged to many benefits of the country. This article mostly spoke about the hardship one particularly family had to endure during the years until DACA was established. It goes on to speak about the education system for undocumented immigrants in Georgia and how many of these students graduated from high school but had their opportunities for college severely limited. People therefore saw the need for a school for undocumented immigrants but it had to be a secret, in order for others who were against this idea not to alert the immigration authorities.
This school was called the Freedom University and they had two huge factors that they had to challenge in order to keep supporting and helping the students. They needed money for supplies and drivers to transport students to schools across the state.
     Student activism became the school's trademark. During the week, students worked minimum wage jobs on the weekend and they were activists spouting social theory. Freedom University got more structured and a few students that were now DACA recipients applied for Colleges in the state and got through. This article was so interesting but I am disappointed that the Trump administration is trying to get rid of this law.

Hope you all find time to read it soon.

Women should respect and support each other ,Ms Cythia Nixon please do not listen to any negative comments about you, focus run for governor of Newyork 

Cythia Nixon vs Christine Quinn

On Monday Cynthia Nixon a former actress from "Sex in the City" announced that she's going to challenge Governor Cuomo in a primary. A day after she announced this good news, Christine Quinn a former city council speaker criticized and called her an " Unqualified Lesbian."
I found this dispute very interesting because it relates to what we spoke about in class and to the film "Miss Representation". In Miss Representation they spoke about most women supporting men and not women and that's why there are not a lot of women in leadership roles. This is exactly what is being portrayed in this situation. What I can't understand is why other women can't just support each other? In order for our society to change and see us as equal competitors. Women have a huge role to play as well. Our future generation is seeing this all over the media and to them this will seem normal. This is one reason I believe gender equality is hard to maintain; children live what they learn.

Breathe!

what we talk about in class today

hi everyone, what we talk about in class today was what is a patriarchal system? however, patriarchal system is when a men get attractive to a women from their society. We also talk about what is satire? satire is the use of humor and irony. for example: comedy, mocking, and imitating. The shows that we talk about was family guy, friends, and a model proposal by Jonathan Swift.

hope this helps

Hey everyone I meant to post this sooner but i have been busy, this helped me over the weekend while I was writing my essay hope it does the same for you.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/24/

Miss Representation

I was really thinking about Gender Equality and how much things have changed in the world. I would like to bring up a subject which some may not be able to connect with due to difference in interests.  The sports world has become very open to giving opportunities to women where for a very long time was dominated by males.  In the sport of basketball, Hockey, Baseball even you have female ref's and sports commentators, five to ten years ago people would make a joke for just the thought of a female to debate sports with the male or to interview and question a male who plays a professional sport on his skill set. I believe that even though a number of females may believe they are still very behind the eight ball on social equality, i think that as long as positive steps are taken forward the light at the end of the tunnel will be sooner than you think.

Miss representation sheds a light on gender inequality and how we all have ignored it. Unfortunately
 we as women scrutinize women more than men do. In todays society women earn twenty five percent less then our male counterparts while working twice as hard. We are second class citizens in our own societies and cultures, which leaves me with the question. Why are we not sticking together?As a female Officer I fell in to a role that is not me at all. I always prefer to deal with men because women in my field tend to be bitches. I never realized the reason they always go hard at every single situation is because they have too. Women always have to dot their I's and cross their T's because everything they do is being looked at under a microscope. Unfortunately I am one of those women that always has to be on point which means I am most times what I despise. My sisters I am sorry that this world is not fair, sorry that we are conditioned to accept all that is wrong, sorry that we are sexualized and looked at as a common object and last but not least I am sorry that most often our hard work goes unnoticed.

EasyBib

I notice that quite a few of you are still having problems w/ MLA citation. This may be a useful source for you:

http://www.easybib.com/

I find that that the "manual cite" function works better than their web search function. We can play w/ it in class if that would help.

I put a link on the blog to this resource.

Miss Representation

My representation shows how the media can cause a pattern of behavior. The media can influence in such a way that female adolescents could change their eating habits to look like the images of women show. My representation shows cases of adolescents suffering from bulimia or anorexia. Today I read a comment in a social media, the note said that the girls who give the weather in TV dress too sexy. The viewers direct their attention more to the girls of the time than to the information they are giving. A large percentage of women who work in the media have the task of showing their figures, but many of them show more than they should, leaving nothing to the imagination.

Sotomayor and Gender

We started to discuss gender last week in relation to the documentary and also our conversation about choosing to have children or not and perceptions that people have. I'd like to continue that conversation this week.

What does it mean to be "feminine"? Conversely, we could ask what it means to be "masculine." What does it mean to "argue like a man"? Just today, I read this interview in The Times. The author of the book under review, comedy writer Nell Scovell writes that when her boss, Gary Shandling, complimented her for writing comedy "like a man," she was flattered. But now she doesn't find it flattering. What changed? How might we connect this quote to Sotomayor's quote about "arguing like a man"?

What other questions does the end of the book raise for you? What was most engaging for you about the book? What did you have the most difficulty with?

My beloved world

Hi everyone, in my beloved world it shows that Sonia has won and she has work with puertican leaga  defend education  and she help the puertican to fight their rights against the hispanic community. Sonia wants to married her future husband kevin Noonan to last for five years together but she can't have babies because of her health which is diabetics.

The film of miss respresentation

Hi everyone, in the film it shows that in different gender has been a big problem for women that is among for their gender. Also women are attracted to men from their hot looking sexuality that they have on them.

I have noticed for years how the media pushes a certain image for women. In music videos, ads, and magazines I notice how women are half naked but when you look at the men they are fully clothed. I think it's done on purpose to try to keep women in their place. I think it's set up that way to make women believe that's all their good for is taking off their clothes. To make us believe that being smart and talented isn't going to get you anywhere but being a sex object will. It's sad.

Sonia rolecs as a woman

sonia is a good prosecutor,she won all her cases expect one. she ialso worked for Puerto Rico LeagaDefend Education funding where she worked hard  with the help of other attorneys to fight for discrimination against Hispanic community. Also she was married to Kevin Noonan the marriage lasted for five years. Furthermore, Sonia decided not to have children because of her health  is diabetic and because she works long  hours  at work. She did not want to bring children into world and neglect them as greetings parents neglected her.

Miss Representation

Here are some questions that the film raised for me:

• Why are women on TV mostly between the ages of 20-30? Why is there so much pressure for women older than this to get some type of plastic surgery?
• One of the scholars writes about the act of "redomesticating" women after WWII. What is this and why did it happen? How did it happen?
• What did you find moving about the film, if anything? What emotions were generated by the film? 
• This film spoke of something Sotomayor wrote of in her memoir: That girls (like children of color) need models to help them imagine the kind of life they might have. What kind of distinguishing characteristics did you notice about the people interviewed for the film?
• How did this film connect to the conversation in class we had about women as child-bearers? 
• How did you react to the segment on female newscasters? 
• This film came out seven years ago. How has #MeToo changed the issues raised in the film, if at all? 
• Do you know what patriarchy is? Is the US a patriarchy?

Miss Representation

This documentary by Jennifer Newsom was so interested and true. The film portrays how media recognizes and shapes our minds about the roles of women in our society. It proves that gender inequality has been and huge problem and still is. Women also play a huge part of  why there is not adequate equality among their sex, women are among the percentage that doesn't stand up for their own gender for eg. voting. I hate that women are misrepresented by their physicality and the traditional expected norm. Women are seen so often as just sex idols and that's how they are advertised in the media to catch  the attention of men, but what about the attention of women? Are there only men who use these products they advertise?  In todays society women no longer see the need to sit at home bear kids and wait on the bread winner to come home. Women want to be independent and be seen equal to men, we are strong mentally and physically as men sometimes even stronger. Jennifer Newsome encourages women to stand up for each other and work towards more leadership roles. She also encourages us to stand up against media misrepresenting us women everyday because it will continue to affect our upcoming generation including her daughter.
We deserve to be seen for who we are.

I honestly believe society is to blame for a lot problems we encounter now. The notion that if you do or do not do something means your deficient is wrong! I have learned to be sensitive to every situation because you just know what people are going through. This book has shown me many examples bowing even when you know your right.

my beloved world pg294-299

Hi everyone, what I think on page 295, Sonia mention that she had diabetes and that she don't want to have kids. Sonia also don't want to have kids because of her career that she is doing to be able to graduate. Another one is that on page 298 it says that "The idea of another life utterly dependent on me, the way a child needs his mother, didn't seem compatible with the professional necessity of living at this punishing pace." This shows that Sonia wants to continue her career and that she could still be professional.                              

I think a lot of things have changed for women throughout the years. Women can work, run families and be equally respected in 2018. However Sonia is still right, a women cant have it all without having to make sacrifices in either work or family. In this era women are still the caretakers and are responsible for the well-being and caring of the kids. I know it can be hard for a mother to work, and have a family but I believe with a supportive partner by your side you can accomplish anything in your life. I understand Sonias' medical problem and job responsibilities made her assume she wouldn't be able to have kids or be a good mother, but I think Sonia doubted herself too much and in turn lost a valuable experience. You can see throughout her story her love for children was immense, her niece Kylie was very dear to her heart and she knew how to treat kids with respect, love and kindness; but she never had her own. I believe Sonia accepted her decision not to have children but she also think she regretted that choice.

 I believe its not that she is diabetic or not that she doesn't want to have any kids. like she stated  " I knew of course that type 1 diabetics did have kids" what she means by that is that she kind of knew that there was a diabetics that had kids and she also says that they could but it would be hard. At the moment she is too focused on her career and she doesn't want anyone getting in her way. she doesn't want to repeat the same story as her own mother did. leaving them in the house by themselves with an alcoholic father.

Sotomayor

From what I read Sonia had different reasons for not wanting to start a family. Pg. 295 Sonia mentioned about risks of having a baby with her diabetes, but I think that she was not willing to sacrifice her career to have children. Also Sonia stated that it do not make a person less of a woman if she do not have any children. On pg. 298 Sonia stated that she couldn't see herself with a child based on her demanding career. Since a child needs his/her mother, I think Sonia looked at it as neglect to the child if she had a baby with her profession, the long hours of work each day she would not have any time to spend with her child. My opinion is that there were many reasons for Sonia's decision for not wanting to have a child,  I think that in the end it was her decision to make, what is best for her, advancing her career and doing what makes her happy.

Sonia was honest when she decided not to have children because of her health she daibetic and having babies will complicated her health. Also, because she and her brother was neglected by her parents,her mother working night at the hospital and her an Alcoholic she has to call her mother often at work for help. Furthermore,she is a new proseutor very motiavated  to be a federal judge she didn"t want to neglect her childred like her mother neglect her.Sonia is very reslient person nomatter any obstacles at work she is facing at work she is determined to reach hergoals.

Women were treated differently than men, even though they tried to make it equally. They would have to do extra work in order to earn the same amount of money with men made. Men was always being treated as a better employee. It's not only hard for female to try to stand their places during work, but also in their lives as well. Most of the men showed no respect to women. They can call them anything they wanted to say and not caring about women's feeling. They refused to listen to other people's words and speech.

Sonia's Choice on Having Children

I can understand the choice that Sonia made about not having children. She has Diabetes, that could be passed down to her child. She never thought she would make it past forty. Unfortunately, so many people think that if you are a mother you are not able to have your own career. I don't think that is the reason why she decided not to have children. I think that Sonia was following her gut and she knew that the things she wanted to achieve would leave little time to tend to a child. Sonia looks back at her own childhood and there were many instances that her mother was not around because she was working. It seems that she didn't want to  put her child through the same thing, knowing how demanding her job was. Although, it never took away at how she viewed her mother because her mother was a hard worker. Sonia made a choice not to have children, but she still was an amazing aunt to her nieces and nephews and all of her god children.

And how many times would a defendant's lawyer lawyer enter the courtroom before a session and ask each of the male clerks and paralegals around me, are you the assistant in charge? While I sat there invisible to him at the head of the table? My response was to say nothing and my colleagues would follow suit. If it rattled him a bit when he eventually discovered his error, that didn't hurt our side, perhaps he'd be less likely to repeat it.
This small passage tells me that Sonia was bothered by her predominantly male colleagues, the Bronx had built something special.
I do fell sorry for Sonia and Kevin because of the way she feels about kids. What she's saying about not being able to picture a child in her loop saddens me because everyone should at least once experience the joy of pregnancy, I think it brings a man and woman somewhat closer than they ever were before.

page 294-298

  This passage shows that Sonia Sotomayor had an unconditional love for children. Many friends and family saw this motherhood side of her and that led to her to become a god mother to so many children. Unfortunately even though she has a special place in her heart for other peoples kids, she feared having a child of her own mainly because of  her complications due to diabetes. On the other hand, she didn't see her self fitting a child in her hectic profession. I believe Sonia got too caught up in her line of work and neglected the fact that she needed to have another life outside of work. I loved the fact that she cared so much for kylie and  she would sacrifice time out her busy schedule to spend some quality aunty time with her. Sonia would have been a great mother, she wouldn't have made the same mistakes her Celina did. I wished she wasn't so dedicated to her job and willing to risk having a child of her own.

At  the bottom of page 296 Sonia Sotomayor talks about her time at the district attorneys office, and how they view the women  in the office. They were treated nothing but different from the men there. Even though they got paid the same amount at the office, the promotions came in different. I believe everyone should be treated the same I don't think just because you are a male of female you should be treated differently. that is just sexism, treated females differently than guys, because I believe women can do the same amount as men but a little bit more. I was shocked at how a District attorneys office would treat women difffrently from the men, but I mean it was in the different year. and the fact that the judge calls Nancy " honey" in  a professional court room shows no respect he had for the women, nor the security guard calling a women judge "sweetie". I really don't think that is appropriate especially in a court room. you should call everyone by there name.

Sotomayor and Sexism

It's clear that Sotomayor is a strong woman and that she held her own in what was, at least in the past, a boy's club. I like the image of the clueless lawyer asking all the men at the table who's in charge and everyone sitting there silently. I don't know what I think about the concept of "arguing like a man." For one, I'm not sure what this means. She's aggressive? An asshole? I wonder why she can't just argue like a woman (whatever that is). I think it's problematic to assume that there are only two ways to argue. I suspect there are as many was as there are of stringing sentences together.

Sonia's diabitics

Sonia is a woman that love babies, but She know that is not a good idea that she could have her own child. Her diabetics was one of her most fear in her life. However, when Junior let her stay alone with her nephews, she tough was all that she need emotionally about babies, the adoption for Sonia and Kevin could be an option but Junior's children was enough for her. Sonia is a woman that she loves to do anything to be right on a promise for a child.

The Acrobat

At going over pages 294-298.  It seems to me that as with all her life decisions.  Sonny has always been where saw herself in.  She is at peace with her choice of not bearing children, due to the complications with her illness.  On top of this, the aggressively fast pace environment in her job.  At looking at her options she believe she would have not fared well.  As she states "there was too little time to accomplish the things I envisioned." (Sonia, 298)

 

What really caught my attention in "My Beloved World" by Sotomayor was her job and how she reacts to the man at her job. She states in the book she felt "invisible" as to signify that she wasnt going to respond back to the man asking her the question. The question I have is why she did she stay quiet. Who influenced her to take such action. Throughout the book she conveys all her actions because shes trying to personify a person and become even greater than them at the same time

One thing that Sonia said that really stood out to me was on page 298 when she said, "though I was glad to have won my cases, somehow the idea of a person going to jail, with all the misery that entailed for a family, never quite seemed caused for a celebration". This statement really showed she didn't lose her compassion after all these years. I feel this really shows the type of person she is and how she views cases regardless if a suspect is guilty or not. I feel like the struggles she endured growing up and her family really molded her into the genuine caring person she is today.

Hows times have changed

The way things are today in the court system and outside are so drastically different. The way females are unequally treated and given the opportunity to become successful at the same rate as a male was unacceptable. If a judge was disrespectful today to sonia after she still kept her cool and asked to please be addressed by her name that judge would be resigning from his position and be facing a law suit. I enjoy seeing Sonia staying true to herself and not disconnecting her emotions from these decisions in court, as she explained how she still see's not reasoning to be celebrating someone going to jail. Sonia still have a consonance thankfully even after all she has been through.

what I found interesting was the way, Sonia especially as a woman, was able to put aside her maternal instinct, because she knew it would not be beneficial for the child if she has chose to have one. Her job was too, demanding in itself that she would not have been able to give a child the time it needed and, so she made the choice to have a career instead of a family. Sonia also knew the dangers associated to her health, because of the diabetes and didn't know the longevity  of her life, but then again none of us do and tomorrow is never promised, so i personally believe the real reason she chose not to have a family was, because she wanted to be able to put 100% of herself in her career and nothing else.

My Beloved World: 3/13

Here are a couple questions I have about this week's reading:

• How does Sotomayor's identity as a Puerto Rican-American affect her life/work? How does her identity as a woman? Is there an overlap between those two identities? 
• On p 259 Sotomayor writes of "the explosion of misdemeanors that seemed more symptomatic of social ills than evidence of criminal natures; the crudeness of the tools of the system wielded against complicated problems." What is she talking about here?

What questions do you have? 

Her Divorce

Sonia feels a great passion for her work that does not realize that her relationship with Kevin is being affected, to the extreme of taking them to divorce. When Kevin lets her know that he feels she does not need him, it's too late. However, despite the fact that Sonia is affected by this decision, she assumes the situation, and continues her life trying to be part of groups that help her get out of the feeling that affects her. By realizing that it could have been different if Kevin I would have let her know, what was happening.

Pearl Def

 I believe Sonia had found her passion with this group, where she can grow. Her respect for the this group of young people was very high. She stated  some of the people that were new to this group which they called young bloods were highly qualified and intelligent individuals. She said that if she had made friends with people like these they would all be successful. This group was ground breaking since they were responsible for the Esp law suit which she compared its importance to the Brown vs. Board of education case. It gave non english speaking hispanic students equal opportunity for education by giving them bilingual classes, before this happened they used to be put in special education classes where eventually they would have no future since they would technically get lost in the system.This organization was a family and she really gained confidence in her belief she can make it since there were females that were beyond successful in this group that were hispanic.

MLA Module Folder Assignment on Blackboard

Reading the MLA Citation SoftChalk Lesson, and answering the questions on the Learning Module was informative and it helped me to better understand MLA Citations.

My beloved world

Hi everyone, on page 226 it says that " My job involved research for the book he was writing on the legislative history of U.S citizenship for Puerto Ricans, as well as minor assistance with the day-to-day legal work of the university." This means that he was writing about his legislative history paper to his job interview in that way they could read it  for that person could get the job and work there in a couple of years.

Question two

l agree, with Sonia that emotion is very important because you have listen to your opponent before you answer her question because you can hurt someone feeling with your words. lt is okay to win debate but, emotion lingers on.

Answer to questions one

someone  can become an lnteresting person by helping others in need for example Father Gigante helped poor people by reclaiming abandoned building from gangs members, renovate it and rented it at low cost prize to poor people in the neighborhood. Furthermore, Miss Katz was a good teacher to her. Kevin her boy friend also   advised her to apply to lvyeague college, and Sonia did. 

my beloved world when sonia was feeling down

Sonia failed her job interview because she didn't get hired after her internship that was for her future. Sonia also seemed that she felt struggle with her work and the lawyer was against her. Sonia felt very down because she was using excuses by deciding to take a break from the law class and it was too much for her to understand about that particular subject about law class.

My Beloved World: Other Questions

• Why is dialogue important in a memoir? 
• Since Sonia was born in the States, why is it important to her to research the history of Puerto Rico?
• On p. 219 (and elsewhere) Sotomayor says that she's not going to write about her "jurisprudence" (essentially, her philosophy of law). Is that fair? Can she tell us about her life and refuse to talk about this vital part of her career?

Mentors

On pp. 224-227, Sotomayor writes about meeting her first mentor, Jose Cabranes. What is a mentor? How was Cabranes a mentor for Sonia? Have you ever had a mentor? If not, what do you imagine as a good mentor for you? What would he/she be like?

When Sonia just felt Beat

Sonia before heading on her trip with kevin had put being a lawyer away for a while, she seemed to feel like the work and struggle it will be to become a lawyer had the odds against her. She was very negative the way she was using every excuse for why she decided to take a break from law, her being puerto rican, a female, socially accepted, getting a firm to hire her. The sad thing is you can tell she felt as if she failed because she didn't get hired after her internship, like that was the deciding factor of her future. Once she met with scott after the yankees had won the big game, she went to a dinner invite where scott would introduce her to multiple people in law and partners of the Shaw Pitman firm which took many students from yale.

Page 199. Paragraph 2. That scene really gives you a glimpse, or actually a picture, of how neglectful public education was for non-English speaking immigrants and minorities in general, a couple of decades ago. Do you see improvements in public education for ESL students and minorities in 2018?

"Y Amigos"

I like how Sonia during her time in Princeton shares with other cultures and clubs.  This is shown page 187.  Although she is part of the Acccion Puertorriqueña group, she make an effort to always include other member from other clubs like Chicano Organization of Princeton. I fell she clearly sees the bigger picture in where although unique in their own perfective of individual cultures, all face the same struggle of being recognize and accepted. She make the comment of "Clearly, numbers as small as ours were better not divided, so we often joined force on issues of mutual concern"

While doing my weekly reading I stumbled across a familiar statement. Sonya was told she argues like a man in a good way, lol

My beloved world

Hi everyone, on page 184 it says that " Until we would raise kids of our own, no minority students had alumni for parents, and rare indeed were those who had not come from poor commuhnities." This mean that when you adopted a child you have to take care of them if they were your child and raise them with a good education and a good parents that you really are to them. Also you have to show your kids love and that you care for them a lot.

my beloved world

Hi everyone, on page 130-132 it says that "Marguerite Gudewicz and I both had a crush on Joe. He was messing around with both of us, being straight with neither. What did he think, that girls don't talk? When he dumped us both for someone else, Marguerite and I became bestfriend." This means that joe was playing with both girls feelings and that they didn't like that so now they speak to eachother and became friends one more time again. They also said in their mind that forget about joe he plays to much with girls and don't respect us at all so that means that he is a player.

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Good evening everyone,



     

Other questions about My Beloved World

• On p. 133 Sonia asks herself "How could one become an interesting person?" How would you answer that?
• In Ch. 13, Sonia learns the value of logic when debating someone. However, she senses that emotion is important too. Do you agree or disagree?
• Why does the school nurse have a problem w/ Sonia getting a "likely" from Princeton?
• On p. 175, Sonia's mother asks her to write her paper that she has to write for Hostos. Sonia won't b/c it's cheating. But why else would it be wrong?

The Melting Pot (or Salad Bowl)

In Sotomayor's "A Latina Judge's Voice," she discusses the "melting pot vs. the salad bowl." Do you know those metaphors? How do these metaphors align with Sotomayor's experiences that she shares in the book? Why is it important to have multiple people represented--in schools (both students and teachers), in communities, in jobs? Or is it important?

Diversity and Growth

After Sonia and margarita had met they became very close, sonia looked up to her. They both had so much in common as they came from similar up bringing. The conversation on how men knew what to do with with white and black girls, but have no clue how to handle the hispanic female was funny to see sonia speak like that. Sonia joined the latino club and became a big advocate for them, i feel this is where she really started the growth process into becoming a judge one day. Sonia believes that she needs to pave the way for minorities, and how she needed to open up the opportunities for other ethnicities to work in the administrations.  The administrations wouldnt even respond to the letters written to them from the latino club to speak about hiring someone of other ethnicity. The latino club filed a complaint to the department of health and education and before they knew there was a new assistant dean of student affairs who would fight for the hispanic students voice to be heard. This was such a huge move foward for future students and future job opportunities to others.

 

 

   Be blessed my 101 fam

Good morning everyone, I hope all is well. I have many things that I like about this book but the one thing I like best is Sonia's ability to excel all while being humble. To me she continues to exhibit leadership skills through all her adversities. Life is what you make it no excuses, this what I think of when Sonia and Junior come to mind. I wonder what Sonia's mother feels like now knowing that all her sacrifices paid off, Justice Sotomayor and Dr. Sotomayor.

My Beloved World 170

In the page 170 Sonia reflex the problem that many students have writing English when we have Sapanish  language roots, the examples that she used to describe how we mix both language English and Spanish when we writing English were. " tell it to him" instead "tell him" and " authority of dictatotship" instead " dictatorial authority". That is absolutely right, it usual happen to me, just how Sotomayor made we have to work on it.

Literacy Narrative

I believe pages 170 and 175 are examples of a literacy narrative. Page 170 portrays Sonia's struggle with the English language at Princeton. Professor Weiss critiqued Sonia's writing as weak because her sentences were often fragments, her tenses and grammar were normally incorrect. To her it all felt and looked correct and you know Sonia is a very smart girl but she didn't discover her mistake until a year after. Sonia realized what she was doing wrong when she took contemporary Latin American history, only then did she noticed her English was riddled with Spanish constructions and usage. That meant she would always speak the other away around. I took basic Spanish in high school so I understand we speak English opposite to Spanish, as she said she would use "authority of dictatorship" instead of "dictatorial authority." I am shocked that throughout her school years no teacher as never acknowledged her mistake. To fix her problem Sonia bought some grammar handbooks and vocabulary booklets Sonia devoted her lunch hour during her summer job doing grammar exercises and learning ten new words, which she would later practice using on Junior.
I loved that she finally understood that some of her knowledge gaps wasn't based on her aptitude but cultural background as it was for her understanding how to write English.
I also believe that page 175 was also a literacy narrative, on this page it shows Sonia's mom panicking and struggling with writing her English paper. She suggested that Sonia wrote her paper cause she felt like quitting. Sonia decided to help her instead and she did. Sonia also encouraged her mother on her final exams and they both made a bet. Sonia and her mother went through similar circumstances with learning the proper way of writing English. She did not do her mother's writing as Celina suggested because she wanted her mother to learn  and understand the same way she did and she believed in her mother as well.
What if my father hadn't die? Sonia asked later on in the chapter. Well if he was still alive Celina would definitely not have went back to school, for Sonia most definitely maybe not Princeton, she was always smart and determine though. If her dad was still alive maybe she would have went further away for school.

Princeton Life

    I was particularly struck by page 158. I am surprised by how Princeton changed Sonia's life in the  most simplest of unexpected ways. Sonia fell in love with this jacket but it was size too small, Celina decided to ask the saleswoman if by any chance they had a bigger size or the store has another location they could purchase it. Unfortunately, to her surprise the saleswoman began to give  Celina so much attitude but she was so determined to make her daughter happy. Saleswoman began to complain that it would be a lot a trouble to just to seek another way for her to get the jacket. Besides ain't that her job to make the customers happy? .....because of Sonia's mom determination she finally said that she wanted to get the jacket has a gift for her daughter going away to college. The saleswoman asked, "so where's she going to college?" I'm saddened by the way her attitude changed after she heard Princeton. The saleswoman suddenly became courteous, respectful and even made a phone call. What a surprise? She only decided to help, when she discovered Sonia's social class before she was just looking at two minority latinos. I am happy today's world is more diverse, not saying this wouldn't have happen in todays world but today more minorities are at the top of the social ladder.

I agree with some of you guys comments on the part when Sonia and her mother was shopping for a coat and the coat was to small. They went to the saleswoman to ask if they had her size and the lady didn't seem to interested in helping. Sonia's mother mention that she wanted to give her the coat as a gift for going to college. When the saleswoman ask what school she was going to and she said Princeton her whole attitude changed. She started acting all nice and she made a phone call to make sure she got her coat. I found that to be so fake and phony. Just a few minutes ago they weren't important and now they are. I think it's kind of weird how sometimes people treat your poorly until they find out that you have a certain status. Whether it's where you live, work, go to school, dress or the amount of money you have. Even Sonia's mother Celina is being treated differently at work. She said that doctors that would never speak to her have came to her to congratulate her. I think everyone deserves to be treated with respect regardless of the level your on. I feel like you should never look down on anyone because how that saying goes the same people that you see on the way up is the same people you see on the way down. which basically means don't think because your in a good position in life that things can't change and you end up in the same position as the person you was looking down on. And now that person you were judging is now in a good position and now your in a situation where you need their help. So watch how you treat people because karma does exist.

Princeton and how it changed her life

I think that she was really shocked and a little over whelmed by how when she got into princeton everyone in the area treated her different. They gave her the respect and attention that she never thought she would get. Since she was puerto rican during a time of discrimination she didnt know what it was like to be socially accepted. The biggest eye opener for sonia was when her mom said even she has been treated differently at work, it was almost as if she was now in a different social class. My favorite part of the chapter was when her mother wanted to buy the sweater at the store and the lady was being so mean to her until she brought up that it was a present to sonia for when she goes to college. The lady asked what college and her mother said princeton and the lady changed her attitude completely, was polite and helpful with the transaction. I just think this is a thing that happens today, people in place are treated different based on their economic class, and or people change the way they look at people once they find out that certain people they think are broke are really rich.

Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor tells us in her book that no everything is how it seems, I am pretty sure that many people like me though that this wonderful woman, our judge from the Supreme Court of United State, always she had has a lifestyle of abundance and comfort. We can see that it was not like that. Sonia Sotomayor as many students worldwide, she had many obstacle to reach the position that she has nowadays, an episode of her life that touched me was when the women from the Prospect Hospital collect money to give it to Sonia so that she could buy a new shoes for college. 

My Beloved

It is very sad Reading about Nelsons’ heroine addiction. Sonia admired him, and  he was very talented, Sonia said that Nelson was her genius sidekick. l guess that he was going through a lot emotionally and he turned to drugs for comfort. Also Sonia was very upset that Nelson showed up at Abuelita’s funeral in such a state, Sonia felt that it was very disrespectful. It shows that the choices that we make in life will either make us or break us. In my opinion, l think that Nelson chose that path because he was not strong enough emotionally, and he did not have the support to talk to someone about what he was going through!

I find it interesting that in page 159, Sonia's mother said the doctors who never talked to her with any respect before, are now coming up to her and congratulating her on her daughters acceptance to Princeton. Why would the doctors give her that attention? What does attending Princeton show about the person? I think it might mean she will be getting a world class education and probably become a useful asset to the community and she was smart enough to be accepted into a Ivy League school, that many are unqualified to attend.

My beloved world

Hi everyone, in class we discussed about page 121 and it says that " The boys need rules, law, order, to keep their worst instincts in check. The conch they blow to call a meeting or hold for the right to speak stands for order, but it holds no power in itself. Its only power is what they agree to honor. It is a beautiful thing, but fragile." This mean that someone is in trouble or they are threating them bad is some kind a way.

I think its sad how Sonia's mother lost her mother at the age of nine which was the same age Sonia lost her father. I know that a child needs both parents in their life but I feel like girls look up to their mother as a role model  on how to be a woman. And boys the same thing with their father. For a young girl to loose her mom I'm sure that had to just break her heart in pieces. I couldn't even imagine. The thought of it just makes me sad. I feel like Sonia's mother had to grow up fast. Celina's mother was sick and it affected her mentally. She would wander off in the middle of the night and Celina would wake up go find her and lead her back to bed. It's sad for a kid to experience something like that. I think it's amazing that even with all that she was able to get recruited into one of the first Puerto Rican units of the women's army corps.

My Beloved

I really need to express how much i enjoy how sonia talks about her life and she is so descriptive, you can literally close your eyes and just imagine everything going on word by word. Ken moy the student coach for the forensic club was someone sonia really did look up to. I believe he is someone that has really given her the determination to be better. Sonia believes he is brilliant, and i love the sense of humor when he tells her to stop using her hands when she speaks and she said thats like telling a bird not to fly. She has something in common with him too, as his father is a drug addict,alcoholic with a violent temper and sonia knows whats it like to have a troubled father.  This debate in forensic's is where sonia truly has found her calling and how much she wants to be a lawyer. The ability to persuade someones mind and she proves how good she is when she talks about the cold blooded murder of kitty genovese.

My Beloved

The act of kindness from Dr. Fisher is touching, leaving Sonia’s mother five thousand dollars in his will when he died. Dr. Fisher made it possible for them to help with their move, he was a great support system for the family.

My beloved world

Hi everyone good evening, in page 86 it says that Sonia felt down like in a sad face because she couldn't have the constructive bond by herself. Also Julie is dead and Celina has to be responsible of being a mother to Julie's child to take care of them.

Interesting observation

Pages 86 and 87 was particularly interesting to me. What I can't come to understand is how no one bothered to help her father with his alcohol abuse? When he died the two most important persons in his life (wife and mom) fell apart instantly. Weren't they aware of the consequences it would have had on them. Eventually, Celina overcame the passing of her husband and gained confidence and strength. While unfortantely, Abuelita never did she only got worse, i was surprise she moved to the projects after the remark she past when Celina moved the family there. Her own mother died and she didn't care to go. Why wasn't she overwhelmed with the grief for her mother? I thought they had a solid relationship. This is when she needed all those parties to soak away the pain eventhough her eyesight was going. The personality Abuelita was portrayed with throughout the beginning of the story just drastically changed exactly after Juli's death. I didn't expect that from her. I believe in away she let Sonia down because she could no longer have that constructive bond with her. It only got worse Abuelita when her husband began to fade away. She should have been there for Gallego more during this time. Instead Celina had to step up and help. Celina out of all persons. While Sonia and her brother kept it together and began getting good grades with the help of there mom. Sadly the passing of Juli allowed Celina to step up to the responsibilities of being a mother.

A Latina Judge's Voice

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/politics/15judge.text.html

by Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Some questions that I have about My Beloved World:

•  Ch. 7 is Sonia's mother's story. It's essentially a flashback to before Sonia was born. Why is this necessary for her memoir? 
• What does the English language represent to Sotomayor? Why did Sonia and Junior's teachers send home notes that their parents were supposed to speak English at home? What did English represent to Sonia's parents? 
• Why is Dr. Paulsen's gender (96) important to Sotomayor?
• Why do you think Sotomayor juxtaposes homework and her mother and friends' leering at Tom Jones at the beginning of Ch. 10? (Btw, here's Tom Jones performing the song she's referring to:)

 

Literacy Narrative and My Beloved World

Look again at pp. 117-123. How might this section of the memoir be viewed as a literacy narrative? How do the incidents with the fruit seller and the grown women playing phone pranks connect to Lord of the Flies?