10 Question

Isaiah Nelson

Engw_1100

10 Questions

11/7/15

Vegetarianism/veganism

1) How does it affect the enviornment? (factual)

2) How does it affect people? (anilitican)

3) Why do people dislike veganism/vegetarianism? (anilitical)

4) Why do people trun their dislike from extremisp vegans to other veganism/vegetarianism? (inductive)

5) How does it help animals in general? (factual)

6) How does it affect one's health? (factual)

7) Why do people refuse to be veganism/vegetarianism? (inductive)

8) How do people judge vegans/vegetarians? (indictuve)

9) Why does morality affect what people eat? (anilitical)

10) How can one's life change if they turn to veganism/vegetarianism? (factual)

Isaiah Nelson

Engw_1100

Jean Anyon

9/24/15

How relevant is Jean Anyon's essay in today's society

Jean Anyon talks about how wealth influences from early childhood affects one's career in the future. To an extent that might be true however I would like to give an exceptional case of my mother. My mother's name is Catherine Nelson and she was born and raised in the poorer parts of East Orange and now works for new pharmaceutical company Amerigen, all the while she is in the minority as a black woman. So ever since she was young she knew that living such a poor lifestyle was no life that she wanted to live. Often my mom would tell me "you have to go to college to make that money", and she would follow up jokingly with " look at me I worked hard because I like my money". Although that sounds a little harsh and superficial I now understand where she was coming from when she said it. It was not only until later that I understood what she meant, she grew up poor and did not want to raise a family in such conditions and she wants me to go to college so that I do not have to struggle the way she did and going to college would give me that chance.

So in the Jean Anyon's essay where she addresses economic standing being the primary contributor for career choices i believe that that was more effective in the past than now. This is because nowadays there are more resources and more opportunities for people in low economic households to rise in social classes. My mother contributes much of her success to Affirmative Action, that gave her a chance to go to school and get a job out of school. Affirmative action even helped my father because he is the only black detective in his department. That is why Jean Anyon's essay might not be as relevant in today's society.

Isaiah Nelson

Engw_1100

Student's Language

9/17/15

They Should

                  They should, they being students, most definitely be allowed to use their own language in their writing. Making a person write in a way that they aren't accustomed to is like riding a bike for the first time, they simply have no need to be writing in such a manner. Take the quote from NCTE reading Students' Right to Their Own Language “We affirm strongly that teachers must have the experiences and training that will enable them to respect diversity and uphold the right of students to their own language”(4). This quote shows that students should be able to use their own language when they right because it would make it easier to for them to express themselves and enriches our society with the diversity if that student’s style and culture. In not doing so the teacher is in a sense prohibiting the students from learning and reaching their potential. There is also the sense that a student should be able to use their first language especially if it is a foreign language. A student’s ability to write the way they want to is very important to their identity and their self-esteem for their writing. So in cases where a student grew up speaking a different language or they speak a different language a home, and their writing expresses that language then that student is more inclined to be proud of that language. They are able to incorporate a very fundamental part of who they are in a piece of their writing which will truly make their writing their word.

Isaiah Nelson

Engw 1100

Identity

9/2/2015

Identity to me means…

Identity is an idea that is elusive to elusive to many of us but applies to everyone. However in the essay How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldua, Anzaldua discusses her identity and how her language defines her. She talks about keeping her identity in a world where other people such as English speaking Americans and even her mother want her to be something that she isn’t, all of which is represented through language. The overall theme of her essay says that her language makes her who she is and no one can change that, with a very similar theme I can make the same argument as to what Identity means to me. One’s identity is made by that person and it is a mix of how the person sees themselves and how they accept others to see them.

If you ask someone what their identity is or who they are they might make a list of features of things that apply to them however that is just what they are not who they are. Anzaldua alluded to who she was when she says “Often it is only with another Chicana tejana that I can freely talk.” in which she states that she can only show her true identity and be herself when she is talking to people that speak the same language the way she does. So this quote represents my overall definition of identity because she sees other Chicanas as accepting. therefore she can express her identity as opposed to in other situations she would need to speak a different language in order to communicate with a particular person.

Citation: Anzaldua, Gloria “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Bernstein. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/st Martin’s, 2013 245-255. print

anzaldua's

Isaiah Nelson
Eng_1100
Aug 31 2015
prof. Young


1. The overall essay discusses language and the different ways she speaks depending on her situation, such as in a professional setting she will speak standard English but with her friends and siblings a mix of Spanish and English. So opening in a dentist's char is more than relevant because of the symbolism to language through the mouth.

2. I can see why she incorporated spanish in her writing which was to give the reader the perspective of trying to read when you don't fully understand the language, and I was definitely confused for much of it.

3. Academic English and Spanish is only relevant depending on the context of the situation. For example if she is in a job interview in either America or Mexico the she would need to speak standard english.

4. Speaking and writing academic english is not only necessary but imperative for communication to the general population around her. She lives in  America and because of that she needs to know how to speak academic english.

5. There are a few types of english identities however a particular video comes to mind which I will provide a link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9fmJ5xQ_mc . In this video a young women named Jamila Lyiscott speaks on the three different languages she speaks and in one point of the video she states " I speak three tongues one for each: home, school and friends". Lyiscott discusses many similar things to Anzaldua in her essay, I can relate to both because I have a different identity when speaking to my parents as oppose to speaking to my friends and even a different identity when speaking to new people.

6. The language I use with my friends I would hardly call secret it is pretty general so I do not have a secret language/identity

7. I speak casual english to my friends I never felt the need to speak a sort of slang however it is a very relaxed language. When I am talking to a professor I speak a much stricter version of English and make sure to annunciate and articulate my words. Also to my mother I speak a mix of both depending on the setting, if I am in a relaxed situation then I would talk more like a friend but if the situation is serious then I would talk more strict.

8. This statement means that her identity is directly linked to the language she speaks, saying how the way she speaks makes her who she is.

9. The beginning and end connect because it starts in the dentist and ends talking about how all minorities language is surprised in today's culture.

10. Yes because it says where I am and who I am talking to.

11. Identity is important o me, I feel it is important to know who you are and I believe the same could be said for Anzaldua.


"The first time I heard two women say...nostros I was shocked...Language is a male discourse."

"Often only with another Chicana tejana that I can speak freely."

"Chicanos and other people of color suffer economically for not acculturating"

Isaiah GETTING TO KNOW ME

1. I do not currently play any sports.
2. I am passionate about my guitar, I often play it trying to learn new songs or touch up on current songs I already know.
3. I don't really have a nickname but most people call me Nelson which is my last name.
4. when i write it is neither really its more like I let it flow until i get stuck then I write down notes or refer to previously written notes.
5. My teachers did allow to look over papers that were given back but not revise for a bigger grade unless we requested for the teacher to read the paper prior to the due date.
6. I like a lot of different types of music mostly but not limited to hip hop, but i would say right now my favorite artist is The Weekend.
7 As expected I do in fact use social media however not as much as most young adults my age, I don't have a Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, just a snapchat.
8. What is most important for me to learn this semester is to strengthen my writing skills of that beyond a high school level, along with many life skills that have to do with living away from home.
9. I would give myself a fair B, mostly because that is because I mostly go B's in high school but also I feel that is where is fit in.