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English 5/211 develops the ability to analyze, criticize, and advocate ideas. Critical thinking looks at the relationship between language and logic, introduces rhetoric or persuasive writing and tools students can use to evaluate information based on facts, perceptions, assumptions, evidence, reasons, inferences, judgments, induction, deduction and conclusions.
Aaron Villanueva
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English 5
March 8, 2012
Free write: International Women’s Day Reflection
Well I never really heard of this international women’s day. It was my first time hearing about and finding out about international women’s day on Tuesday. It was very interesting to find out that there is a day for all women.
The woman who inspires me the most would be my mother. Since she is my mother and raised me, I most definitely choose her for a woman to look up to. There were times when she tells me stories of her when she migrated from another country. I find it very interesting that she never lost hope. There were times when she was having difficulties or obstacles to accomplish her dreams. In the end she accomplished it. Her dream was to go to America and raise a family. The only problem is that her dream ended. Her dream ended when I was born. For some reason, I feel as if there is more in life that she wants. I don’t know what it is. If anything, I look up to her. I mean she does have to deal with someone like me all the time at home. When I think about it…it really is difficult to deal with a hard headed son. The thing I like about my mother is that she is a very strong woman. She actually fights for what is right for herself, her family, and her friends. What more can I say…My mother inspires me.
William Everett
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English 5
5 March 2012
International Women’s day Reflections
The women I admire the most is a resident at my job, she is an older women who is now living in assisted living home. The reason why I like her is she isn’t afraid to speak her mind, she is the type of person who doesn’t care if she is liked or not. She however is one of the friendliest people you will ever meet. She is always joking, even when things don’t look well she stay positive and smiles through it all. She is a wonderful friend and I always look forward to seeing her at work.
Vincent Corral Jr.
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English 5
08 March 2012
Response to William Everett
I would have to agree that most elderly women i've ran into have the darnest of stories to tell. I feel that the one's that share their stories have wisdom to teach for us new generation folks. It's always nice to know that there are those that are more than willing to say something that can inspire us to do good if not better in the world.
Ricardo Arvizu
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3/8/11
Freewrite
A woman who inspires or shall I say women would have to be the women that crossed the boarder from Mexico to the United states in order to give their children a better life. My mother crossed the border with two children at her side and a baby in her arms, she did this because she wanted to escape the poverty and danger that Mexico was bringing to her life. She was caught the first time she attempted to cross the border but that did not stop her from accomplishing her goal although she was deported back to Guadalajara she still managed to try again and successfully crossed the boarder. Even though she had crossed the boarder to the United States she still raised us with Mexican traditions in order to preserve our Mexican heritage Spanish was our first language. My mother is my inspiration.
Ana Cristina Muro
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English 5
8 March 2012
Free write on international women’s day
The woman that I most admire would be my mother. I have seen her always struggle for her three children. She has raised us by herself. She is always inspiring me to continue striving for what I want to accomplish in life. I can always go to her when I have a problem and I am feeling down. I know that I can count on her to be there for me, as she can count on me. We are always helping each other economically and also emotionally. We have been through rough times, barely making it with money to pay or the bills and for food. However, we always manage to make it through. We might not have a luxurious life, but we are happy by having each other as a support. I am glad that there is a day especially dedicated for strong women that are always overcoming many obstacles in life and still continue to stay strong.
She is strong enough to fix it herself.
ReplyDeleteShe is smart enough to recognize the false.
She is confident enough to do it her way.
She is honest enough to know when it's time to stop.
She is beautiful enough to know that no one else can define beauty for her.
She defines empathy by nurturing all who need it.
She defines determination by seeking new skills.
She defines sharp by using both intellect and emotion to process information.
She could be one of my many friends from my past, present or future.
She inspires me to appreciate women every day.
Latisha K. Mabullu
DeleteIn response to Jerald Appling. That is beautiful. Like how you didn't make who "she" is clear, but its apparent who she is.
LAtisha K.Mabullu
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English 5
1 March 2012
Women's Day freewrite
The Woman I most admire and celebrate is my mother. My Mother is One of the sweetest and strongest women I know. You wouldn't suspect she had a difficult past by her attitude toward the world today. She is very admirable and to me the most amazing women on earth. She did strive for thirty years to be a wonderful and mother even though my Dad didn't always do his part to help her and support as he should have. My Mother and Father had three kids and majority of my life she was working to support us. Don't get me wrong my father worked to, but sadly he didn't always put his family first. My Mother made God and her family her first priorities. She was always there when I needed her. When anyone need her. She amazingly took care of both of her parents until the day they died. Her Mother was just recently. I know to you it might not seem like the outstanding jobs, but to me, she made a diffrence, she changes lives everyday by working hospice and by far one their best nurses. Bu to me she is wonderful, and thats all that matters.
Melvin Herring
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English 5
March 8 2012
woman's day reflection
The woman who inspires me has to be my co-worker Baxay S, she is one of the strongest people I know. She’s very hardworking and determened. She never lets anything get in her way, when ever faced with a problem she finds a way to tackle it. The other day our store and the store she work at got robbed, but she didn’t let that effect her, she still smiling and living life. She showed me when life gives you lemons, “make some bomb ass lemonaid”. So to me this woman shows more strength and pride then any other man, she shows me that you can’t let life kick you when you’re down. I think anyone can learn a lession from this woman, I know I have. No celebrity can touch this woman, I have learned more from her then all my years of watching T.V.
In response to Melvin Herring
DeleteWOW! Its good to have real life heros!
Jesse Pinkney
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English 5
8 March 2012
Womens Day Reflection-
I am inspired by all the women that has palyed a role in raising me. Majority of my life was filled with leadership and motivation from the strong women in my family. My mom was a single parent that finished college and raised 2 kids by herself. My aunt the intellectual one out of the family and taught me to respect myself, family, elders, and community.Both my grand mothers were always motivating me to be the best I could be. Withouth these four women in my life my respect for others would be different and I thank them for being a vehicle of life, and conditioning my mind to live in this diverse society.
Abigail Boggs-Moura
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English 5
8 March 2012
While International Women's Day incorporates a huge array of amazing women who have moved the fight for women’s rights forward and in different areas of work, inspired so many, one woman who is really important to me grandmother. She is one my role models not only because everything she has been through in her life and how she overcame it, but because of who she is today. My grandmother family is originally from Durango, Mexico and when her family came here during the early 1920’s, the environment for Mexicans was a very unfriendly one. Not only did she deal with tremendous abuse from the general society but additionally from her family who was also very abusive. While I did not know much about her life before my mother came into the picture till recently , she overcame those struggles and brought up my mother and her six other children in truly inspiring. Living in the world today and seeing our society change in profound ways as well as stay the same in many other ways, my grandmother continues to inspire and lift me up and will always remain one of my heroes.
Maya Dobjensky
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English 5
March 8, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR6u0pjj74M
This is a video of my older sister. When she was in college, she got very involved in CalPIRG (public interest research group). After she graduated she got a job with WisPIRG at the University of Madison. She is now manager of the entire midwest chapter. I'm writing about her on International Women's Day because she is a prime example of a strong independent woman working for a greater cause.
Evelyn Rodriguez
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English 5
8 March 2012
International Women’s Day
Although she is not recognized or famous, the woman that inspires me is my mom. My mom has always been a hard workingwoman. She came from a very poor family back in Mexico. Although many times she barely had anything to eat, nothing stopped her from trying to do better in life. My mom will do anything to keep my siblings and I happy. She has always encouraged us to keep on going with our education. Even though my mom didn’t have the chance to get much education, she has managed to learn English. Every since I was young, I remember my mother helping me with all my school assignments. Not only do I admire my mother for being a great mother, but I also see that she is a great wife. My mom works more than 8 hours a day and still she still comes home and cooks for the whole family.
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English 5
March 8 2012
The women who inpsires me the most is my mother. She has provided me with the best care any child could ask for. Through out the years,good or bad she has stood by my side and supported me no matter what. She has taught me to be independent and do things for myself.What stands out the most about my mother is she has always instilled in me how improtant family is. I am thankful and fortunate to have my mother around in my life.She makes me strive for the best and to always be on top of my game.
Thanhhuong Nguyen
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English 5
March 08, 2012
Woman's Day freewrite
A woman who inspires me is Mother Theresa. She decided to let go of everything and follow God by becoming a nun in 1931. She spend her whole life traveling to help people; mostly the poor. I thought what she did was very nice. I myself can’t even let go of my families or love one’s to volunteer and go somewhere far for a long time. Even though I can’t do the things she does, I can still help people that are in my community or people that come to me and ask for help. She inspired me to reach out for people that needed help.
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English 5
March 08, 2012
The woman that I admire is my mother. She is incredibly determined, having worked three jobs in order to get herself through night school. She did this while often having to carry her drunken father home from his office. She single handedly raise both my sister and I. She had a job as an investment banker and decided to leave this occupation and join the Coast Guard in order to do some good in the world. She was rejected from OCS two times but refused to give up and is now going to retire as one of 36 women captains in the Coast Guard at this time. She has instilled in me that it is not about how much money you make in life, but the people you affect and the good that you do. My mother is not perfect, but she is constantly attempting to achieve a certain level of self improvement and to help anyone in need. This is why she is my hero.
Lola Levi
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Free write
Eng.5
3-8-12
Women’s day to me is a great reflection to acknowledge women, but everyday women ought to be acknowledged because of our character this world can't do without them. We wear many hats, and carry so much. I am so glad that God created us to endure and bare all that we may face. To have children is so awesome, the nurturer s we are, the compassion and strength we have. I am so proud to be a woman, especially a black woman, that is very powerful.
Lola Levi
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Eng. 5
3-8-12
Along with the previous post, the woman I give the utmost respect and gratitude is my great aunt, whom I call grandma. She raised me one of my brothers, and six other child with us alone, and ran a dry cleaning business. Such a strong and powerful woman, that I trully thank God for. She was Heaven sent, my help then and now. Women are Awesome.
Vincent Corral Jr.
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English 5
08 March 2012
Free Write
Amelia Earhart is one of the most inspirational women that comes to mind. Her accomplishments in setting and breaking flight records during her time was astonishing. Some of her notable feats were being the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1931 she set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet, and in 1937 attempted to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe. Although she disappeared in her last solo voyage, it is because of her bravery and motivation to do things others have never attempted before that has inspires me to do the same. God bless her soul!
Saba Ghanem
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English 5
10 March 2012
Free-write: International women’s day reflection
Her name is Tawakel Karman, also known as “the mother of revolution”. Karman was one of the first people to begin the revolution in Yemen. She was kidnapped, imprisoned, threatened, and her family put at stake; but still she persisted to voice herself as a woman and especially as a Yemeni citizen. She is a journalist, politician, and human rights activist. She was one of the very few people in Yemen who did not give in to political abuse, and government corruption, but rather put in all types of efforts to reveal the true face of Yemen’s former president. She led protests, organized meetings internationally to make sure the world knew the truth, and stood up for her country’s rights. She came from a simple family, had three children and a traditional family, but was able to take care of her immediate family and her second family, the people of Yemen. Yemen’s revolution can be said to have been the most peaceful revolution and that is because of her efforts to make sure revolutionists did not turn to arms, but rather carried flowers, and chanted “silmiah”; which means peaceful, despite the year-long bloodshed. Yemen is broken into many sects, and tribes, she was able to bring people of many different backgrounds and beliefs, from the liberals to the conservatives, and led them under one banner of peace for peace. In 2011 she a co-recipient of the Noble Peace Prize as the first Yemeni, first Arab women, and youngest peace laureate. Her prize was promised to be spread out to help in the development of her country and to help the many families that were affected by the revolution. It’s enough to stay this woman changed an entire country, threw-out a criminal from a presidential office, and gave hope to the many people who were abused and tortured for speaking their minds; and still she vows to bring Ali Abdullah Saleh (Yemen’s former president) to justice and prosecution despite international asylum of this criminal. Indeed she is a woman to honor and celebrate; its people like her that keep us free and human generation after generation.
Monsoon Pandey
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English 5
11 March 2012
Woman's Day freewrite
The women that inspires me the most is Frida Kahlo. She is a Mexican painter and a role model to women all around the world. The reason she stands out the most among all the other painters to me is because of her ability to not care about what anybody else said about her or her work. She was one of the most care-free and hard working women. Her paintings are very unique because she mostly only paints portraits of herself. She believed that no one knew herself like she did and also because she is often very alone, so she found it easier to paint herself more than anything else. She turned her solitary into a piece of work, and that is something all women should learn to do. Frida Kahlo also always had health issues ever since she was a child when she got polio, and later other health issues after she got in a serious car accident during her late teens. She learned to love herself, however, and to do the best with whatever she had. I enjoy her mind and her thoughts more than her paintings, and her eyebrows because only Frida Kahlo can pull off eyebrows like that. She was a woman one of her own kind, with so much confidence and gratitude towards everything.
Ronald Parker Jr
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English 5
11 March 2012
Free-write: International women’s day reflection
Amelia Earhart is one of the most inspirational women that comes to mind when i thought about international womens day. her accomplishments seemed amazing. she set and broke flight records in a time period where women werent allowed to do much. some of her most outstanding accomplishments were in 1931 she set a world altitude record of 18,415 feet, and in 1937 attempted to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe. her bravery and motivation to do things on her own are amazing and made me see she was a strong individual and i applaud her for that.
Edwin Peabody
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English 5
8 March 2012
I am really inspired by my mother. She is a wonderful woman with a big heart. She is very caring and grateful. My mother has been there for me throughout my entire life and has taught me how to be a man. She has always been my biggest support system and my biggest fan. I have always been able to come to her for help whenever needed. My mother is also a very strong woman. She never lets any situation upset her or kill her joy. She always manages to remain positive and thankful. When I get older and am ready for marriage, I am hoping that the women I marry share a lot of the same characteristic as my mother.
Liliulachelle Finley
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English 5
One woman that really inspires me is my mother. Since I was a little girl, I was always spoiled by her because I was her first child. At first, we didn't start off so great. She was used to the middle class life and had even been subjected to poverty because of the limited resources in her hometown in Samoa. When she first came here, she tried all she could to make sure that she set up a secure life for her children, and she did. With her second husband, they were able to open up their own business along with having other jobs on the side. However, a major hardship hit our family once we found out that my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I thought for sure, after every surgery or chemotherapy appointment, that she would pass but she kept going strong, thinking of her children each and every step of the way. Now, 6 years after the battle for breast cancer was done, she stands taller and stronger than ever. I love her and I always am happy to say that I am my mother's daughter: strong.
Jesse Pinkney
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English 5
15 March 2012
Free write- International Women's Day
My mom is the women that motivated me the most. She is strong, goal oriented, and has been an inspiration in my life from childhood to my adulthood. My mother raised two kids by herself and graduated from college holding down a full-time job with very little help. She has always wished the best for me and being an adult now I appreciate her more than she knows. We had our ups and downs but she always had my back when I thought she didn't. Not only did she raise two kids she is a little sister that all her older brothers and sisters call on when they need assistance. My mother is the best I could have asked for and I thank GOD everyday for her wisdom and energy she has passed down to me.
Tiffanya Richardson
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English 5
March 8, 2012
Woman who inspires me freewrite
Lottie Belcher
A woman who inspires me is my grandmother Lottie Mattie Belcher. My grandmother lived to be ninety four years old. She raised seven children and was a pastor’s wife. My grandmother was in the kitchen cooking for her family by the time she was five years old. She was a strong woman, had to have been to raise seven children. She also worked full time for many years in a nursing home where she cared for the elderly, before eventually retiring. My grandmother inspires me because she embodies strength and faith. I’ve never seen my grandmother stress, or get frantic over much. I also remember her being really calm and relax, observing people and things never saying too much. Wisdom is another word that comes to mind. Lottie Belcher will definitely be missed.
Jacob Mendoza
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English 5
8 March 2012
International Womens' Day
I am very inspired by my mother. She has been there with me through crucial times and has embodied in me, respect, responsibility, and toughness. She is a person that motivates me everyday in my heart and never seizes to fail to help me get through the day. Someone who shows that dedication and hard work can help you become a better person in the long run.
Adalie Villalobos
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English 5
I am very inspired by my volleyball coach. We had to post a similar post in a past semester. My coach is a hardworker, go-getter, tough, and strong person. She doesnt let anything or anyone in her way of getting her job done. Shes very spirited and funny. She loves to make people laugh is always there for you no matter what the situation.