between texting language and formal writing or essay appropriate language. Students are inventing a language that adapts to the 160 character limit of short messages (Shafie‚ Azida‚ Osman 97). They must shorten their words or make abbreviations in order to send a quick short text; I mean it is called the short message system (SMS) for a reason right? In John Humphry’s article called I h8 txt msgs‚ he is very ignorant and thinks that texting has ruined the English language. He says that the abbreviations
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Before taking this English 101-A course‚ I had a particular perception when it came to writing essays and English language. In High school‚ I was a really lazy student. As lazy as they can come‚ I was that times 10. For as long as I can remember I had always coasted through Elementary school and Middle school with really great grades. I would take honor roll courses and get straight A’s and 1 B almost every year. So by the time I had reached my first year in High school 9th grade‚ I decided I didn’t
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Even though I never had any problems with English throughout high school‚ I was worried about how college would be like. I thought it would be completely different from high school‚ when in fact it is not. Personally‚ I think taking AELW 940 the first half of the semester prepared me well for English 101. Although‚ I learned a lot in AELW 940 I still had some things to learn and my essays reflected that during English 101. I had problems with comma splices‚ run on sentences and poor vocabulary. Since
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As my English 101 class comes to an end there are many valuable lessons we learned in this class. We learned how to respond to the author. We learned how to write in the They Say/I Say style‚ which I plan on using this style to write in most of my papers from now on. Another lesson we learned in this class was how to create a thesis with tension. The lessons I learned in English 101 will most likely be used again as I progress on with English 102 as well as the rest of my college career. Responding
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text message I need to send before class starts. I walk into the warm‚ musty computer lab and sit at my usual spot with the view of the library through the tree limbs. I am always sure to come to English class because I know of my terrible history in this subject area. I have always struggled with English and before this semester had assumed that the college level class would be the death of me. As I read over the syllabus for this class it states that we will learn to understand writing assignments
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Education. Why is it such an easy word to understand but such a tedious task to accomplish? We come from a society that hands out education easily‚ however that education comes with a price. Jean Anyon explains this process through her research in From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Anyon dissects the socio-economic class that determines the types of instruction students receive. Through her research one can compare her findings to Mike Rose’s narrative‚ I Just Wanna Be Average
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Raed Aalashor Andria Reid English #101 April 11‚ 2014 Summary and Response of Steve Job’s TDX Speech In 2005‚ Steve Jobs gave a TDX speech at his Stanford University about his life‚ and how to be successful. Steve Jobs was hungry for success. This is what his three stories were about. In TDX‚ he gave a speech of three stories summaries his life. Steve Jobs’ first story was about connecting the dots; likewise this is was his hindsight. He gained it through his early life;
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Linda Nguyen English 101 Three years ago my life changed dramatically. I was in college pursuing my bachelor’s for registered nursing when I found out I was pregnant. Right then I felt my dreams slip from under me. The scholarship I had worked so hard for‚ the job my dad slaved at over these past years to get me into the University I had begged him to send me to‚ all of that was gone. Fearful of the journey that had lain ahead for me; I had not yet planned what my next step in life was
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Bhandari Professor Michael G. Davros English 101 January 15‚ 2015 “Arguing from Personal Experience” The world is moving in a fast pace. During Malcolm X’s time it was popular for black men to conk their hair. Similarly‚ “My First Conk” is an essay by Malcolm X where he wrote about the steps and awful experience while he was conking his hair. At that time‚ black people were inferior to white that’s why he conks his hair just to fit in that society. In his essay‚ he is emphasizing that people should
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English 101 May‚ 6‚2013 Compare The Tell Tale Heart is a short story written in 1843 by Edgar Allen Poe. This story starts with the narrator telling us how he is not mad‚ merely nervous‚ but not crazy.In this story he explains that he loves and takes care of this old man. He has nothing against this old man‚ in fact he cares for him‚ but he hates the old man’s “vulture-eye”. The narrator hates the eye and decides to kill the old man to be free of it. He devises a plan to be free
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