Peiwen Su Professor Ibrahim English 107 October 5‚ 2014 Mother Tongue Amy Tan uses her mother’s experiences as a sample to represent a type of new immigrants who is always disrespected by locals and have troubles in dealing a lot of things; the reason why this happens is because they cannot speak English well. However‚ from Tan’s perspective‚ although non-native speakers should also improve their English if they want to fit in to different cultures‚ native speaker
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MOTHERS DAY…. While being pregnant ‚ and having to tell the loved ones around me was major. I had also been suffering from a very deadly and hereditary disease‚ I was what some people call a functional alcoholic . And now finding out that I was also pregnant. While my disease was never a big deal to me and my life style. It was now a big change I was not prepared for‚ and there would be changes I could never prepare for. I couldn’t sleep‚ hot and cold sweats‚ withdraw‚ and shakes. It was now
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Student mothers have an advantage over working mothers because student mothers can spend more time with their children. Being a mother is a very rewarding part of life for many women. Sometimes‚ however‚ mothers feel like they do not have any time for their own endeavors. As a mother in college‚ there are so many things to consider‚ such as when to get your homework done‚ how to make time for doctor’s appointments or parent-teacher conferences‚ who is going to watch the children and how you are going
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"MOTHER TO SON" OF LANGSTON HUGHES "Mother to Son" of Langston Hughes is my favorite. What the mother in the poem tries to tell her son is that there will be many rough roads that he has to go by in his life but she hopes that he will not give and complete it like his mother. Through the dialect that Hughes used in his poem‚ we can see that the mother was not a well educated woman by the way she talks "there ain’t" (13) and some grammar mistakes. She was living a poor area with "boards torn up"
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Tan’s “Mother Tongue”‚ she talks about her family’s language. Her family was from china. So Amy talks about her understanding of her mother’s English. She says “I again find myself conscious of the English I was using and the English I do use with her” (240). She wants to speak in the way that her mother can understand her‚ and feel comfortable. It is not that her mother does not understand‚ but that Amy just wants to use the language her mother knows. When I am around my family for a while (my great-grand-parents/
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making individual‚ whereas the mother depends on the father and obliged to respect his interest and rules. Thus‚ the mother has less writes and limited authority in the family. Limitation of authority leads the children to undermine and disrespect the mother. The other problem of unequal authority is the daughters in the family could develop inferiority complex against the sons and the daughter’s self-esteem could be affected. Because of the problems above the mother and daughters could be unhappy
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“Mother Tongue” In the essay‚ “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan informs the reader of the language barrier matters that she underwent as an Asian American. Various individuals are looked down upon because of their poor english language skills. Tan shared the experience of limitation‚ intimation‚ and the family talk that she had in her life. She feels bad for having a limitations‚ because she was Asian-American. Her mother speaks broken
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11024283 Introduction My personal development plans objective is to identify‚ classify and deliver the actions that need to be taken to achieve my life‚ personal and professional goals. This module has allowed me to better recognize my strengths and weaknesses which will drive me to my goals. ‘’A Personal Development Plan (PDP)‚ also called a Plan of Improvement‚ is a document intended to improve areas of weakness that a person may have. ‘’ (Derrick Meador‚ about.com) My current situation I study
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tells them to say hello and a smile graces my face. I would rather not equate my work to that of a mother‚ but in part that is what I do. Just like a mother who teaches her child‚ I am there helping them to understand. The feeling of unconditional love ‚ is alien to me. Sure my mother had it towards me but I have never felt that way toward someone else‚ until
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Abstract The goal of this paper is to identify the strengths and weaknesses that I possess and how they relate to my home life‚ work environment‚ and learning team at school. I also will layout a plan of action to address the correction of my weaknesses. Becoming aware of some of my weaknesses will be the first step to lead to self improvement. My ability to multitask is probably one of my best qualities as a worker. Being a member of a support team‚ the ability to multitask is essential. We are
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