I know my mother probably told her I was going back to school to finish my degree.” (Tan 27) As the chapter is coming to an end and the night is at its peak, Jing-Mei starts to get up to leave but when the women stop her and tell June that her mother had left behind two infant twin daughters in China, she was shocked. “My sisters, I repeat to myself, saying these two words together for first time” (Tan
Then the airhead named Phyllis Lopez came when it was time for lunch and claimed the sweater from Rachel. So then Rachel gave Phyllis the sweater and ran away. After reading Eleven, our class used kidblog. Kidblog is a website that we do our homework on. There are three different classes so three different websites.
What made this worse for her is that her uniform was bright red which made her stand out even more. She recounts one time of being pushed over a wall by some older girls from this school. She remembers being relieved when it rained as it meant that she could hide beneath her umbrella. My client wore a brace on her teeth when she was a teenager which made her feel very self conscious at a very sensitive time in her life. This particular brace had two hooks on the front where a head gear around the head would be attached to correct the teeth.
She told many stories about her own life. She told her about leaving two daughters behind in China (Kramer 52); this story is told in the first chapter of The Joy Luck Club. As every child, Tan’s mother told her fairy tales. Tan’s mother told her the story
So I thought that it wasn’t bad if I was going to take the classes in Spanish that means that the other students talk Spanish too. The lady in the office told us that everything was ok and I could start classes the next week. In my first day of school I was a little be nervous but not to worry because of my mom and the lady in the office said to me. But for my surprise when I get to the school I realize that everybody talks English to me and when I look at them with a face that means “I don’t understand” they just continue talking in English. I could see that they tried to be understood speaking slowly, but didn’t work.
The victims’ parents tell the audience through their words, stories, and pictures, of who the girls were and how they lived. They also display the girls’ badges, awards, certificates, and Bible that one had in her pocketbook the day she was in the church basement attending Sunday school. The white officials, who were more or less viewed as the antagonists, spoke of that same era from their point of view.
William Cardenas English Mother Tongue My Mother Tongue is a story about a young lady that is second generation in her family and has grown up in the United States. Growing up in an Asian house hold with her parents coming from China learning the language was a lot harder than a person who’s parents were born in the United States. This constructed a family known language that could be understood a hundred percent by their siblings. One of the siblings was Amy Tan, it came to her attention that her mom’s English wasn’t that clear and lacked grammar. She made a book which was about her writing, her life, and of course her book.
Completely stunned by the first words coming out of this new, intimidating teacher, I was excited for an English class for the first time. Growing up I absolutely dreaded reading and writing. Literature as a whole was the bane of my existence. However, this teacher changed it all for me. Mr. Alessandri had us read Silence of the Lambs, Dune, and numerous short stories.
Feelings of happiness, sadness, fear and accomplishment suddenly began to emerge. I was overwhelmed by these unfamiliar emotions. The first feeling that my graduating class and I experienced was happiness. We were all so proud of ourselves. We had finally completed high school and were ready to move on to the next step in our life: college.
Ashley Peterson and The mean girls By: Jarden Wilson The day began with a simple walk to class. Ashley walked into her homeroom class and sat in her usual spot, in the corner beside the window. There was a group of girls known as the mean girls in her homeroom who would always bother her. This morning they came up they came up to Ashley and asked her be their friend. Ashley was so confused that the only thing she could think of to say was yes, when she should have said no!