He points out, “When I mentions my troubles with reading to friends, many say they’re suffering from similar afflictions. The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing” (315). Even though he thought he was the only one suffering from no longer having the ability to read at his former level, he learned that his friends were also having trouble. Carr continues explaining how some have totally lost the ability to read and absorb long articles on the Web or in print (316). He says how some are having a difficult time and will not read more than three or four paragraphs because it is “too much” and they will skim
Now there are 150 deaf people in this community the second generation now in their thirties and forties. What does the text have to do with you personally (past, present or future)? When my sister was little and just learning how to talk she would make up her own words for things or say some words not quite right. So me and my family learned what she was saying and understood her most of the time but people who didn’t spend time with her couldn’t understand what she said a lot of the time and we would have to translate for her. I think how the brain works is very interesting and this research could show what happens to the brain when it has to make a language out of nothing.
Through their experiences there were many comparisons to suggest but some stood out more than others; such as, how each writer grew up learning do deal with their family and their English, and on that note what they are doing now to understand how their English language as a second language affects others. The first of the differences was experiences in family life. Each of the writers had very different experiences when it comes to family. Amy Tan had a term she explained as “different English” where Richard Rodriguez had a term he explained as “family quietness”. The difference in the two is that although Amy’s mother did have a hard time speaking the language clearer that the average English speaker she was able to have a language with her family that was English but they had a certain bond with it.
Presumptive Stereotyping and its Troubles Presumptive Stereotyping and its Troubles Three stereotypes that people have about me are that I am hateful, a know-it-all, and unable to learn. I have experienced and accomplished many things throughout my lifetime and because of my experiences and accomplishments people make assumptions about me that are very untrue and, if these people were to get to know me they too would also know that these things are untrue. One stereotype that people have assumed is that I am hateful; they believe this because I am a volunteer to speak up for children who have been abused and mistreated in a court of law, (a.k.a. Guardian Ad Litem). They assume that I will be like other Department of Children and Families service workers and treat them in a hateful disrespectful manner.
She has been going to WEAVE, AA, and NA. We are trying to find her housing and she is on a few waiting lists for transitional housing. Another client, who has three kids in CPS, is usually unreachable because of my work hours. I really want to reach out to this client, and the few times I meet with her, she seems to not take me serious. She always seems annoyed with me.
Using this website http://www.bigfootencounters.com/ This source is very informal. Everything about the website is done poorly and doesn’t seem professional. There contact information is only an email address that only allows you to report a sighting of Bigfoot. Also anyone could update the website whether it was true or not. It only provides stories, myths, and rumors.
It cost me a long time to get used to speak to different people in school. Sometime there are some word this group use a lot but the other group never uses it or they don’t even know the word. I agree that point she made, “it’s because over twenty years we’ve been together I’ve often used the same kind of language with him.” In my case, I often use English with my friend, even though we both speak the same first language. We can still understand each other in English. Although I am considering as “broken” English, I still think that using
Deaf Culture When I first started American Sign Language, I knew it was different from other languages that people usually learnt. The main and most notable difference is that in ASL the language is “spoken” through your hands, relied through your expressions and understood with your body language. Most ASL users are deaf or hard of hearing but that does not exclude against hearing people as well, such as; teachers, interpreters, parents, children, family , friends or anyone willing to learn a new language . There are many misconceptions about sign language, many in which I once believed – but after learning about deaf culture my knowledge has been expanded and my willingness to learn more was greatly broadened. Just as Italian and
I have family members who are always saying negative things to me like- “It’s too expensive to attend college,” you’ll never find time,” it’s too late,” and etc. I have long separated from some of these family members because I needed boundaries and knew they were not part of my eventual goals for my life. I ultimately knew that if I didn’t separate, my dreams and a piece of myself would die. As a result, I make sure to concentrate my energy on various healthy challenges and this has helped me to forget about the negative words and impacts in my life. Thank God- that I have been able to succeed in most of my goals.
At the high school that I attended while I was living in the United States of America, students only had to take two years of a foreign language. Two years is not a lot, most people cannot become exceptionally close to fluent in a language over just two years. What I noticed throughout high school was that students would rather not learn the language and just decided to suffer through the class and receive a low grade at the end. When I moved to America in eleventh grade, I was fluent in two languages and I also knew quite a bit of Spanish. If students would start to learn a foreign language in elementary school they will be so little that they will not realize that they actually have to do work, and it is also easier for children at a low age to learn to speak different languages.