It is safe to say my upbringing has inspired me to go into this community in the future.
This shows that the author is slightly part of the community already, this can lead to being biased. But I am sure having lots of family in the space, they understand what solutions the group is looking for.
From what I saw at Embraer Air, communication in the aerospace community can be a really well-oiled machine
I am surprised that this is the case. By the way the introduction was I expected the author to say how awful the communication was and the struggle the employees face.
Internships better prepare individuals for work in the professional community by not only immersing individuals in the actual community, but by also displaying and developing soft skills simultaneously.
I agree, especially in the construction industry my teachers encourage me to find internships because they also believe you will learn more there than in school.
In the present day, many businesses outsource and work with other countries and companies around the world to more efficiently accomplish a task and produce a product.
It is very interesting to me that I see a lot of engineering firms especially that are based in other companies, that construction companies use as independent engineers. I wonder if they experience similar communication challenges?
Studentsmust be free to choose the arenas in which they engage in social change work.
I think this is very important. I remember in high school I could only pick from a list of certain organization to volunteer work. If students are able to practice forming their own ideas of what matter to them at a young age, it may help activism be more acceptable.
“to enter relationships with communitiesand not with easily isolated individu-als”
From this I can see that if you decide to volunteer it is important to see yourself as equals and part of the community yourself. While I am asking questions for the assignment, I should try to keep an open mind and think of the way to phrase questions best to learn and be welcoming.
. If courses require volunteer work without also requiring acritique of volunteerism, “community service [becomes] at best an exercise inobserving otherness and at worst a missionary expedition” (Forbes et al. 1999:162)
I agree that forcing people to do volunteer work as a kid can devalue the actual meaning of volunteering. Additionally, I think without explaining more about the groups and beliefs it can create an almost savior complex.
Does activism have such negative, radicalconnotations in our culture that young people want to distance themselvesfrom it, even as students are increasingly committed to service?
I never thought about this, but I would most likely have a similar opinion. It can be hard to feel like you're going against something, especially in the public eye. I believe other people have similar opinions when it comes to doing it in person instead of over social media.
First, as writers begin to construct narratives that illustrate the conflicts in their lives, they benefit from working with supportive readers—college mentors, volunteer readers from the community, or fellow participants in the project.
I will have to think of many different points of views and make sure to include people that may challenge eachother, and not have the same perspective.
These may include excerpts from novels, critical incidents that frame the problem, a videotaped inter-view of someone with firsthand knowledge, published editorials or position statements, even relevant scientific information when pertinent to the project.
In my future writing I want to include a diverse amount of ways to show my topic. I think a videotaped interview would be good addition to writing.
One tenant reported that she had tried to par-ticipate but was frustrated with participants not “listening to everyone” and leaders failing to ask “good questions.”
This could be a struggle when not having as strong of literacy skills. I could see how this could alter the data received because it is biased to people who are more literate.
In this case, key stakeholders included not only local landlords and tenants but also ho-meowners and community organizations concerned about the effects of rental disputes on the larger neighborhood.
I think these are interesting stakeholders to include. I wonder how they decided to reach out to them? If they sent them a form or just went door to door interviewing.
But when women run the story, everyone complains, “What about the husband? I want to know about him!”
I think it is important to be able to make strong female characters present in media. The author including other people's criticism can show people overlook including women as a strong female role that isn't focused around a man.
American readers—my teachers, mostly—didn’t like it.
I think the writing format with using the dash can make it more dramatic and add to the point that the writer is trying to get across to the reader.
I struggle most with being too wordy. In my essay I can work on shortening my sentences and using list filler words
I think that this is important. I have never thought about the personal bias that I can have with my own work and how taking time away can help me be a better editor. I think this would help take criticism better and also have a fresh perspective.
With that said, transitions can be overused
In my writing I do often overuse transitions. I find it difficult to make the writing flow between sentences. I can now see how it can be a tool that can hurt your writing when overdone.
For many people, the words critic, critical, and criticismprovoke only negative feelings. However, as awriter and a thinker, you must learn to be critical of yourself in a positive way and have high expectationsfor your work.
I agree with this statement. Taking criticism can be very difficult. I think it is important to practice with our peers so we can get used to not taking it to heart when we enter our careers.
It is the process of telling a story about yourself that draws on the shared cultural story archetypes which creates and maintains a shared identity.
When I think of community I think about having shared identity like this quote suggests. That it is more about shared experiences than anything else.
The manifestations of this are that I take pride in showing people around the city. I feel slighted when people say horrible things about it. I feel at home whenever I hear a Geordie (Newcastle) accent (despite not having one myself). And so on.
Can people still be part of the community even if they aren't proud of it like the author is? I feel like even if you aren't proud of it what surrounds you really influences who you are.
It must be able to explain why “community” is different from other social groups — such as “society”, “family” or just a group of people.
I think this point is interesting. I believe that even a group of people can be your community or your family can be part of it since they create a sense of belonging.
You will never hear someone in this context say that “community” is a thing that can be ignored or should be feared. And you will, almost never, hear people say what they mean by “community”.
This is an interesting perspective that I have never heard before. I can see how community can be misused for bad. It kind of reminds me of how people fall into cults or bad leadership because they are lonely and promised the sense of community.
For Brenda, one of the purposes of the partnership was to help first-year composition students, many of whom are not native to Tucson, feel part of the local community in order to support college student retention.
As a college student, I can say that having smaller communities to be part of really does help with not feeling home sick. I like that even thought the college students are thought to be the "helpers" both groups can ebnefit from the program through the human connection.
not shallow affirmation offered out of paternalism.
Especially how the students described earlier of being afraid that they would be judged, it is good that they didn't look down on them and navigated the program well by helping the students while also treating them as equals and getting to know their partners better.
I think it is good that the writer recognized his own lack of knowledge because of her personal background. So he took the time to proper research while still respecting the history and the land.
I like that it gives background so you can see by the wide range of people that the interviews are not biased by having them all by extremely similar backgrounds.
It is important to always try to stay unbiased and open to other places. Trying to become more informed, rather than judging. Her personal stories showed the misunderstanding that people often can have others and other countries.
I think seeing more of this in the media would help greatly in understanding others.
I think in our own lives it is also important not let anything define you, especially one bad thing that happened to you. To try and look at everything that shaped you.
I could see how the stories can create this sub conscious image you have of someone or a group of people, caused by repeatedly hearing the same people described in a certain way, or doing the same thing over and over. I am glad that it has become more common to show diversity in careers.
I can see how this could be a common thought as an American since a lot of our media just pushes how poor Africa is. We don't see a lot of good media that actually teaches us about other cultures. I agree that having diversified reading would help with this.
r thesis?2. Why does the writer want to make this point? What is the writer’s purpose?3. What pattern or patterns of development does the writer use?4. How does the writer’s pattern of development suit his or her sub-ject and purpose?5. What, if anything, is noteworthy about the writer’s use of this pattern?6. How effective
I notice most of the questions are about the writer. I think that it is important to remind yourself of what the writer's goal might have been. I know often there can be multiple interpretations of the same reading, but I think focusing on the writer can help bring more clarity on the intent.
When you annotate a text, you should do more than simply underline or highlight important points to remember.
This is a good reminder. I often try to highlight what is important to me. Once I am completed almost half the page is highlighted and I didn't actually make progress in annotating. I think making sure to write is helpful, even though it can be more time consuming.
3. Reread the selection
I think this is what I find the most meaningful part of the process, repeating to read it. Sometimes it can take a few tries of reading something to fully grasp the meaning. It also helps me, since I am often a fast reader which can help bring more thought to what I am reading.
When you learn to read actively, you begin to answer these important questions and come to appreciate the craftsmanship involved in writing
I agree with this statement. In the past year I made it a goal in 2026 to read more books. I started annotating and making sure that I was a more active reader and I did notice it improved my understanding of the book and helped provide more meaning to me.
All work turned in must adhere to the following format. Work submitted thatdoes not adhere to this formatting will not receive credit.
I wish that I would have annotated sooner before writing my poem. Now I know to fix my formatting on my google doc.
Students should not write their assignments in another program (e.g., MicrosoftWord) and then copy and paste the content into Google Docs.
While I have been getting better at Word. I actually appreciate being able to write in Docs since it is much easier to use and share with other from my personal experience.
This includes writing generated using AI,including ChatGPT, Claude, Grammarly, Prezi, or any other “artificialintelligence” platform or LLM.
I understand the issues AI can cause. I am glad that I dug deeper into the syllabus because often I use Grammarly since an extension will occasionally pop up for it. But now I know not to.
Produce at least 30 pages of polished prose over 3 major projects.
I am slightly nervous for this because I have not written that much previously, especially multiple pages of writing for one assignment.