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Category Archives: Free Blog
Differences
Philadelphia, our nations fifth most populous city but also a city full of poverty, homelessness, unemployment, crime, and levels of low education. Over spring break I went on the service learning trip that gave us the opportunity to team up … Continue reading
Brooklyn
Iv lived in New York my entire life but Iv never been to Brooklyn. With all this talk about the Brooklyn Bridge and New York, I decided to see it for myself this weekend. I invited a couple of my … Continue reading
Free choice (april 8)
We have discussed how much it costs to be a New Yorker so many times yet I never gave the subject a deep thought until yesterday. Every other piece we read has mentioned unbelievably expensive lifestyles that have to be … Continue reading
New York, 1936
In his essay “New York 1936”, Ralph Ellison described his experience in New York city. He explained how so many things about New York City has surprised him, many things that were different from the South. He was astonished by … Continue reading
Different Side of New York
On Saturday night I have done something that I haven’t done since elementary school. I went to see a concert. It’s not an unusual way to spend a night out in Manhattan listening and dancing to a performance by a … Continue reading
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James Baldwin’s Masterpiece
In the previous English class we acquainted ourselves with the works of an american novelist and essayist, James Baldwin. Unfortunately, before I was not familiar with this writer. For me Baldwin became one of those brilliant authors whose works and … Continue reading
An assignment or an Adventure?
Writing. When I used to think of writing I would groan and moan at the thought of writing long, boring papers. That was true throughout my entire educational career from middle school up until college. I think others would agree … Continue reading
Baldwin and Other Thoughts
For those of you who are interested, here’s a link to the full text of the speech we watched Baldwin give in class. I left Baruch last week really thinking a lot about Baldwin–why I teach his writing and what … Continue reading
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The Time For Introspection
I read the excerpt from Langston Hughes autobiography and all I can think of is that feeling when you don’t know you are doing something good or bad but are doing it anyway. For example, Hughes mentions that most people … Continue reading
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James Baldwin Reflection
I found the James Baldwin documentary trailer and bits of media that we watched in class to be extremely enlightening. The documentary made me more interested in the reading we were assigned to read by him. I went home that … Continue reading