Quickwrite 12/8

I found this piece to be very interesting due to how many Asian people are here on Michigan State's campus. In fact my TA for my math class is very similar to this he may be the smartest person, but I judge him based on that I can only understand about 50 percent of what he says to the class. This piece made a lot of sense to me because as bad as it sounds I judge people who speak "broken" English all the time, and this piece really makes me think that I should strive to not judge a person just by how they speak but rather their actions and personality they have.

12/8 Post

I found this piece to be very interesting. She mentions that her mom spoke in broken down English. There are a lot of students here at MSU that are the same way. I have a lot of kids from China that are in one of my other classes and we are required to work in groups. I often finding myself speaking in very simple sentences and not using any slang. I find it very easy to relate to Amy Tan.

Quickwrite 12/8

Can narrative be arguement? Can stories be arguements?

In my opinion, yes, narratives and stories can be arguements. Earlier in the class we also discussed how everything can be an arguement, but aside from that, when narrating or telling a story, one could be arguing thier own opinion on a fact. Or even arguing how they view the story should be told or how it happened. If you really wish to argue a point, I wouldn't reccomend a vague tactic like that when you could just blatantly argue your point, but narratives and stories can in my opinion argue, even if it is discreetly.

12/8

This was a pretty interesting reading. Ive always knew there was different type/forms of english, but never knew any one else considered this. in the story it touches on how you speak influences how your treated. also that the people your around influences the way you speak. after being around someone for so long you tend to pick up their style of speaking.

Quickwrite 12/8

I think the reading was really interesting. I did not know that kids dont realize that if their mom or dad grow up with a different language they do not see how many mistakes they actually make in their other language.  I also thought it was really funny that the daughter had to call the bank of her mom to make a complain, because she was to afraid, that they would not take her seriously because of her poor English. But I also think that it pretty sad that people judge other people because of their ability to be not fluent in a FOREIGN language. A lot of those people are actually better educated and smarter than the other party, but they just cannot show it like them.

Sebastian

MOTHER TONGUE 12/8/11

A narrativeis more effective that an opinion because it isn't forcing an idea on someone it is simply telling story and people can react to it in any way that they please. But by the way the story is told, it can give a message and people will tend to interpret it a certain way. Stories keep the audience interested and they can infer things in their own way, so people are more open to what is being said. In an opinion paper, people will tend to take a stance right away and not stray from that belief, but a story grows on you and slowly changes your mind without saying your opinion isn't valid.

Quickwrite 12/8

I think a narrative can be an argument. The writer is talking about the importance of a child's learning abilities along with the language they are brought up in. I think that the writer didn't try to persuade anyone to think that every child should be brought up the same way, she just implied that her mother using English in her household really benefited her intelligence. The narrative just forces the reader to think a different way about the topic.