Communicating with a Professor, Good Vs. Bad Examples
Bad:
Yo teach, I wasnt in class. its whatever i heard we didnt do anything important c u tom.
Good:
Dear Dr. Walts,
I am not going to be able to attend your 10-10:50 class this Wednesday February 4th, I have already read the syllabus and completed such assignments, I have also been in contact with another student from class in order to ensure that I receive all the notes and handouts.
Thank you and see you soon,
Morgan Surma
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Sunday, January 25, 2015
MLK's Letter From Birmingham City Jail Passage-Based Free Write:
The passage from which I free wrote was: "I hope this letter finds you strong in the faith. I also hope that circumstances will soon make it possible for me to meet each of you, not as an integrationist or a civil rights leader, but as a fellow clergyman and a Christian brother. Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."
What I decided to write about was how captivating the imagery was in this passage. I continued to find myself amazed by the image that appeared in my head by these statements. The way he used dark clouds, deep fog, radiant stars, and shine over all brought about this image of clearing skies after a storm and the wonderful feeling of a new beginning. I think this passage speaks to everyone in the fact that everyone can relate to seeing the skies clear and happiness erupting. The passage also illustrates each image with a relation to feelings and emotions coming from both the black and white communities.
The passage from which I free wrote was: "I hope this letter finds you strong in the faith. I also hope that circumstances will soon make it possible for me to meet each of you, not as an integrationist or a civil rights leader, but as a fellow clergyman and a Christian brother. Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty."
What I decided to write about was how captivating the imagery was in this passage. I continued to find myself amazed by the image that appeared in my head by these statements. The way he used dark clouds, deep fog, radiant stars, and shine over all brought about this image of clearing skies after a storm and the wonderful feeling of a new beginning. I think this passage speaks to everyone in the fact that everyone can relate to seeing the skies clear and happiness erupting. The passage also illustrates each image with a relation to feelings and emotions coming from both the black and white communities.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Here are different examples of some sentence structures:
Complex: To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Complex/Compound: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Simple: They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity.
Compound: In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
All sentences were taken from the Declaration of Independence
Complex: To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Complex/Compound: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Simple: They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and consanguinity.
Compound: In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.
All sentences were taken from the Declaration of Independence
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