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write like you talk
My entire writing career (and I say career in the loosest meaning of the term) I have been chastised again and again for writing too casually. “It’s good writing,” teachers would say “but not nearly formal enough for the prompt you were assigned”. So when my English teacher told us that we would be creating a … Continue reading
“Pretty Like Mommy”
Over the past 50 years, dramatic leaps have been made when it comes to gender equality in education and the workforce. However, we still undisputedly deal with intellectual women being put down by society. In 2011 Gymboree sold onesies saying “Smart like Daddy” for boys and “Pretty like Mommy” for girls. How rude, am I … Continue reading
Hello All
Hello all, my name is Kelly Honts and I am a freshman at Santa Clara University. This year for my English course I was required to make a blog where I could voice my opinions on modern day education. I know what you’re thinking, where’s the interest in that right? But through my research I’ve … Continue reading