By K. Tran Imagine your neighbors squatting on the streets. Now imagine them relieving their feces onto the very streets you walk on every day. Quite unsanitary. In this blog post, I will reflect upon my awareness campaign on Bill Gate’s charitable project to reinvent the toilet to improve the sanitation in countries that need …
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By K. Tran Have you ever wanted to reaffirm your stance in your arguments, but you do so somewhat conversationally? I do, too! The authors of They Say/I Say defines metacommentary as “a way in commenting on your claims and telling others how–and how not–to think about them.” Typically, metacommentaries appear as effective indicators of …
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By K. Tran How formal should writers sound when writing let’s say an academic essay? Graff and Birkenstein, the authors of They Say/ I Say, said “Although we don’t want to suggest that you avoid using sophisticated, academic terms in your writing, we encourage you to draw upon the kinds of expressions and turns of …
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By K. Tran How fixated are you that school is the road to personal success a hundred percent of the time? Would you consider a person who dropped out of high school or college a failure? Do you think a drop-out’s point of view matters? Well, you should hear what a drop-out has to say. …
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