Most recent public comments by Kinsey Holland https://nowcomment.com/users/94348 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376370 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376370 I agree with this statement despite its uncertainty. This sentence show the reader more of the teachers personality to get more of a sense of the situation that David is presented with. The teacher seems to be very sporadic and very unpredictable. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 13:54:57 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376216 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376216 In this sentence, Sedaris believes that he is not going to get anywhere with his French. What he doesn't know is that he is improving day by day as he keeps attending class. Eventually in this piece, we see him open up and start to understand more things that are being said to him. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:57:14 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376209 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376209 I agree with this statement. This sentence is a good example of pathos seeing as he pretended to be deaf when he couldn't understand anything that was being said to him. This must have been an excruciating experience to go through. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:59:33 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376207 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2376207 In this paragraph, Sedaris tells us that he is not alone with this struggles. He is not the only one who is having these issues when going out into the streets of France. Even though they were all learning French, they managed to hold a decent conversation even though it was filled with broken phrases. This is a comforting feeling for Sedaris seeing as he was scared to go out to do a simple task such as ordering a coffee. Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:52:38 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2374944 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263224?scroll_to=2374944 I agree with this statement. As someone who is in french class currently, mistakes are made especially on the stuff that seems simple but really is not. When David talks about the wrong gender or the words and how he was getting them wrong I had a connection because a lot of french students make this mistake. it is very common when learning the French language.In the following sentence it says "The teacher's reaction led me to believe that these mistakes were capital crimes in the country of France." These are not crimes but having the slightest error to a word can change what you're saying in a very drastic way. Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:13:52 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2369770 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2369770 In this piece by London, this phrase particularly stuck out to me "Teachers paid less than what it costs to be here." In schools all across the country teachers are tirelessly working to teach the future leaders of the world the material they need to know before moving on to the next chapter in their lives. Teachers are not getting paid enough for the amount of work they are going through just to help educate the next generations. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:17:23 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2369768 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262700?scroll_to=2369768 In this piece London used the phrase "One group is taught to lead, the other is made to follow." (1:44) This line of the video stuck with me because of how this can apply to many things such as the education system, politics, and more. This is a big part of how a society functions. There are those who were made to lead and there are those who were made to follow. The leaders know how to take initiative. The followers fall closely behind doing what the leaders have done. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:08:38 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2355509 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260954?scroll_to=2355509 Even though Malcom X was imprisoned, he taught himself to read and write because of Bimbi's education level. People around him were impressed with his vocabulary level and never would have guessed that he is self-taught. They thought he went to school past eight grade but he never went to school. Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:55 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2351229 https://nowcomment.com/documents/260279?scroll_to=2351229 Mrs. Washington hopes to make a large impact on this boys life after he tries to steal her pocketbook. All she did was let this boy clean his face, gave him some food, and give him a $10 bill. Even though these actions may seem small, to Roger they meant everything, Roger has no family and no one to tell him what to do and what not to do. ¨When I get through with you sir, you are going to remember Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones.¨ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 03:01:27 +0100 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258458?scroll_to=2334107 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258458?scroll_to=2334107 In this stanza of Mullen's Tanka, she uses something called "Pareidolia" in the last sentence. Paredolia is the act of finding objects or symbols in something that is not really there. For example, finding shapes or figures in the clouds or seeing the man in the moon. In the last stanza of this poem, Mullen writes "Even in my dreams I'm hiking these mountain trails expecting to find a rock that nature has shaped to remind me of a heart." She's using pareidolia to see a heart in a rock even though it's just a rock. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:55:40 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2334090 https://nowcomment.com/documents/258111?scroll_to=2334090 i found this stanza of the poem to be rather interesting because of the words she chose to use. The choice of words like "Celebrity-Rich-Hero", "Proud cheatin on your (Black) wife" and "Loud beatin on your (White) wife" really make you sit back and think about what was going through June's head while she was writing this poem. She's saying even though they partaking in domestic abuse, they can get away with it because they are rich celebrities. Even though this poem was written a while back, some of the phrases and stanzas still apply to today. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:33:51 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301298 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301298 Facing death can bring a lot of different emotions to a person. Looking back at their life wondering if they have experienced everything they can. Thinking to themselves "Have I done enough?" In this line of the book, we see Morrie talking about how he wants to pass away. He wants to go peacefully. Not suffering. This is important because he was talking about detaching himself from his emotions. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:55:43 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301212 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246973?scroll_to=2301212 In this section of the book, Mitch and Morrie talk about their family. Mitch is asking Morrie all these questions about his family and his life in the past living with them, then Morrie turns the questions onto Mitch who gives us flashbacks of his childhood with his family. We hear about his brother and how far apart they have drifted which shows the importance of family. I thought this was a really important line in the book because Morrie begins to cry thinking about his children and how he will be leaving them soon. Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:34:05 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2265102 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2265102 As mentioned in the comment made on this piece, "When the author, Dean Baquet, names each month, the reader is given an exaggerated sense of disaster." The word disaster presented in this quote represents what the world has gone through in the past year. 2020 was a year of unfortunate events that will go down in history as something that has made an impression on people all around the world. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 13:38:14 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2260273 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2260273 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:42:32 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2260242 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2260242 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 13:34:19 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2188844 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2188844 I can see where Katherine is coming from. Barry's reconnection with his father was a moment in the film that had to be built up. It was not a moment in the film that could appear, it had to have specific details mentioned so we would know what would later happen in the film. Barry's response to his father at the golf course showed the viewers what was really going on. The viewers knew that Barry had schizophrenia, but not how it effected him. Barry tried his best to impress his father to the best of his ability and the situation did not go as he had planned. This whole exchange between him and his father put the viewers brains in a different perspective on Barry's character. Mon, 09 Nov 2020 13:33:45 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2186617 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2186617 At this time in the film, Jack goes over to introduce himself to the new neighbors who are moving in next door to where Arnold, Norman, and Lucien live. He then explains their "situation" and the lady next door, who is ironically named Karen, mentions how her husband is "a traditional kind of a man" and would not be happy living next to "retarded" people. Jack attempts to tell Mrs. Warren that the word "retarded" is not an acceptable way to "label" the boys next door. Mrs. Warren then tells Jack that she is "the rebel in the family" because she is the only one that "really gets" The Three Stooges. This whole section of the movie implies that those who have a mental disability are not really accepted as a part of society. Labeling people using the word "retarded" and others similar to it, is not socially acceptable and should not be called something different because of a disability. People need to be more educated on how to "treat" those that are mentally disabled. Since this film has been released, the public has been better at "labeling" the mentally disabled, but there is still a lot to fix. Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:36:38 +0000 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2186502 https://nowcomment.com/documents/240008?scroll_to=2186502 The actors that were chosen for this film fit each persona very well. The introduction to the characters helps us have a better understanding of the plot that is later presented to us in the film. The actors portrayed their characters in a way of how they imagined they would act in real life. The director chose these actors based on their ability to present these characters. This helps us have a better understanding of the plot because the actors portrayed their characters personalities in a way to help viewers understand the plot in a better way by showing us the specific personality traits of each character. The opening scene shows us some of the important characteristics of each character being Norman and his doughnuts along with the others. Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:45:51 +0000