Write a brief, 75 to 100-word, introduction to the piece. Make us want to read it and make clear why we chose it. Enjoy your time with Renuka and work hard. Thanks! Work on these this week as she would be pleased to see them and help you with your composition. Have them finished for sure by May 17th so I can publish on Victoria Day weekend. Yes, I will share some pictures with you on my return.
Ruth: Victoria's piece, Friendly Canada
Natalia: Catalina's, Halloween Every Day and Josephine's two pieces and Beatrice's, Maybe He Was Right (anyone want to volunteer to help Natalia?; let her know)
Suzanne: Andrew's, Pyramid of Society
Masaru: Teresa's Do I Need to . . .
Hongxin: Mavis's piece, Keeping Speed or Braking
Ben: Aileen's piece, Lack of Respect for Cashiers
Orphans that anyone can volunteer to do:
Renee's piece Always Waiting
Lola's piece Thorn in the Butt
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Introduce "Pyramid of Society".
The "Pyramid of Society" raises a problem that exists everywhere. Superiority attitude, a human trait, can easily ignite conflict ,especially when people come from different cultures and often non English speaking. In fact, the majority on the bottom should be respected, for nobody can stand on the top without the foundation. Anyone with a superior manner actually could be a trouble maker. I hope this article can remind those who have power, so that is my choice.
Do I Need to,,,
The “Do I need to,,,” comment reminds me my old country Japan. We did same things as you did in Taiwan. Those are insignificant matters in daily life in Canada. Nevertheless, Teresa found not only cultural differences but also difference of philosophies between old and new countries. In old country, history made people’s attitude toward society by ranking them, or I would say proud of wealth. As Teresa noticed “independent spirits”, here in Canada everybody should be fundamentally equal. I admire she realized it in such a short time because it took me ten years to accept the difference.
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on "Keeping Speed Or Braking"
The essay tells us Mavis's experience and the confusion driving in different countries. It's the true story, the personal experience. It's the problem that all the new coming driver will face.
In Canada, you must keep speed to pass through the intersection for keeping the road traffic fluent. In China, You need to "Slow down, Look around,and Cross" for the sake of safety. Things are so different in different states.
There are so many daredevils in China who dare to contravene the traffic regulations and make the zebra stripe crossing to be the most dangerous area. May be, it is the reason slowing down to pass through the intersection.
Adaptability is absolutely needed. Supposing driving in Hong Kong or in England, you should keep to the left. What you need to do is "Do as the Romans Do". Changing your habit,and the quicker the better.
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"Friendly Canada"
“Friendly Canada,” exactly shows us the situation that every new immigrant has to face,
especially those who has limited English. I admire Victoria’s courage. Sometimes, Canadian’s friendly showing their thirty six teeth makes Chinese new comers embarrassed or even nervous and forgot to smile for their poor English. I often regret for my frosty looks and slow reactions to those friendly greetings with warm smile when I just came to Canada. Now I am friendlier than before! Honestly, talkative and friendly Canadian let us feel that we are accepted and trusted!
Ben said...
Aileen:
Your- 'Lack of Respect for Cashier' is one of my favorite article among the level eleven's writing. You vividly described the inner conflicts about you and those odd customers which captured my mood empathetically. You precisely analyzed the negative side of humen's behavior through your keen observationwhich is really interesting. Those situations could be happened to anybody at anytime and anywhere in our daily life; therefore, it could be the mirror for us to watch out for our own attitude. All the sentences' structures are flowing smoothly with very clear expression. I think you did a very great job.
Suggest: If the title of 'Lack of Respect for Cashier' could modified a little bit then it would be even better.
Ben
“Independent, Bravo” by Josephine
This article is about important for every parent moment- the time when a child goes away from the parents’ home to an independent life. It is also about cultural differences that new comers have to overcome in order to accommodate in a new country. Josephine demonstrates an example of good writing in which she does a miraculous job, reaching hearts of her readers with her internal thoughts without using fancy words or special effects. In a short piece she shows not only feelings that she endures, bur also her personality which seems to be shy , but actually is brave, determine, and optimistic. I like the fact that Josephine’s decision to support her son’s independence was based on her own experience of entering an independent stage of life. From her writing I have learned her optimistic attitude towards this painful for me subject.
“More Avoidable, Secondhand Smoke” by Josephine
This is not angry, but rather a sad rate about an important and actual topic- the restriction of smoking in public places- which recently had positive development in legislation. Both the logical structure of Josephine’s writing and supportive details from her personal experience make the writing very convincing. I showed the article to my husband, who is a smoker who wanted to quit smoking, but failed, and noticed that he was touched by her deep sorrow for the people with this bad habit. It is important to let people know through the writing in not aggressive, but convincing way what harm the smokers do for the family, neighbors and themselves. I hope that Josephine’s writing will influence in positive way not only my husband, but also other smokers.
P.S. I would change the title slightly to "Secondhand Smoke became more avoidable."
“Halloween Everyday” by Catalina
It is a bright and colourful description of multicultural fashion in Vancouver. I am sure, that every visitor to Vancouver felt the same way as Catalina did watching our divertive crowd first time. Very often I really feel like being at Halloween party, or even in Venice carnival, because of variety of styles and fashions. By reading Catalina’s interesting comparison between Vancouver and Columbia fashions, the reader can clear see the differences in a favour of our city, of course. Being slightly in shock at the beginning, Catalina, together with many other vancouverers, happily switched to the position at which people truly enjoy freedom in clothes.
P.S.
Masaru wrote an introduction to the article "May Be He Was Right" and published it in the section below.
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