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~Loose Ends In My Mind~: Racing for the Right Name
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Thursday, March 6, 2008. Racing for the Right Name. The article “From African to African American” written by Simitherman describes how difficult it is to name a race. It seems to me that choosing a name for a race would be quite simple. An important figure of that race denotes a “group name” and moves on. Our history, however, shows that it is much more complicated than this. It is through the same respect that you address a person by their appropriate ethnic title. For example my friend is Peruvian...
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Fun with English: Presentation
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Throughout the past week and a half, there seemed to be a common trend within the content or orientation of our presentations, as I guess there should be considering the assignment. Though I had never thought of it this way before, communication issues are caused almost exclusively by lack of communicational common ground. The solutions to the problems varied, however, depending on the field. It seemed that the responsibility lay primarily on the physician to accommodate the pati...
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~Loose Ends In My Mind~: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. Exercising the Ethnographic Perspective. Pearl to be inducted into National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. In regards to the cultural issues, the article is very brief and vague. It is evident that being accepted into a Jewish hall of fame is a cultural matter because of religion. It would have been beneficial to the readers, as well as the overall article, if the reporter would have dug deeper into this subject. Who are some influential people in this hall of fame? Interviewing ...
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Fun with English: You can call me Play-dough.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008. You can call me Play-dough. In class yesterday we discussed the term ‘macho’ and the difference between advertising and reality. Disregarding the fact that Guilbalt (the author of “Americanization is tough on Macho”) seems to have a distorted view of how American’s define macho, she provides an interesting starting place for the argument of advertising vs. reality. The real question in this regard, I think, is not why Americans distort reality, but what the reality of a word is.
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Fun with English: March 2008
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008. We'll have a gay old time. Language is an interesting entity. Few things of such immense consequence are so uncontrollable and unpredictable. It is the foundation upon which society is built, yet it has all the approximate structural integrity of Jell-O. Despite this, we go on trying to control the monster called English. It is inevitable, however, that the words comprising our language sometimes go awry, taking their own, sometimes mind boggling, path through history. In this ...
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Fun with English: We'll have a gay old time.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008. We'll have a gay old time. Language is an interesting entity. Few things of such immense consequence are so uncontrollable and unpredictable. It is the foundation upon which society is built, yet it has all the approximate structural integrity of Jell-O. Despite this, we go on trying to control the monster called English. It is inevitable, however, that the words comprising our language sometimes go awry, taking their own, sometimes mind boggling, path through history. In this ...
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Fun with English: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. Compare and Contrast: My ramblings vs. Professional studies. Often when I read about ‘Personality types’ or behavioral patters, I try to identify whether I agree with the statement being made by comparing the claims to my own behavior (bizarre as my behavior sometimes seems). I found myself unintentionally using this method to test the theories presented by Tannen in “Put down that paper and talk to me! To preface my analysis, I should tell you a little about myself. However, ...
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~Loose Ends In My Mind~: Bridging the Medical Gap
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Bridging the Medical Gap. Physician and patient communication is crucial. Miscommunications often arise in health care even at times when both parties speak the same language. Nevertheless, there are approximately 311 languages spoken in the United States1 and not a sufficient amount of physicians that speak these languages. Interacting with patients who have limited English proficiency is always an obstacle but “using a trained medical interpreter is the right medicine1&...
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Fun with English: April 2008
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Throughout the past week and a half, there seemed to be a common trend within the content or orientation of our presentations, as I guess there should be considering the assignment. Though I had never thought of it this way before, communication issues are caused almost exclusively by lack of communicational common ground. The solutions to the problems varied, however, depending on the field. It seemed that the responsibility lay primarily on the physician to accommodate the pati...
