Mariia Gonchariuk
ENG 1100_35
Thesis

Knowing how many lives we lost during the revolution and the war and seeing all the beneficial results from the revolution, freedom of speech and end of the corruption, I can surely say that the revolution was worth it.

Mariia Gonchariuk

Ukrainian Revolution

1. What Union was Ukraine waiting for so long to be a part of?
2. Why did the 1st protest happen?
3. What so brutal happened that night?
4. How did society reacted?
5. How did politicians reacted?
6. Who was in charge of the army and the policemen. 
7. What people who were on Maidan stand for?
8. How did it all ended?
9. What happened to the politicians in charge?
10. Did revolution change anything?
11. Outcomes of the revolution. 

Mariia Gonchariuk
EN 1100
Prof.  Young

"I asked how many white kids she had taught in the Sounth Bronx in her career. "I've been at this school for eighteen years," she said. "This is the first white student I have ever taught." "

"In one makeshift elementary school housed Ina former skating rink next to a funeral establishment in yet another nearly all black and Hispanic section of the Bronx, clas size rose to thirty four and more; four kindergarten classes and sixth grade class were packed into a single room that had no windows. "

"There are expensive children and there are cheap children..."

Since my writing Muse did not come when the Haiku festival was going on but came when I was at my kitchen I wrote my Haiku on the fridge. And of course it would be on my favorite Ukrainian dish which was unfortunately no where near the fridge itself. 

Mariia Gonchariuk

English 1100

9/23/2015

Prof. Young

Status Race For Education

          How powerful is status? Can status promise you a bright future? Can it lock you down in less perspective ways of living? Chairperson of the Department of Education at Rutgers University, Newark, Jean Anyon believes that ones future depends on their family status. I personally believe that the investigation she did on this topic is right in some ways but wrong in many others. Because a person can succeed in life no matter from what type of family he or she come from, it all depends on their character and their abilities to overcome whatever life throws at them.

         Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work by Jean Anyon shows types of schoolwork in contrasting social class schools. “Differing curricular, pedagogical, and pupil evaluation practices emphasize different cognitive and behavioral skills in each social setting and thus contribute to the development in the children of certain potential relationships to physical and symbolic capital, to authority, and to the process of work.(p.10)” With the help of her research between 5 schools, she states that schoolwork separates its meaning and quality by different social classes, like working class, middle-class and elite class. For instance, she's trying to prove that lower class schools are preparing their students for working class jobs when elite schools are on path of teaching their kids to become doctors, lawyers, CEOs in the future.

         Although I do believe that Anyons point about the quality contrast between elite class and working class schoolworks is true, my trust in ones abilities cannot be forgotten. I believe that if a person sets a goal to strive towards and will do whatever it takes to accomplish it, he or she will have the same chance of succeeding with the person from elite class, that had everything given to them. Many cases in this country of people that came from poor and broken up families that had no money to feed not talking about going out to study at a school had found their way out and are living their life to the fullest right now. It all depend on ones power withing themselves.

Works Cited

Social Class And The Hidden Curriculum Of Work By Jean Anyon, and 1/9/09 11:44 Pm. Social                  Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work by Jean Anyon (n.d.): n. pag. Web.

Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
09/17/2015
Prof. Young

Free the Dialects of Nurture

          Living in the USA, the country famous by its diversity of cultures, and not appreciating the dialects people bring with them is not okay. It is basically telling people that their roots do not matter here. Everybody should have a right to express their inner self through whatever language they want. The special issue of CCC raised a question if students should own their varieties and dialects of nature. I strongly agree, students must have a right to use their dialects in their academic works, because they are the ones to put a piece of themselves in their work.
        If teaching that identity is important but at the same time not allowing students express themselves in whatever language they feel comfortable in is not fair. CCC states: “We affirm the students' right to their own patterns and varieties of language -- the dialects of their nurture or whatever dialects in which they find their own identity and style.” Student that feels comfortable in his work is the student who will show their writing abilities to the max.
         America as a nation that varies with so many cultures should be the biggest supporter of dialects brought down by student because, “A nation proud of its diverse heritage and its cultural and racial variety will preserve its heritage of dialects.” So may all the students in this country be free to express themselves with their dialects and language variety.

Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
09/02/2015
Prof. Young

What Identity Means to Me

     Personally, I believe that identity is one of the most valuable things that a person can have. There 

are many factors that shape our identities. Things such as personality, background, language, 

 religion, gender, ect. Identity is how you and others perceive yourself. Same as Anzaldua, language 

and background is very important to me. Being myself a foreign, my language is very dear to me. 

But also, what is very important to me, is the treatment of others, which I believe is a big part of 

shaping the true identity.

     "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language."- Gloria Anzaldua. She is right. 

Nothing hurts more than being told that the language that you were born to learn and loved almost all

 your life is now pointless and should be forgotten. My language shapes my identity because it is 

something that has an extreme value to me and shows true colors of my identity.

       My background,  Ukraine, is what made me the person I am today. Valuing my background each 

and every day because it gave me many opportunities and lifetime experiences.   

      Anzaldua did not mention anything about treating others in her passage but I feel like it is 

extremely important. It shows the true identity of a person to others. 

      Identity is not only your view on yourself but other people view on you. The way you talk, 

the way you rep your homeland and the way you treat others make people have good or bad 

impressions of you. Identity is something we can shape with our knowledge and our acts. And I take 

pride in my identity.

Works Cited

Anzaldua,Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Berstain. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.

Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
8/29/2015
Prof. Young
Quotes

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

1. "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language."

2. "I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence."

3. "For me food and certain smells are tied to my identity, to my homeland."

Works Cited

Anzaldua,Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Berstain. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.

Mariia Gonchariuk
English 1100
8/29/2015
Prof. Young
Reading Response 

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

1.Discuss how the opening scene of Anzaldua in the dentist's chair connects to the overall point/message of the essay and title.

- Same as little Anzaldua's tongue, the way she expresses her language is very strong and stubborn. She believes that its close to impossible to make a language lie down or to "train it to be quiet".

2.Discuss Anzaldua's use of the Spanish throughout her writing. Did it make sense? What was her purpose?
-Anzaldua made sure that with help of contest clues her use of Spanish through out the text is understandable for the audience.Her purpose was that if Spanish speaking people have to read English passages and understand English words, that sometimes they don't know, Anglo speaking people should try to read passages with Spanish words to understand what foreigns go through.
   

3.Can Academic English be defined as Spanish and can Chicano Spanish be described as nonstandard? Why? What inferences, conclusions, can be made from referring to one identity as standard versus nonstandard?
- Chicano Spanish is nonstandard because it's mostly slang words, this language is not used in talking to anybody with status(ex. professor, etc.), it's mostly used between teenagers. When on other hand, Academic English and Standard Spanish is a proper language that is being taught in schools and the language that people use in talking to important people.

4.Discuss the necessity of speaking and/writing in Academic English as an identity. Is it necessary?
-Speaking proper English is more professional and understandable when Spanish slang could have bring trouble to ones understanding.

5.Anzaldua describes different types of Spanish, identities. Discuss the various types of English, identities, you know and use.
- Being myself from Ukraine I use Tato instead of word "dad".  Many people from different countries that come to the US have their own  type of English. Some only understandable between their family or friends. 

6.Pachuco. Do you use a secret language, secret identity, to communicate to your friends? If so, what?
- I don't really have a secret language but when I'm with my Ukrainian friends I can tell them something in our language so only he/she will know what im talking about and nobody else from the crew.

7.Chicano Spanish can be compared to non-standard English.What form of English do you speak with your friends? What form of English do you speak when you talk to your mother, professor? Why?
-I do not speak English at home at all. But the English I use to speak with my professor is proper and professional, mostly no slang words used.

8."I am my language". What does this mean? How does this statement connect to a person's identity?
-Anzaldua is very passionate towards her language, she believes that the way she speaks represents her identity. Strong and stubborn towards what she loves.

9.Talk specifically about how the introduction and conclusion connect.
-Anzaldua is unbreakable woman, she sticked to her language no matter how many rocks life and people in it threw at her. As she started the introduction with saying how everybody wanted to change her language but she didn't give is the same way she ended her passage standing strong for her language.

10.Can the language you speak be a part of your identity? Why?
-Language you speak shapes your identity because the way you introduce yourself is the way people going to treat you. The way you stand for your language is also something that shapes your identity. For example, Anzaldua became strong and unbreakable cause of her believe in her language.

11.How important is identity to you? Does Anzaldua believe it's important to have identity? Use some examples from "How to tame a Wild Tongue," to support your answer.
-My identity is what makes me feel confident about myself, it is very important to me. For Anzaldua her identity is clearly important to her, she states that " possessing a malleability that renders us unbreakable, we, the mestizas and mestizos, will remain."

Works Cited

Anzaldua,Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Teaching Developmental Writing. Ed. Susan Naomi Berstain. Fourth ed. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2013. 245-255. Print.

Mariia Gonchariuk

English 1100

8/26/2015

Prof. Young

Get To Know Me 

• I'm not a very sporty person but I truly enjoyed those 4 years that I spent playing for Union High School Tennis team. Loved the team and loved getting to know new members. 

• Meeting new people with all types of different backgrounds is what I love the most about traveling. Traveling is what I'm passionate about. 

• Being myself from Ukraine I enjoyed traveling around my country. 
• When I came here I've got nickname a "Russian Spy".

• I allow the words flow as I sit behind a computer for several hours just starring into it. 
• Most of my English teachers at my high school used to make us do the five paragraph structure essay but one, she taught students how to get out of the five paragraph zone and enter the real writing world.
• I couldn't go a day without listening to music. Whatever catches my attention with cool beat or real lyrics is what I can go days listening to. Rihanna, Eminem, Don Omar, Nicky Minaj, Drake,etc.

• I overuse social media, could go hours on Instagram, twitter, snap chat.

• The most important thing for me to learn this semester is how to  get involved and still do my best at school work.
• I'll rate myself a 3.5 as a writer, need to boost my vocabulary.