Category: English

Please do not use any Ai or ChatGPT:

These are the directions:

You should begin by reading over all the walking material you’ve written so far in your journal–both your documentation of your walks, and your writing exercise results.

Identify a moment that you think warrants further exploration.

Perhaps it was a moment that triggered a question or idea in your mind that you want to pursue, or a memory that you want to revisit.

These are just potential optionsultimately its up to you to decide on the criteria for warrants further exploration.

you should aim to achieve a balance of external and internal detail in your narration.

Your reader should always have the sense of being in a specific material place with your narrator, not just inside their head.

Here is my journal that i chose and that i want to use as my baseline:

For my second walk, I decided to walk around a new and unfamiliar place called Little Italy, with a couple of my friends. I saw this place all over social media and many of my friends who live in New York say it’s a must see. From my last walk I was wearing headphones so I didnt hear really anything around me. This time I decided I wanted to walk and observe the area with not only my eyes but through my ears. As I left my dorm, and began walking to the subway, I heard a coffee shop playing one of my favorite songs and I had to stop and go in. As I walked in, I heard a bunch of familiar voices just to come and find that a group of my older friends were in there. I asked them how they found this place and they told me its a popular place all over social media and that they are known for playing a specific type of music. When they told me this I laughed out loud because the music playing was the reason why I even decided to walk in. Then I said bye to my friends and continued walking to the subway station that was down the street. Walking down into the station I could hear an abundance of voices and music once again. I then thought to myself today is my lucky day. I keep hearing music everywhere I go. In the station there was a man sitting in the corner playing the guitar and singing in an unfamiliar language that I wasnt familiar with. I enjoyed listening and observing the music while waiting for the subway. I then looked to my left and saw the subway coming ringing its loud bell to warn people of its arrival. I got on the subway and sat down until I had to get off at my stop which was in Manhattan. I always knew the subway had people from all backgrounds on it but I never really noticed it until now. I started to look around at what people were wearing and I realized that everyone is dressed in their own unique styles which I found so interesting. I found this interesting because at home, especially in California people all dress pretty much the same but when I arrived in New York and started observing peoples outfits, it made me realize how diverse and unique each individual is which I deeply love. Before my stop, a woman and her daughter walked in which caught my eye. The mom and her daughter were wearing matching light pink sweat sets with a long furry jacket and cute little beanies. I then arrived at my stop and started to walk over to Little Italy to meet up with my friends. When I got there I was shocked and felt as if I literally teleporated and walked into Italy. It was almost dark out, so all the bright lights were lit up around the area. Right away, this area felt and sounded different from any place in New York. It was different. It wasnt as loud or overwhelming like other places around the city. Little Italy felt secluded. It was a quiet area where the voices around were closer together, and sounded more soft. Another unique feature was that I realized the main language spoken by the people working in that area was Italian which I found so interesting. I felt connected with this area in a very personal and emotional way because my uncle was Italian and before he passed I was able to connect to his culture in different ways and we spoke a lot about the language. With that background, I was able to understand a little bit of what was being said around me. Something that immediately caught my eye when I walked into the area was the difference in infrastructure. In New York, especially in Manhattan, many of the buildings seem similar. But in Little Italy there was this one bright red building that immediately struck me when I saw it. Also before walking in, I looked up to find that there was a sign that was brightly lit that said Welcome to Little Italy which I found super cool. I walked around to see all the shops and restaurants there. Something that I also realized while walking around was that a lot of the people walking around were not from New York but were tourists visiting this well known area that is all over social media. After walking around and looking at a few shops, my friends and I decided to stop in quickly at this cool restaurant in the area. The restaurant was called Casa DAngelo. Immediately after walking into the restaurant I could smell the truffle and I knew I had to eat here. My friends and I agreed that we have to eat here after smelling the truffle pasta. Our waiter then came to the table and once he started talking and taking our orders down I could hear his strong Italian accent which I found so cool and refreshing. Back at home I dont really find myself encountering other accents as most of the people are from California. After lunch, I left the restaurant to begin my journey back to my dorm. As I was walking out I stopped and listened to this one italian song that sounded very familiar. I then began to listen more closely and realized it was the song my uncle always listened to before he passed. This made me emotional in the moment but it made me in a way feel like he was with me the whole time I walked around this area. It was the perfect ending to my 2nd walk.

These are my notes that had my idea:

Idea: headphones block out other people, noises (listened to music still, shared with others around me) it reminds me of an essay i read

Go through the world with headphones makes the walk more pleasant but instead makes me feel disconnected, isolated, aware of this now because of the experiences without the use of headphones

Look at phone, wanna be more observant

Makes me feel inspired to not wear headphones as much anymore

Name of coffee shop what i did while in there

Heard the city more, city is quite when there is a lot of snow on the ground

Music filled w music when walk was even when not feeding music in my ears

You need to write a formal business-style letter (like the example in the picture). The letter should be addressed to a Child Protective Services (CPS) worker. You will make up a realistic CPS office name, worker name, address, phone number, and date at the top in proper letter format.

The letter should be about the Walls family from The Glass Castle by The Glass Castle. Write the letter as if you are reporting concerns about the childrens well-being. Explain why you are concerned about their living conditions, safety, supervision, and basic needs, using examples from the book.

Follow the format shown in the picture:

Senders address at the top

Date

CPS workers name and address

Formal greeting (Dear Ms./Mr. ___:)

34 body paragraphs

Formal closing (Sincerely, ___)

The tone should be professional

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Knowledge and Reality

After reading/watching The Allegory of the Cave, what are some “caves” people live in today? Social media, culture, fear, traditions? What makes it hard to recognize them? What makes it hard to leave them?

example 1

There are many caves that exist in our modern world and society, I think the easiest one to point out would be the internet/social media and the obsession with getting attention, likes, engagement, and the overall addiction many have to it. Another would be culture or similarly what others think of you. Such “caves” can be very hard to recognize because many times adhering or even changing yourself because someone you look up to or your culture tells you too feels natural and with social media since everyone is on it and it brings joy and excitement to all it also feels natural. These kinds of caves go unnoticed and can easily be viewed as simply part of life and when one realizes that it is a cave something that has become basically second nature can be extremely hard to drop, and most times people would say that leaving them made them feel hollow or that they felt more free in the cave. Many things which seem “real” or “natural” can be a “cave” and that is what makes them so hard to see and so hard to escape from, and even harder to drag one out of.

Example 2

After reading the Allegory of the Cave, I came to the conclusion that the cave is a visual manifestation of the components necessary to create a false reality. It does not take someone living in a false reality to live in a false reality; it’s about believing it’s real. The cave has all the instruments needed to make people believe a fake reality because it tricks the senses and controls education. For example its not the fact that the prisoners see shadows; it’s the fact that they have only seen shadows and it’s all they have ever known. I truly believe that in the Allegory of the Cave, if the prisoners’ chains were broken and they could move their heads… they would not leave the cave. Because the reality is that it is easier to live in an illusion than walk into the unknown. People are scared of what they do not understand and this creates fear. Fear is one of the “Caves” in today’s society because it stops people from asking questions or going against the false system because they are afraid of what will happen if they do. Another “cave” is the education system indoctrinating these kids to the false reality so that they truly believe it is the truth when they are adults. Not only that but they punish the kids that do not fit into the false world and mak we an example out of them to stay in line. Social media is also a “cave” as well because it is used to push social standards and to spread false information to people in society. Social media affects children even more because they do not have the critical thinking skills to filter false information from facts with evidence. While most people are ignorant of these false realities and illusions, some are educated and aware but still choose to live with this knowledge because it is easy and comfortable. The question is, do those who are educated have a moral responsibility to help other prisoners break free from their mental chains, do they sit in the cave with this knowledge, or do they leave all they have known to live in reality… despite its new challenges?

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