Sunday, October 30, 2011

Cluster Reflection

The common themes that have appeared throughout the courses in our clusters so far are: what are human rights, what's the language of human rights, how is language used to affirm or deny these rights, most important emotional knowledge communicated by slaves, and the linguistics course which breaks the language down to see how languages are written, spoken, and influenced by other languages to create a new language such our own American English. The different disciplines approach subjects and material differently from each other. law and Human Rights points to what the Constitution says about rights and how they should be implemented throughout societies. Linguistics allows us to look into a how a language is formed by showing differences and similarities in patterns, and American Studies, most challenging of all requires our brains to think critical like intelligent thinkers and writers approaching different tasks, thinking outside the box, and coming to a conclusion or a solution to a problem through the process of writing. Being in a diverse cultural learning community, I feel more confident, effecient,  and open minded sharing differnt ideas and thoughts from different backgrounds. The LIB 110 activity makes it easier for us to freely express ourselves through writing that relates to what we are learning in all our courses. One of the Themes that is most relevent from English class is how to use language and the tools of pen and voice that were used in history in order to change people's minds if the change is compulsary. I would like the cluster to make the kind of a connection where everyone becomes enthusiastic and understand the need to take an action towards those who are still under oppression and desperately need our help, to restore their natural born rights who are deprived of living in peace and harmony.

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