Getting covid twice was one of the challenges I experienced throughout the pandemic. I had to isolate myself from relatives that I had to face every day, remain in my room 24 hours a day, and was always in pain …
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Reading Response Fredrick Douglass-Mateo
PART 1-After the young Douglass loses his mistress as his teacher, what strategies does he practice to continue learning to read? Â Who does he turn to for help? Â How does he persuade them to help him?
The strategies he uses …
Writing Task Resilience — Jaqueline
One thing that’s been difficult for me throughout this pandemic has been dealing with my mental health. I struggled with depression during my sophomore and junior years of high school, and I hadn’t struggled with it again since then. I …
Writing Task Resilience-Maimoona
I have faced a lot of hardships during the pandemic. For example junior and senior year of high school was remote, not having a proper graduation or any other senior activity. School was hard I had hard time adjusting to …
David Antwi
One of the most difficult things that really made me struggle during the pandemic was my health. Since middle school I was always scared of being overweight. So, it was almost like a plan to always keep up with my …
Writing Task Resilience- Chris Gjoka
One hardship that I faced during the pandemic must be remote learning and all the things that came with it. Remote learning was the hardest thing I had to deal with due to the fact that I have had problems …
Reading Response Fredrick Douglass – Devin Taylor
Part 1
“My mistress was, as I have said, a kind and tender-hearted woman; and in the simplicity of her soul she commenced, when I first went to live with her, to treat me as she supposed one human being …
Reading Response FDouglass — Amy Ramnarine
PART 1– question chosen ( After the young Douglass loses his mistress as his teacher, what strategies does he practice to continue learning to read? Who does he turn to for help? How does he persuade them to help …
Unit 1
Part 1
Learning to read was certainly a curse more than a blessing. Especially back then where they are not aware of ways they are described by masters in newspapers or certain names given by racist authors. They were forced …
Reading Response F Douglass- Deqwan
Part 1
What does Douglass mean when he says that “learning to read had been a curse rather than a blessing” (paragraph 5)?  Furthermore, what does he mean when he says that “freedom…was ever present to torment me” (same paragraph)?  …