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Daily Archives: December 7, 2011
Essay#6 reflection
You can say it started off as I stepped into the English classroom. It was time for a new chapter in life, and many things to come ahead. I would only roam around from class to class and discover nothing … Continue reading
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Essay#6 Blog post revision2
 To every student city tech is just another college. To me it is just where I am for now. All I knew about it was that it was located an hour and five minutes away from home. In a place … Continue reading
Essay#6 Blog post revision1
When one is on the train we can easily identify the tourist. The one holding the map. We now live in a society where we can find things very easily.Maps no longer seem to have so much importance in our … Continue reading
Essay #6: Essay #3 Revision
Steven Rodriguez Professor Rosen English 1101 28 October 2011 Overlapping New Yorks: Columbus Park On my walk around City Tech I walked towards the Jay Street-MetroTech train station. I made a right into a walkway next to the Marriott Hotel … Continue reading
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Essay #6: Reflection
Working with the Brooklyn Historical Society was an excellent experience. I had never had the chance to work with a Historical Society until this year. My class and I got to see many special things. We started out our semester … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Brooklyn Historical Society, libraries, maps, reflections
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Essay #6: Essay #3 Revision
There are overlapping New Yorkâs in many areas including Brooklyn. The juxtaposition that I chose is in an area near Joralemon Street. This Juxtaposition area is well maintained and in disrepair. The areas are extremely opposite and donât seem to … Continue reading
Essay 6 Blog Post Revison
Walking Tour Blog When I first heard about walking tour with the Brooklyn Historical Society I was honestly not interested and didnât feel like attending. After taking the walking tour I completely changed my opinion, not only, of the tour … Continue reading
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Essay 6 Reflection
Reflection This fall semester I took a course involving the SAFA project or in other words Students and Faculty in the Archives project. This allowed me access to materials from the Brooklyn Historical Society and their archives. Having never been … Continue reading
Telling Brooklyn Stories Reflection
You can say it started off as I stepped into the English classroom. It was time for a new chapter in life, and many things to come ahead. I would only roam around from class to class and discover nothing … Continue reading
Essay #6 Reflection
This semester in English we got the opportunity to express our views on various topics. Such as our opinions on what we thought about readings that we discussed in class for example, City Limits and Reading Lucy. We were challenged … Continue reading