Reflection 3: Why I Make Music

 
I make music to communicate.  I make music to bridge gaps. I make music in order to release feelings.  I make music because music listens. I make music because it never disrespects me.  I make music to influence.  I make music to praise God.  I make music to pray.  I make music to worship.  I [...]

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Weblog 5: Race to the Classroom

After reading “Understand?” by Will Okun (an English teacher in a Chicago school with many students from low-income and minority homes), I began to think about my own experience as a student and how race has played a part in learning in my life.  After years of encountering many different teachers with diverse backgrounds, I [...]

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Reflection 2-Why do I really write? What is my motive?

There are four different motives for writing, according to the essay “Why I Write” by George Orwell.  After reading this essay I decided to take a look at my motives for writing.  The identification of my writing motive didn’t take very long, in fact, it almost happened instantly while reading Orwell’s essay.  Sheer egoism, Aesthetic enthusiasm, Historical impulse, [...]

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