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REFLECTIONS 1) What were your expectations for the border-crossing activity? Are your expectations met? Why or why not? I did not have a lot of expectations outside of reading essays on the movies. Getting involved in an active discussion was not something I anticipated, but I was pleasantly surpris...

Mobility and Change: Movie Comparison Essay Revision "Mona Lisa Smile" and "And the Spring Comes" both deal with a lot of similar issues pertaining to the goals of the main characters and their hard-headed approaches to complete them. The similarities end for the most part with t...

Hey Shuangshuang, That is incredibly interesting! It proves to me at least that being on the extremes of either side (traditionalism or pastoral feminism) is not particularly healthy for anyone. It is an important thing to note when talking about women's empowerment because it is absolutely the extr...

I believe it is incredibly sad when people categorize each other based on what is superficial. In the USA there are plenty of horrible stories that I've heard about what teenagers, in particular, are willing to go through in order to look like the (overly enhanced) models they see in media. The fact...

Hey Shuangshuang, What struck me most about the essay is how quickly you jump to give your opinion, which is nice. I might try to revise that first sentence, it takes up over half your paragraph. While I read a lot of really cool points in your fifth paragraph, I am not certain as to how they connec...

Hey Ziang, I think your essay is an easy read, but that is primarily because it is so informal. As a woman who gets distracted easily, I appreciate this stream-of-thought style of writing. That being said, I do not think it is what people are looking for out of a formal essay. Organizing is key, I w...

Hi ShuangShuang, Wow, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into crafting a response. As for the last comment: no worries, I love discussion. I think that it is far easier for a person who is attractive to find the means of achieving some form of success. For the sake of example, if we wan...

Mobility and Change: Movie Comparison Essay Mona Lisa Smile and And the Spring Comes both deal with a lot of similar issues pertaining to the goals of the main characters and their hard-headed approaches to complete them. The similarities end for the most part with this determination seen in both wo...