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by Nadia B.
Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:40 pm
Forum: Group E
Topic: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders
Replies: 5
Views: 7102

Re: Border-Crossing Activity Reflection

1) What were your expectations for the border-crossing activity? Are your expectations met? Why or why not? a. My expectations for the border-crossing activity was to better understand the thoughts of the students from China. I feel that my expectations have been met because I realize that although ...
by Nadia B.
Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:21 pm
Forum: Group E
Topic: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders
Replies: 5
Views: 7102

Re: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders Revision

Gender roles and constraints are prevalent in societies across borders. In both “Mona Lisa Smile” and “And the Spring Comes,” the female and male characters had to overcome societal constraints, stereotypes, and expectations to accomplish their professional goals. In order to be empowered, not only ...
by Nadia B.
Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:09 pm
Forum: Group E
Topic: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders
Replies: 5
Views: 7102

Re: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders

Xiangling, Yes, I agree with you. I think that if Katherine and Wang were able to follow Katherine's advice, they would both be able to achieve their dreams. However, the issue is that they know this, but the constraints of society are so debilitating that they are unable to execute what they know. ...
by Nadia B.
Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:48 am
Forum: Group E
Topic: 20 - Long Hard Road for Wang Cailing
Replies: 3
Views: 6043

Re: 20 - Long Hard Road for Wang Cailing

Xiangling, I thought you did an excellent job providing the reader with a lot of background information on Wang Cailing. You included background information that could not simply be drawn from the movie, which allowed the reader to understand what society was like in those times and why it was so di...
by Nadia B.
Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:05 am
Forum: Group E
Topic: 21 - Miss. Misfits
Replies: 3
Views: 5902

Re: 21 - Miss. Misfits

Dear Chaoxing, I thought you did a great job of showing the reader that both characters only achieved transformation in the form of conformity. You set up the reader with enough background information as well as opinion. However, there were some opportunities to provide the reader with more opinion ...
by Nadia B.
Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:52 am
Forum: Group E
Topic: 9 - Gender Roles Across Borders
Replies: 5
Views: 7102

9 - Gender Roles Across Borders

Gender roles and constraints are prevalent in societies across borders. In both “Mona Lisa Smile” and “And the Spring Comes,” the female and male characters had to overcome societal constraints, stereotypes, and expectations to accomplish their professional goals. In order to be empowered, not only ...