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Dec 7, 2021

Global Englishes: The Key to Worldwide Communication

Global Englishes: The Key to Worldwide Communication One of the most eye-opening things I learned so far in this class has been the idea of a lingua franca. Although I have seen it all around me (especially at work), I had never heard of the term before, and did not…

English Language

3 min read


Dec 7, 2021

Communication at a Cost: A Realistic Look at International English

Communication at a Cost: A Realistic Look at International English In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of having English as THE international language? As with almost anything, having English as the one and only international language has both good and bad points. The most obvious good point…

Opinion

3 min read


Dec 5, 2021

The Color of Snow

The Color of Snow “Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.” — Abraham Lincoln The snow was falling in Flint, Michigan. It was falling on the trees. It was falling on the roads. It was falling on…

Historical Fiction

7 min read


Nov 29, 2021

How We Cope

“Sometimes I just think depression’s one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there’s so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.” — Ned Vizzini “How can I go on…

Tragedy

6 min read


Nov 29, 2021

Blind Optimism

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be…

Short Story Writing

8 min read

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