Coffee. Since I was younger, I've never liked bitter tasting drinks, but it was freshman year of High school, I fell in love with coffee. Could it be because of the smell or the bitter taste? I still haven't figured it out. There are numerous ways to make different kinds of coffee, some can be made with hot water, whipping coffee, some need filtering- depending on your liking of it. Sometimes, I'd wondered if coffee is like life. There are numerous ways to make different kinds of coffee as there are numerous choices/decisions we make in our everyday life. Every morning, I have to choose what kind of cup I want to drink my coffee in. This morning, I chose a cup that has texture that feels soft, smooth and welcoming to hold. It also looks beautiful. Surely, the coffee in this particular cup tastes no different than any other cup. Then I had to decide whether I want hot coffee or cold- I decided that I will go with iced coffee for today. Lastly, I wasn't sure...
F or so many years, I've always wondered why reading texts and understanding it was difficult for me. I used to think that because I was struggling with reading it had something to do with the fact that I was not proficient in English. Yet, it had nothing to do with English, it was because I lacked the background knowledge to understand what I was asked to read. This research explained to me that I never had culturally relevant texts to connect or draw background knowledge. Reflecting back, I didn’t have any background knowledge or experiences with the texts that were given to me to read. This makes me question my teachers, were they not aware of the importance of culturally relevant texts? Did they have little experience using books that relate to their students' cultural background? Did they not know how to implement such texts in their lessons? There are no excuses for not implementing culturally relevant texts because there is numerous research that explains the importance...
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