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2006-07 Selected Essays
The editorial committee of e.g., UW’s online journal of 100-level writing, is pleased to announce the winning essays for 2006-07:
Bilingual Education and its Threat to the Nation Form
Karin AsplundThe Future of Tomorrow Struggling with Domination
Christine CaldejonThe Manipulation and Exploitation of Nationalism
Behnum Habibi“Man Law”: Perpetuation of Stereotypes Online
Caitlin PrattPersuasion for a Better Cause
Ashley ThoresonA More Mobile Campus: A Proposal for a New Mobility Map at the University of Washington
Jessica Vu -
2006-07 Winner: “The Future of Tomorrow Struggling with Domination” by Christine Caldejon
“The Future of Tomorrow” by Christine Caldejon PDF
Growing up I was raised in a cultural environment that had very few people from my ethnicity; instead I was a black sheep in a herd of white sheep. Being that I experienced this, I was able to feel and see a loss of culture that overtakes an individual’s identity and heart. This happens particularly in the youth or those individuals who are part of the 1st or 2nd generations to be born in America. From this, I, like many other individuals, was presented with two choices. The two choices were to identify with our native language and cultural background, or lose our culture and shape our personal identity around the dominant language in the country that is Standard American English (SAE). This situation is becoming problematic and should be addressed not only by communities but also by the academic realm because if this situation continues to happen then the “melting pot” that American is known to be will cease to exist. Schools should also address this problem being that the domination of English in school especially is causing a lack of programs designed for those individuals who do not speak English fluently to be scarce.
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