My table includes me, David, Cecelia and Wendy. David talked about how splits assigned by his coach's expertise turned him from an overconfident freshman into a true athlete, being guided to the best of his abilities. As another athlete, I can personally relate to being frustrated with inexperience, but learning a lot from coaches and how little things like splits can push you much farther towards goals.
I learned a lot from Wendy's essay. I enjoyed hearing about how learning simple English phrases like "thank you, I am fine" seem so natural, but it means more than that because it serves as a first step to integrating into a newer community. Although she was intimidated, she wasn't alone and she had her Chinese student community in Denver learning with her and can relate to her. Although "thank you, I am fine" is a natural response when someone asks "how are you?, her and her friends all respond the same way and serves as an inside joke with her friend group.
I can really relate to Cecilia's essay, reflecting on terms only you and your friends understand fully. The phrase shows how when true friendships are made, memories and commonalities between people also form and that's not something an outsider could possibly understand. It made me think of my friendships back home, and although things change over time there is always comfort in knowing some things, like memories, never will.
All of the phrases that we have chosen don't impact each other on a personal level or in a way we can exactly understand, but I have noticed all of these words or phrases made me connect with memories and meanings of my own. These essays perfectly prove the point that certain words can mean so much to some and so little to others, completely disregarding the word's dictionary definition. The point being, often times there is lot more to words than the simple definition: it can bring back memories that only you and some others can understand, and that is the purpose of rhetoric.
I learned a lot from Wendy's essay. I enjoyed hearing about how learning simple English phrases like "thank you, I am fine" seem so natural, but it means more than that because it serves as a first step to integrating into a newer community. Although she was intimidated, she wasn't alone and she had her Chinese student community in Denver learning with her and can relate to her. Although "thank you, I am fine" is a natural response when someone asks "how are you?, her and her friends all respond the same way and serves as an inside joke with her friend group.
I can really relate to Cecilia's essay, reflecting on terms only you and your friends understand fully. The phrase shows how when true friendships are made, memories and commonalities between people also form and that's not something an outsider could possibly understand. It made me think of my friendships back home, and although things change over time there is always comfort in knowing some things, like memories, never will.
All of the phrases that we have chosen don't impact each other on a personal level or in a way we can exactly understand, but I have noticed all of these words or phrases made me connect with memories and meanings of my own. These essays perfectly prove the point that certain words can mean so much to some and so little to others, completely disregarding the word's dictionary definition. The point being, often times there is lot more to words than the simple definition: it can bring back memories that only you and some others can understand, and that is the purpose of rhetoric.
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