Posted by: WittyRuby on: June 18, 2006
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 104, section PG01
10 May 2006
Analyzing literature is the most important part in Vietnamese courses that students have to learn from secondary school until high school. It usually makes up 70% of the total grade in each Vietnamese exam. In America, students also learn to be familiar with examining a piece of writing. [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: June 18, 2006
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 103, section PG01
October 2005
“A Trip”
Many people in my country –Vietnam – travel from city to city by bus. I did not have experience but I heard a lot in the media that there is much violence on the buses which pick up customers along the roads. For example, during their trip, they [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: May 10, 2006
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 103, section PG01
21 September 2005
An Unforgettable Award
Everyone could easily recognize my secondary school in Vietnam because it was built right beside quite a big Pagoda. Moreover, having a big gate helped distinguish itself from the other houses around. There were two entrances, one at the front for teachers, and one across the [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: March 19, 2006
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Owen Cox
Music 220 section 1
11 October 2005
Engelbert Humperdinck
I began paying attention to Engelbert Humperdinck when I heard a joyful melody on television a few years ago. It just was a short piece of music used in an advertisement of Heineken beer (the song’s name is “Quando Quando Quando” as I knew later; click [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: March 15, 2006
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 104, section PG01
20 March 2006
Visual Essay: Heart and Life
One day when I was a little girl, I went to the market with my grandmother. And there for the first time, I saw a real heart, something like this one:
joelertola.com
I was very surprised. I my young mind, the shape of a heart was [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: November 14, 2005
Hong-Ngoc Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 103, section PG01
14 November 2005
“Whale Rider” and Gender Roles
“Women and men are all powerful, resourceful, intelligent, sensitive, intuitive, and analytical.” But they are not treated in the same way. In my psychology class, I have learned the phase “gender stereotype” which is a fixed, overly simple, sometimes incorrect idea about [...]
Posted by: WittyRuby on: October 16, 2005
Hong-Ngoc Thi Nguyen
Instructor: Jakubowski
English 103, section PG01
16 October 2005
Black and White Imagery
First of all, I have to admit that I have no idea about art. After visiting the NIU Art Gallery, I finally chose a work that made me feel interested the most. It is one of the two untitled vintage prints: “Black and White [...]
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