Despite my challenges working as a student editor, journalism, with its truth-seeking purpose, has taught me that underrepresented voices have to be heard the most. To navigate difficulties as a non-native English speaker, I’ll need to keep writing about my confusion.
Read MoreWrite when you feel community, companionship and love. That way, the feeling can transcend ideological differences, as well as time and geographical distance.
Read MoreInstead of discouraging students’ use of their native language, schools should embrace and celebrate bilingualism, recognizing that a child’s first language can be a valuable asset to their education.
Read MoreAs an English major, I have received countless stereotypical assumptions about my major that reduce the field simply to studying the English language and literature. English language skills are only a tool in the English major;...
Read MoreI think in English, but I feel in Spanish. I don’t have a single mother tongue, because I learned both as a child. But English and Spanish have always meant completely different things to me. English means assimilation and...
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