• Essays

    Final Essay: Representing the Other

    Ryan Tasetano  Professor Albert  14, December 2023 Arabian Nights and Disney Days Representing the Other There are tons of pieces of work like books and movies out in the world based on the Middle East. These pieces of work have been problematic in a sense. They show stereotypes, racism, and…

  • Weekly Writings

    Reading our colleagues

    I was reviewing the works of my classmates, specifically the one before me and after me. This would be Zayna and Lujane. When I was going through them I found some things that were pretty interesting with both of them being in the events that they went to. When I…

  • Events

    Event 3.

    After dinner on the night of Diwali, Jenny and I went to the celebration they were having in the event space I believe it is called. We walked around and we really had no idea what was going on. We were new to this and we have heard of the…

  • Events

    Event 2

    My roommate is very interested in sports psychology and in psychology in general. He told me about this event that teaches us about sports psychology and the fundamentals of teaching success. I thought this would be a great idea because being a golfer myself, the game is a very mentally…

  • Events

    Event 1

    Study abroad fair Although this was a pretty long time ago I forgot to write about my experience. I was told to go with a friend because they said it would be fun. I was not really excited to go because when I went to the tent on advising day…

  • Weekly Writings

    Reading Ourselves

    There has been a lot of good in my writing and some things that need improvement. I feel like when I am writing an analysis or academic paper it is very broad and boring. I felt that I learned from an outline and just put the outline into the essay.…

  • Reflections

    Longer Reflection

    When I was registering for classes it was my graduation day. I was in a rush. I needed to get this done right before I had to leave to go to Rutgers Stadium. I will admit this class was not my first choice nor my second. When both those classes…

  • Weekly Writings

    1 on 10 and 10 on 1

    1 on 10  10 on 1  Topic: working class/poor  One of the things that was brought to my attention was in the movie why was the old prince or the blind man at first a different skin tone than the rest of the people. At the beginning of the movie…

  • Essays

    Adding Our Own Stories to The Nights

    I was sitting at the airport terminal waiting for my flight. We all boarded the plane, took off and everything seemed to be normal. It was a normal flight on a normal day. Soon enough the air mask come falling down, and a huge bump of turbulence. A giant gasp…

  • Reflections

    Second reflection on Said

    As I continued to read Said I started to see it a little differently. I definitely still felt like I was reading a paper that a college student wrote for their final thesis or a teacher who was trying to inform their students on a certain topic. However, before I…