Read women, read critically, read often
Behold, the final of my 9th grade year. In assigned reading groups, we wrote essays on the expectations of young men and women in the Dominican Republic.The highlighted words were to fill the quota of necessary vocabulary usage. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a book hinged on gender stereotypes…
This was actually written in the winter of 2017, after a class discussion of society’s perception of the youngest generation compared to those before. The following piece was a 14 year old’s perspective on the treatment of the younger generations. All of recent history has been divided up into generations, with everyone being born sorted…
In the same semester in 2018, we were introduced to works of transcendentalist fiction. The class was assigned Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, but I did an independent study of Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The following was my analysis of religion and social issues in the world of the book, and how it…
During my 9th grade year, I split my time in English class between Honors 9th and what would amount to be Honors 10th. The next year, I skipped my sophomore year and into AP Language and Composition. I’ll be adding some of my older pieces of graded writing (mistakes and all!) as a way to…
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My name is Emily Rutter, and I am a Canadian woman living in Columbus, Ohio. I attend a high school and the Ohio State University concurrently, and plan to study English and Language Analysis in university.
I speak French, and am learning Spanish and Scottish Gaelic this year as well.
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