Work & Labor by Yujia Xu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz Change along the way: inspirations from different modern periods en-us 2023-04-14 18:45:10 UTC 2025-11-18 16:28:10 UTC hello@padlet.com https://media4.giphy.com/media/13rQ7rrTrvZXlm/giphy.gif Mother: The One with Multiple Identities Doing the Impossible Job yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555650803 Word count: 938
    This narrative essay contains the personal experience and insights brought from my mom, which greatly changed my personality and the way how I treated the world. ]]> 2023-04-16 08:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555650803 Final Draft of Text Analysis #1: Infinite workload assigned in time: Impossible way of living yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651062 Word count: 1469
    The first text analysis and the first revised essay I have done this semester. The text analysis revolves and expands with the theme of time. The time workers have been arranged with; the time workers waste with; the time workers been valued with. As a reader, after reading the novel, you might have another brand new view of how time- this vague and conceptual, human-identified word - means different from multiple job positions. ]]> 2023-04-16 08:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651062 A Working Stiff's Manifesto yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651670 A Working Stiff's Manifest was written by Iain Levison and published in 2002.  Iain introduced his perspective of how hard it is to find an hourly wage job with the factor of taxation, self medical bill and train fee in consideration. Interviews before the job could be extremely hard with numerous prerequisites, but the work is repetitive, tedious and no expertise skill required. ]]> 2023-04-16 08:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651670 "To be of use": Different angles bring different results yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651855 Word count: 1097
    Would you believe different angles will bring different results? By analyzing the poem "To be of use" written by Marge Piercy, standing from different angles and position where the poet stands with, we explore the multi-intention and possibilities the poem brings to us.]]> 2023-04-16 08:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2555651855 Work for Yourself: Another Exquisite Lie From the Capitalists yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2557405665 Word count:1324
    This is a prompt based argumentative essay which used the poem "To Be of Use" as primary source and the novel Rivethead as secondary sources. Revolving the statement “Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself" claimed by Morrison, the essay focuses on the definition of work and how the value of work is different from people. In addition, the essay talks about how one's degree of interest for their work as a vector represents the degree the worker thinks they are "working for themselves".]]> 2023-04-17 18:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2557405665 Final Portfolio yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560596120 Name: Yujia Xu
Instructor: Dr. Margaret E. Salifu 
Section Number: 017
Final Papers Total Word Count:  4,828 words
Reflective Essay Word Count: 1,157 words
]]> 2023-04-19 18:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560596120 Way to Enlightenment yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560603793 Word count:1157
    The reflective essay mainly expressed my personal experience during this phenomenal semester endowed by the COLWRIT R1A class instructed by Dr. Salifu. After finishing all four major essay, I felt like we've done way more than this. I learned an essay which would be posted will cost hundreds and thousands of effort before it will been published. After this short period of learning, I've learned to be patient, be original, and be loud. As the bookmark which Dr. Salifu gave us in the beginning of the semester states "All Good Things Take Time", I will also take this as one of my life motto. ]]> 2023-04-19 18:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560603793 To Be Of Use yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560617608 By.Marge Piercy]]> 2023-04-19 18:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2560617608 1st Analysis Draft yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2563557832 Word count:1368
    The draft of the first analysis was the one I struggled the most with. After I finished reading the book with amateurish annotations, I found it was particularly hard to find useful quotes while writing the first draft of the text analysis. Even though it seems mostly done, the ideas through the essay were mostly changed after receiving the suggestions from Dr. Salifu.]]> 2023-04-21 18:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2563557832 My Mom's Current Office Room yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2572087382 Location: Shenzhen, China
    She moved her office far from home to Shenzhen in order to improve the working condition for general young high technic employees last year.]]> 2023-04-28 17:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2572087382 Work For Yourself yjjxu https://padlet.com/yjjxu/tg2b0gd9ao8qy7hz/wish/2572110405 Prompt:
    “Whatever the work is, do it well—not for the boss but for yourself,” writes Toni Morrison in her The New Yorker article, “The Work You Do, the Person You Are.” Refer to the article  and Marge Piercy’s Poem, “To be of Use,” to raise an argument based on Morrison’s statement.



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