Thursday, March 8, 2007
My Turn Paragraph
So it comes as no surprise that I might want to escape a town where 9 out of 10 kids wear polo shirts to school and attending the debutante ball in the winter is normal. But now that I am at Tufts, a university that prides itself on its diversity, I ask myself how that has really come into play here. For example, although the university has many different houses for certain ethnicities, such as the French House, the Latino Culture House, the German Language House, and even an International Culture House, I have never set foot in one of them. Come to think of it, I don’t even know where they are located. It appears that the old adage has some truth to it: you can bring a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
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I think your topic in the paragraph is interesting about how diversity is stressed but not pursued. The beginning grabbed my attention and I liked how you ended it with a well known saying.
Your paragraph reminds me very much about ongoing debate as to whether Tufts is diverse or not. On one hand, I feel that the majority of students are very accepting of others. However, I also find that involvement in culture clubs may require a large time commitment, and as a result you end up bonding with people of the same culture. For some people, this is seen as a means that the campus becomes more segregated. I think it's interesting that you touched upon both sides.
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