English 3, Post 6 [Final], Choice of two topics [#2]

 

Dear Earthlings from FCQF!

As the title so eloquently suggests, this time there is a choice that you will have to make, either 'a career-oriented website', or 'an expert person in your field of study'. 

Topic A: Tell us about a career-oriented website you enjoy visiting. 

Include this information:

·        Describe the website and provide the link.

·        How often do you visit it?

·        Explain why you like the site.

·        Who would you recommend it to?

Upload pictures (optional)


Topic B: Tell us about an expert/person in your field that you admire. 

Include this information:

·        Why do you admire this person?

·        What has this person done/contributed?

·        Provide a short biography of this person

       Upload pictures (optional)

Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post

Word Count: 160 words

"This time it is not necessarily a career-oriented web site but a YouTube channel (which is in fact, a website for videos) and it is called ‘Wisecrack’. Particularly interesting material for this channel and that gives it all its funny flavour while learning is a funny man and this is ‘Thug Notes: Classic Literature, Original Gangster’, a black dude who provides a thorough analysis to every single literature classic masterpiece.

It is actually hilarious to see a book review/analysis is done with such professional treatment, though, under an extremely colloquial tone. It is as if someone exploits a 'seemingly uneducated' stereotype and puts it in an academic field. It is counter-intuitive, at first, to see how a fully-fledged expert provides such an insightful analysis in such an unusual fashion.

Since my major actually is on English Literature, it was a huge pleasure to see, for example, how ‘1984’ is deconstructed under a point of view that takes a dystopian character, at first sight, a human tragedy, and turns it into a hilarious review. I highly recommend this channel for you to have a good laugh". 

What about you?

Cheers.

Comments

  1. Karina Lagos Rojas10 June 2022 at 22:16

    I also know a channel of that style but for science, it's called kurzgesagt, they explain different scientific processes and how some things that seem to be taken from science fiction can be done in reality and all with cartoons.

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  2. Benjamin Salamanca11 June 2022 at 12:04

    i'll watch the youtube channel

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  3. María Ignacia Silva11 June 2022 at 13:01

    My sister has to read '1984', I will recommend the channel

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  4. Alexis Nicolas13 June 2022 at 21:40

    I watched to the video: Nihilism on Rick and Morty & BoJack Horseman and Oh My God, now I understand why you like this channel so much. It was too funny to finding out what kind oh existential nihilism is for me!

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  5. Josefa Avendaño15 June 2022 at 07:28

    The book sounds very interesting, maybe I'll read it!

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  6. Millaray S.A16 June 2022 at 16:46

    That's the good thing about youtube, it allows us to find different things and particular tastes.

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  7. Sebastián Rivas17 June 2022 at 13:57

    I didn't know that YouTube channel, I'm sure I'll enjoy it a lot, greetings!

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  8. Elias Pineda17 June 2022 at 19:28

    Wisecrack has 3.09 millions of subscribers in youtube :0

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  9. Alonso Labbé17 June 2022 at 20:09

    I think watching an explanatory video on YouTube talking about a particular topic is more interactive and easier to understand than from a written website.

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  10. Mario Moya17 June 2022 at 20:53

    I selected a random video from the youtube channel, it was very entertaining

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  11. alexander dosque18 June 2022 at 20:05

    Blessed youtube, it has many channels and content.

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  12. Matías Vásquez Galaz21 June 2022 at 16:27

    sounds interesting, I will visit the channel!

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  13. Thaís López A.21 June 2022 at 18:13

    I read "1984", I'll watch the video to see how it's

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  14. Tomás González Mena25 June 2022 at 04:44

    I find hard to connect with what you are telling us here, it may be lack of interest or just the way I am.

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  15. Antonia Fierro25 June 2022 at 15:06

    What an entertaining and good way to teach

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  16. Julio Espinoza8 July 2022 at 19:59

    interesting channel :o

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