Ethnography of Emily Stagg Every year in the early summer, hundreds of students in grades 3 through 8 travel to Washington DC to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. These kids have been prepping for this event for months and months, practicing day and night to spell every word perfectly. This national event, which takes place in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington DC, is televised annually with around one million viewers. The 2002 Oscar nominated film Spellbound follows eight students on their journey to the spelling bee final competition. One of these contestants is Emily Stagg, third time finalist who hopes to with the title of National Spelling Bee Champion. Join me as I follow her journey. Emily Stagg reigns from the town …show more content…
She admits she is nervous because “there’s so much luck in it you can’t not be nervous.” In fact, she is so nervous that she and her mom though it was a better idea to study instead of sightseeing. When it comes time to start the Bee, Emily walks down to the microphone in a National Spelling Bee T-shirt and her brown hair in a ponytail. She spells her words perfectly in the first three rounds. In round 4, the pronouncer announces her word. “Kookaburra,” he says. The camera pans to her moms face, and then back to Emily. Emily’s mom does not know if Emily knows the word, and Emily can see the “pain in her face.” Emily proceeds to spell the word, and does it correctly. The audience bursts in applause, and her mom is relieved. In the interview after this round, her mom exclaims, “I just died! I just died! I had no clue!” “You can know every single word except one in a round and not win,” Emily says, regarding her nerves. She and her mom then agree to go eat lunch, their “first meal of the day.” When they return for the ESPN round, Emily is ready to go. She correctly spells the word “viand,” but first makes sure it is the word she is thinking of by asking if it is of French origin. “Apocope” is her next word. After repeating the word a couple times, she spells the word accurately. The leader announces that there are now only 17 spellers left for the next round, and Emily’s face shows a very surprised
In Joy Kagawa's "Obasan" there are a variety of characters, each with their own drives, morals, and personalities. However, In Naomi Nakane's life two characters in particular are very important and integral pieces to forming this novel. These two characters are Obasan, or Ayako Nakane - Naomi's aunt by marriage, and Aunt Emily Kato - Naomi's maternal aunt. With their importance to the novel being noted, further analyzation of these two members reveals much about their personalities, and in turn, why they chose the paths in the novel that they did. Much can be revealed from comparing and contrasting Joy Kagawa's characters Obasan and Aunt Emily, and in this analysis although there are many similarities in morals and characteristics, the differences
Canadian equal right activist, Emily Murphy was writer, journalist, and magistrate, political and legal former born on 14 March 1868 in Cookstown. Emily was the first magistrate of Canada, and is best known for her role in the Persons Case, the effective battle to have ladies proclaimed “persons” in the eyes of British law (Jackel, 2001). She launched the successful campaign for recognizing women as “persons” under the British law in Persons Case. In 1929, under the BNA Act, the women were declared as legal persons and could serve as the member of congress and judges. Some of her achievements also include: being the first female magistrate in the British Empire, author of several books, and president of the Women’s Canadian Club, and was active
In William Faulkner’s short story “A Rose for Emily”, readers are introduced to Emily Grierson whose character was highly respected in her society but for some mysterious reason fell off the grid. The other people in her community became curious as to what was going on in her life and any effort to find out the truth had proved to be futile. This journal seeks to show the narrator’s view of the Miss Emily’s story, as the narrator would refer to her due to the first person plural point of view the story was written in. Consequently, the sense in telling the story should be noted, as denoted by the title and why he would constantly use “we instead of “I”. Furthermore, the journal shall assess the effects on the overall story and the character of the narrator.
When she arrived, Emily was remembered and accepted. She laughed more, made friends with people young and old and felt happy for the first time in years. It was also in Ucluelet tha...
After beginning her teaching job there, she was shocked by the ignorance of the locals. As a young lady, she was not supposed to be intelligent, but her father had taught her well. She was utterly appalled at the lack of educational exposure in Kentucky. She wrote in a letter to her sister, Emily, that:
Gender Importance of the Anthropologist of Ethnography What importance may the sex of the anthropologist have on the ethnographic process? There are many factors which can influence the ethnographic process for an anthropologist, and a very important one is his/her sex. This essay will examine the different attitudes towards sex, the problems that face all ethnographers when they embark on fieldwork in a different environment to their own, as well as the problems and benefits which can arise due to the sex of an anthropologist. In order to produce a written work about a certain culture or society (an ethnography, anthropologists must embark on what is known as the ethnographic process". This term refers to all of the various activities and research methods which the anthropologist must undertake if he/she wants to obtain a profound and objective understanding of the culture being studied.
As time went on pieces from Emily started to drift away and also the home that she confined herself to. The town grew a great deal of sympathy towards Emily, although she never hears it. She was slightly aware of the faint whispers that began when her presence was near. Gossip and whispers may have been the cause of her hideous behavior. The town couldn’t wait to pity Ms. Emily because of the way she looked down on people because she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and she never thought she would be alone the way her father left her.
The day was sunny and Keller had been waiting on the porch for something she did not know was coming. Keller’s teacher had approached her, and she began teaching her things such as spelling and associating the words with the object that was its name. This made Keller feel as if she were on top of the world. She even states, “When I finally succeeded in making the letters correctly, I was flushed with childish pleasure and pride.”, which depicts her feelings for that moment and how it was inspiring and life-changing for her. Although this feeling was one of a kind, it would not stop there.
One of the main themes characteristic of all three works is the alienation from family and friends as studies require more effort and allow less time for more pleasurable pursuits. The character of Akeelah is presented to us in the film with the sense that she may already be feeling alienated from segments of her peers, as the camera hovers over her teacher's shoulder as she passes back a spelling test, showing Akeelah is the only one to receive a one-hundred percent. Later, a scene is shown depicting older girls calling Akeelah "freak" and attempting to coerce her into "taking care of their English homework" (Akeelah and the Bee). Her brother, catching her watching a tape of the national spelling bee, tells her, "you going up against a bunch of rich, white kids. They gonna tear your black ass up" (Akeelah and the Bee). These apparent feelings are both justified and intensified for her after winning the regional spelling bee and becoming something of a local celebrity. When she returns home from winning she finds her mom chastising her brother, who has just been dropped off by a police officer. The wind is taken out of her sails as her mother, attempting to impress a point on her son rather than appreciate the accomplishment of her daughter going to the state spelling bee, says, "while you doing that I'm gonna be identifying your brother here in the morgue" (Akeelah and the Bee). On the one hand, her accomplishment brings praise from her principal, the media, and some of her classmates. On the other, the divide begins to force distance between her and those to whom she had been close. She finds herself forced to lie to her mother in order to continue her education, forging a signature to a consent form to allow her to compete in the upcoming bee.
I am very religious and a huge believer in God, since childhood. My grandma has played a big role making me religious person. I remember in my childhood my grandma used to take me to the temple with her every day. From that time, I am attached very strongly toward the god. There was temple close to my house in India. I used to go to temple with my grandma two times a day morning and evening. These two times in temple saints (Hindu monks) do the “Aarti” (Aarti is waving lighted wicks before the sacred images to infuse the flames with the Deities’ love, energy, and blessings). “Aarti” means get rid of the darkness from life.
Barloon, Jim. “Southeast Missouri State University.” A Rose for Emily - Southeast Missouri State University, University of St. Thomas, www.semo.edu/cfs/teaching/10186.html. Accessed 20 Apr. 2017.
Word Journey by Kathy Ganske provides a comprehensive approach to assessing and building children's word knowledge for grades K-8. The program is planned word study that can improve students' reading and writing skills. There are complete instructions that provide for implementing the Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA), an easy-to-use assessment tool, and for tailoring instruction to learners' strengths and weaknesses. It addresses the Common Core State Standards in this program.
Mother-in-laws can often be the bane of a man’s existence. In American culture, jokes are often made about wanting to avoid a mother-in-law at all costs. For example, a recent BMW car commercial depicts a new feature in the car which can read texts out loud by showing a man pulling into his driveway and receiving a text from his wife that his mother-in-law was over visiting. The man immediately backs out of the driveway and leaves. This is what anthropologist A.R. Radcliffe-Brown would have classified as an avoidant relationship—one common in many cultures. In addition to avoidant relationships, Radcliffe Brown also identified joking relationships. These two concepts aid in showing the functions of different social groups and the rules
The problem with structuring subcultures in the context of resistance is that sometimes it’s really hard to figure out just what someone is resisting. The CCCS approach focuses on subcultures of the Working Class because its much easier to see their actions in terms of resisting larger social structures. In Amy Wilkin’s (2008) book she depicts three subcultures primarily consisting of middle class white youth. While there is still the possibility of resistance, the efforts of goths and Unity Christians are aimed achieving distinction, while the wannabe desires authenticity. Instead of wanting to change the actual hierarchy, they simply want to rig the game so that they can win. Often these ‘deviant’ actions serve to reinforce existing structure. Goths, Christians, and Puerto Rican Wannabes use the idea of the ‘other’ to form their own identities, often by using less privileged groups to define their own distinction. The use of sex is common among all three as a way of lending biological weight to what would otherwise be viewed as a ‘phase’. In a way, Wilkins’ subcultures are actually the opposite of resistant. As Thornton notes, “distinctions are never just assertions of equal difference; they usually entail some claim to authority and presume the inferiority of others” (Thornton 1995, p 201). However, Wilkins’ notes a number of contradictions and places of resistance in her
The majors that seem intriguing to me are the ones that deal with social sciences. People’s personalities are so interesting and diverse, I constantly find myself studying them. In high school, my favorite subjects were psychology, sociology, and health.