List 1: The things that make me feel comfortable in a classroom: approachable teacher, when people talk and laugh or acknowledge others. When there are not a lot of people in a room.
List 2: The things that make me feel uncomfortable in a classroom: when people aren’t responsive or if there is someone or something that makes me feel as if I’m stupid or that I should know better.
- Joel Stein is an american journalist: Sarcastic or ironic, comedic writer. Offends readers but is considered funny. He was a researcher for Martha Stewart, got fired super quick. He mocks wealthy people, he also challenges common cores and values as well as views in American culture. He wants to challenge the common thought. He does not treat the apposing perspectives fairly, the reason he does this is because hes trying to make the other side not as credible and making the other side mad who would be in support of the other national teams. I think that the intended audience was supporters of the Yankees.
- Speaker is “not Stein”, alternative ego who is an over the top bully. He doesn’t treat the opposite side fairly because in his opinion their view isn’t being treated fairly; he demonstrating what is already out there.
- 2004 we are in Afghanistan and Iraq. George W Bush is president. It is all about this: Yankees are america, we crushed dictators. SO what Joel Stein is referring to the two biggest ward that we were involved in at the time. His audience is the average-joe. TIME magazine is a news magazine.
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