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Prompt: Different cultures have different customs surrounding food and eating. Describe a food-related custom you grew up with or have experienced. How does this custom reflect your family's values or cultural background?

 Prompt: We had a little rhyme for kids to keep their elbows off the table "Grandma Zula strong and able, get your elbows off the table". This shows the table manners that were conditioned in my family. My grandpa used to say that my great grandma would smack your elbows with a butter knife if you put them up on the table. 
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Prompt: Write about a time when you realized that your perception of a particular food was based on a stereotype. Explain what the food was, what you originally believed about it, and where that belief came from. Then describe how your perspective changed after experiencing or learning more about the food. Be sure to include specific details about the moment your thinking shifted and what you learned from that experience.

 Prompt: Not once in my 17 years of life have I ever experienced this hyper specific event. In fact I haven't experienced that so much that I'm just going to put a recipe for brownies as the last sentence on this. 1 cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3/4 of a cop of cocoa powder, 3 eggs, 1 cup all purpose flower, and vanilla and chocolate chips if you want that. Summary: We finished the documentary assignment and began on writable.  Reflection: I liked learning about Southern Chinese immigrants.
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Prompt: Today, we started our discussion about culture and food. What is one dish from your culture that is a must-have as a representation of your culture? Identify the dish and explain what it is and why it is significant.

 Prompt: I think a dish that represents my culture is fluff salad we make at every holiday. It's usually taken from the era of jello molds but it stayed in my family.  Summary: We began a cultural food unit and watched a documentary on New Orleans's  foods. Reflection: I enjoyed hearing about the locals stories around food and sharing it with others.
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Prompt: Writing about an offensive encounter can bring up different emotions, even when the story is imagined. What emotions did you experience while writing your story? What part of the writing affected you the most, and why?

 Prompt: I didn't really experience any negative emotions while writing about it. I've mostly accepted it and I don't think that it influences my future experience.  Summary: We wrote about a time we experienced being called something offensive.  Reflection: Floyd Pmo
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Prompt: Write about a conversation that changed you. What was said, and why did that conversation have such a lasting impact on you?

 Prompt: I think the first time I came out to my mom changed me. She denied me being queer that "I was too young". This had a profoundly negative impact on me. It felt like I couldn't be myself. Summary: We  worked on the slur assignment. Reflection: I feel like the conversation was relatively tasteful.
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Prompt: Write about something that you believed as a child.

 Prompt: That the government has out best interest at heart and doesn't serve the whims of the pedophilic elites. I think that might have been like my version of Santa Claus. I realized that wasn't the case when part of the files were released earlier last year.  Summary: We did a test on the book fences. Reflection: I think it was pretty easy but some of the questions felt opinion based.
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Prompt: At the end of Fences, forgiveness becomes an important part of the characters moving forward. Do you think forgiving someone means you also have to forget what they did? Why or why not? Connect your response to your own experiences or observations.

 Prompt: I don't think that forgiveness is a requirement or that you have to forget about what they did. It is important to recognize someones destructive patterns so you don't get hurt continuously. I have applied this to my life mostly with friends who clearly haven't figured themselves out yet. Summary: We worked on our projects and started to get ready to end the books.  Reflection: I like the project it's a lot better than previous ones in American Lit.
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