English 3, Post 7, 'Choice of Two Topics (Choose one of the two)'

  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. Yari Acosta21 June 2021 at 22:07

    I think it is an entertaining channel, I would like to understand better English to enjoy it more

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  2. Melissa Terruzzi22 June 2021 at 13:52

    I really enjoyed the channel! The best thing is that I came across a video about Invincible :D

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  3. Enzo Reveco23 June 2021 at 16:45

    I just searched for "Wisecrack" on YouTube and saw the video about "Monthy Python". If all the videos are like this, then it's a very good channel, the analysis is deep and makes it easier to understand, also because of the good video editing, those details make the difference.

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  4. Ania Villagra24 June 2021 at 11:12

    With this blog I realised that you like teaching with a touch of humour, that would explain the way you develop your classes. hahaha

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  5. Tomás Quinteros24 June 2021 at 17:00

    Although I still do not see, but I will see it, the channel that you recommend, I know it must be very good, because that is what I look for on YouTube channels, topics that in theory are serious, but if they include a touch of humor, they can be very valuable.

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  6. Aline Elgueta24 June 2021 at 18:47

    I've never heard of the "Wisecrack" channel, maybe I'll check it out later

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  7. Ignacio Cifuentes Riquelme25 June 2021 at 13:54

    I was watching the channel and I noticed the variety of videos you have, I think that's quite positive as it invites you to visit the channel and of course to watch the videos you offer. Thank you for giving me a new channel to visit in my free time.

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  8. Matias Rojas25 June 2021 at 15:25

    Thug Notes?, that makes me laugh, it reminds me of tupac jajaja

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  9. Diego Sandoval25 June 2021 at 15:36

    It seems to have an interesting theme the youtuber proposes, I'll take a look.

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  10. Paola Montecinos25 June 2021 at 16:26

    Oh, I think the youtuber that you put coincides with a characteristic of the one I put on, they use comedy as a means of understanding.

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  11. Raffaella Crovetto25 June 2021 at 16:51

    I've never heard of "Wisecrack", but I looked it up on youtube and it looks fun.

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  12. Patricio Ruiz25 June 2021 at 19:44

    I watched some videos and really enjoyed the guy´s way of expressing.

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  13. Erich Torres26 June 2021 at 09:15

    looks like an interesting channel :o

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  14. Blog Gerald Soto27 June 2021 at 19:59

    I'm going to visit the youtube channel 'Wisecrack', Regards!

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  15. Antonia Castillo30 June 2021 at 20:17

    As I have found the channel very interesting, I have gone to see it and indeed it is, they have a great variety of videos.

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  16. Jaime Cea3 July 2021 at 08:58

    I looked for the channel on youtube and I don't find it interesting, sorry :(

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  17. Pamela 6 July 2021 at 19:22

    Youtube Channels save our lives this days!

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  18. Feña28 July 2021 at 14:54


    The channel is super good, I did not spend several minutes watching videos

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