Discourse Video

This is a clip from the opening of the Broadway musical "West Side Story"
The show centers around two rival gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. The Sharks are a gang of Puerto Ricans, and the Jets are a gang of your typical white, Yankee guys. The two main characters (a Puerto Rican girl and a white, Jet boy) fall in love, even though they are risking their lives doing so because they are from two different "gangs". The plot comes from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".
In this clip, the theme is demonstrating the discourse of two separate cultures through music and dance.

Taboos of Writing

Apart from the logical rules of writing, such as using correct grammar and proper comma placement, there are many different rules and views that I have come across in my "writing career." Here are a few that come to mind:

• In research papers, do not address yourself, or address the "audience" using the word "you" unless it is a personal story. 
• Always put your thesis/thesis statement in your first paragraph.
• Try avoiding contractions so that the paper sounds more formal. 
• If you do not have a lot of information to write about, do not write "fluff" sentences or paragraphs to take up more space on the paper.