Assume you are writing to a Facebook friend in another country who is not familiar with American Culture. Explain some things you take for granted that would be alien to this person – for example, all-you-can-eat buffets, drive-thru pharmacies, and Uber.

Re-read the Tufekci essay, “Why the Post Office Makes America Great.” This topic choice comes from “Writing Workshop, ” question 2 following the Tufekci essay, page 223, which reads as follows: Assume you are writing to a Facebook friend in another country who is not familiar with American Culture. Explain some things you take for granted that would be alien to this person – for example, all-you-can-eat buffets, drive-thru pharmacies, and Uber. Make sure you include specific examples to illustrate your points. Be sure to reference the essay “Why the Post Office Makes America Great,” and acknowledge Tufekci as your source. Include parenthetical documentation for references to her essay and a works cited page. Remember that when summarizing and paraphrasing, you still must cite the source even though paraphrases and summaries are not placed in quotation marks.