The surrounding context for an essay is kind of considered as the background of an essay. The man that wrote this essay is named Yo-Yo Ma, and it was published in 2014.  He began this essay by talking about all he has achieved in his life like music awards and even Grammy’s and just overall the points in his life where he was truly happy and having the most success. He is very broad in explaining himself as well, he does not like to make insignificant points.

When it comes to reading this essay, we did not really get a choice in reading it since it is an assignment. However,  this will really guide us and give us a good start in writing our second essay.

Yo Yo Ma was someone who I have definitely heard about before, his name sounds very familiar to me. I had to read and annotate about Yo Yo Ma because it was assigned to us in English class. He believes that when it comes to the education system that we should include not just STEM or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, but the arts which are more important for children’s education. He believes it will give them empathy and emotions.

  1. Bolster: “support or strengthen” Yo Yo Ma use this word to say the integrative feedback loops needs to be supported.
  2. Lascivious: “feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.” Ma uses this word to show how the people of Spain reacted to the dance called “Sarabande”.
  3. Invigorate: “give strength or energy to” Ma says this about spreading traditions.