So, my review of the spring semester courses and readings was cut short, against what I originally planned, and my tone was rather… agitated. I think my brain just wanted to get it over and done with, so it could stop thinking about college for a while. Not going to lie: pretty sure it was […]
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Welcome back for the rest of the course, and literature reviews. However! I’m combining these two courses for multiple reasons. The first being they were taught by the same professor. Which I do NOT recommend doing if you are not already familiar with their pedagogy and personality or fieldwork. I was not aware this professor
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The first course in this mini series of reviews is ENG/CLS 160. This course was (thankfully) the only truly lower 100-level course that was required of the English major, with one more of the 200-level courses to join the two British Literatures I already completed at the community college level. ENG 160 was combined with
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The transition from March to April brings the realization of what my professors and classmates have termed “crunch time”. Crunch time apparently refers to the mere weeks before the torture that is finals week is upon us, and the end of the spring semester. It’s an odd temporal experience: absolutely dragging a** after weeks crammed
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I am officially on Spring break as of today, Friday March 8th. Until Monday, March 18th. I feel called to share the fact that it felt incredibly good to finally allow myself to sleep in until 8:30 am and lounge about in bed until almost 9:30 am, before getting up to start the day. I
Ah, yes. The glorious half way point in the Spring semester, and also the make or break point. The time when you know for sure if you will ultimately pass this class or not. Here at the University of Rhode Island, our full mid-term grades are posted to our E-campus accounts shortly after our mid-term
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I know, the first thing that might Spring to mind (don’t mind the pun, given the title), is that fact I am writing this as warmer temperatures start to creep in, the sun is setting a little later, and in some places there may be buds at the ends of branches or crocus blooming in
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I don’t know if anyone else has picked up on this, but… in contemporary society driven by modernity, everyone seems to behave as if life is an endless “summer”. By “summer”, I’m referring essentially to two things. “Summer” the season of Earth; everything is in bloom, the sun rises early and sets late, and there
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This Saturday marks three decades and six years of revolutions around the Sun. Thirty-six winters weathered in good ol’ New England. (Hopefully that will change after graduation) In the bittersweet melodrama that has been my life, every page tells a story of perseverance, growth, creative expression, pursuing authenticity, and the challenges of achieving personal liberation.
36 Lessons in 36 Years Read More »
Ever heard the expression, “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”? My grandmother (who practically raised me full time with my grandfather until I was an adult) was infamous for doling out little expressions like that all the time. It took me a while to comprehend what she was attempting to teach me, and
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