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Sarah Townsend edited the blog post We’re All Struggling Right Now: A Goal-Setting Essay in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 1 week ago“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not….Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don’t have it, it […]
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Yadelin Fernandez wrote a new blog post Knowledge: How it brings us together in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoI have found that the way in which we connect with others says a lot about what brings us together with other people. Personally, I find myself being able to connect with others through my experiences as well as […]
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Artressia Chapman wrote a new blog post The (I’m)possible in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoBefore going into the reading, we must know what an epigraph is. According to the Lexicon, epigraphs are short quotations or sayings at the beginning of a book or chapter that suggests its theme. Many books have […]
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Tommy Castronova edited the blog post Goal Setting Essay: Setting the Right Habits, and Continued Learning in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks ago“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not….Habit is persistence in practice.”- Octavia Butler, “Furor Scribendi’. When I first read throug […]
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Walter Paskoff wrote a new blog post Everything follows a pattern, even in the craziest of times. in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoPerhaps it is egocentric, or simply lazy, but the quotations immediately got me thinking about my self and my own life currently. In the beginning of the semester, I felt confident and prepared to overcome the […]
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Olivia Brown wrote a new blog post Goal-Setting Essay in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks ago“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not….Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don’t have it, it […]
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H. Schiller edited the blog post Extrinsickness in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks ago“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not….Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don’t have it, it […]
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Hannah Jewell wrote a new blog post Connecting People In and Out of The Classroom: Lessons of Consent, Acceptance, and Good-Faith Through the Lens of Octavia Butler in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoAlthough we are coming together as a class where we are reading the same texts and having discussions about our interpretations and experiences, it is essential to use what we learn both through our education and […]
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Corinne Scanlon wrote a new blog post Learning to Adapt in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoFirstly, I want to talk about consent and choices. Dawn is exemplary of how intertwined the ability to make choices and the ability to consent are. Lilith has been placed in a position that she did not consent […]
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Amina Diakite wrote a new blog post Habit is Key in the group
American Studies: 1 month, 2 weeks agoOctavia Butlers’ words became an unwanted archangel on my shoulder who showed up abruptly reminding me of my duty to myself. Octavia Butler is an African American science fiction writer who is the subject of t […]
