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Public Group active 11 hours, 13 minutes agoA group for students in INTD 105, Critical Writing and Reading, and other courses with a focus on writing fundamentals.
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Sarah Wicks wrote a new blog post INTD 105 and Me in the group
Critical Writers: 11 hours, 13 minutes agoOver the semester and throughout the class my writing has changed and developed. At the beginning of the semester, my writing felt like I was still in high school and I felt that my improvement was stagnant and […]
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Julianna Klimow wrote a new blog post To be or not to be… implanted by an alien species in the group
Critical Writers: 5 days, 3 hours agoIn Octavia Butler’s short story, “bloodchild” she explores the ideas of risks and rewards and how they relate to each other. By creating a sci-fi world in her short but impressionable story, she creates compl […]
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Lexis Maurer edited the blog post Risk and rewards of Collage Essay (Draft) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 1 day agoAdjusting to college is difficult for college freshmen. How do I manage all of my assignments? In high school, they gave you one assignment at a time and reminded you of due dates. Where in college you get all […]
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Megan Greene wrote a new blog post ThinkING, Learning, and Growing are these concepts worth the risk? in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 1 day agoThinkING and learning are two concepts that I believe are the key too being successful in whatever you do in life, but especially in college. This course really focuses on thinkING and learning, and I feel that […]
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Mandy Xiang wrote a new blog post Maintenance of Trust (Draft) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoIf this course, INTD 105-04, is comparable to that of the Preserve in Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild”, then parallels may also be drawn from the partnerships formed within these two institutions or refuge. The c […]
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Emily Loughlin wrote a new blog post The risk of Failure for the Reward of Success in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoYou wouldn’t typically think of taking a class as inherently risky. I think all choices we make, including taking a class, come with inherent risks and rewards. Some of the risks that come to mind when talking […]
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Samantha Kerrigan wrote a new blog post Self Growth and Responsibility in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoThroughout high school, English was nothing but a grade to me. I believed that it was just another course I had to take in order to graduate, with no intention of pursuing it in the future. This mindset continued […]
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Jess Aughenbaugh edited the blog post The Risks and Rewards of Virtual Learning in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoThe United States today is dealing with debatably the worst ongoing health crisis it has ever faced. As a student, my summer “vacation” consisted of sitting at home refreshing my school email every few hours wai […]
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Chester Pergan wrote a new blog post Goals for Growth in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoOctavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” is a story about the risks and rewards of decisions made within a “Preserve,” a space wherein power both makes choices possible and sets limits on them. A college course may be un […]
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Dayna Sterner wrote a new blog post Care for Growth Mindset in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoTransitioning from High School to College is tough and it does not help when Covid-19 is in the mix. For all of us our spring semesters were cut short and brought online, with that came the feeling of uncertainty […]
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Maggie Sirianno wrote a new blog post Self-Honesty in a Self-Assessed Class (Draft) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoOne of the most reliable ways to receive the truest grade of a student in my opinion, is to make them grade their work themselves. Just like the name of the course, “Risk and Rewards,” there are many risks and […]
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john kippley wrote a new blog post The Skies The Limit, but It Is Your Choice How to Get There in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoWhen thinking about the word “preserve” in a physical sense many things come to mind. One of those ideas could be a country preserve. When thinking of a country preserve you may think of a large piece of lan […]
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Emma Kay wrote a new blog post Life as a “Preserve” in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoIn Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild,” there are many decisions made inside of a “preserve.” A preserve is a space where there is power, so much so that it can both make choices possible and set limits on them. In t […]
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Gianna Algeri wrote a new blog post The Possibilities and Limits of a Self-Assessed Class in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoIn many college writing classes you get assigned an essay to write and the professor gives you your grade based on what he or she considers is the standard for writing. This standard could be different for every […]
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Bradley Hall wrote a new blog post The Forgeable Destiny For A Student In 2020 in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 2 days agoIt is certainly not news to anyone that the United States is enduring arguably one of the most strange and stressful times in our nation’s history. With uncertainty and fluster at an all-time high, education w […]
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Erica Towne wrote a new blog post Realistic goals in INTD 105 (draft) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 3 days agoCollege is a place where you get to know yourself and who you want to be in life. The campus life and people around you aid to shape your aims and ambitions. Any college class you take, whether required for your […]
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Ellie Linder wrote a new blog post Turning Risks Into Rewards in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 3 days agoBy attending college, you are faced with an abundance of risks and rewards that can be presented on a daily basis. This way of thinking has never been presented to me before. Thinking about my own […]
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Lexis Maurer wrote a new blog post Risks and Rewards of collage in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 3 days agoCollege courses are in a whole different ballpark than that of a high school class. In high school, classes were designed to help students pass the big A.P test or final exam at the end of the year. College […]
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