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Public Group active 1 day, 16 hours agoA group for students in INTD 105, Critical Writing and Reading, and other courses with a focus on writing fundamentals.
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Mackenzie Jefferson edited the blog post BloodChild and Plagiarism in the group
Critical Writers: 1 day, 16 hours agoMackenzie Jefferson
March 26, 2020
Plagiarism Policy and
BloodchildIntroduction
Bloodchild by Octavia Butler is a short story that is about the relationship between a boy named Gan and a creature […]
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Kya Primm wrote a new blog post What have you Exchanged for Convenience? in the group
Critical Writers: 1 week, 6 days agoIn the course of our everyday lives, we as humans utilize the art of bartering. This daily exchange can range from the purchase of our breakfast to a prospective negotiation for a job promotion. As humans, it is […]
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Leah Ross wrote a new blog post Coping with in loco parentis on College Campuses in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks agoFor most students, going to college
is an experience unlike any other they have had in their lives so far. Students
are faced with a myriad of new choices and decisions that they can make,
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Madalynn Augello wrote a new blog post Bloodchild and Trust in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks ago“Colleges are Turning Students’ Phones into Surveillance Machines, Tracking the Locations of Hundreds of Thousands”, an article written by Drew Harwell was published to describe the injustices associated with […]
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Jason Feminella wrote a new blog post BloodChild Essay in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks agoAs college students, showing adversity in times of hardship has become fairly repetitious in our lives. It seems as if the survival of each battle precedes a new, even more difficult, challenge. To stay on top, […]
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Lynette Guaba edited the blog post Bloodchild Essay in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks agoIn “Bloodchild” Gan’s own reflective process of learning and analyzing teaches college students of the risks and rewards of academic partnership based upon SUNY Geneseo Mission, Vision, and Values. Accor […]
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Owen Monteferrante wrote a new blog post How reflection promotes a deeper learning in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks agoWhy have a mission statement? Mariam-Webster defines a mission statement as something that states the purpose or goal of a business or organization. That seems like a great idea, a simple document to outline the […]
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Kevin Reed edited the blog post And So It Goes, But Where Its Going No One Knows in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks ago“Bloodchild” Essay
While researching Geneseo’s Student Code of Conduct (SCC), a document that has ample regarding what a college student at Geneseo is expected to do and how they are asked to behave, I found a […]
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Jack Stachura wrote a new blog post The Importance of trust in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks, 1 day agoSince the beginning of our time in INTD 105 we’ve
sought to understand the interactions and elements that make up a good academic
partnership. I believe trust’s importance in any relationship can’t be
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Emiliana Martinez-Nobrega wrote a new blog post Bloodchild Essay in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks, 1 day agoAs one signs a contract or makes an agreement, they want to be as specific as possible, as well as transparent. However, in society today, it is very easy to be vague and unclear which means that the one being […]
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Sarah Wicks edited the blog post Bloodchild Essay in the group
Critical Writers: 2 weeks, 4 days agoSarah Wicks
3/9/2020
INTD 105In the short story “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler, we learn through the protagonist Gan how the world works around him. We are exposed to the fact that Gan will eventually hav […]
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Sarah Wicks wrote a new blog post Essay Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoSarah Wicks
In the syllabus for this class, there is an epigraph that is part of a short story by Octavia Butler named “Bloodchild” It reads “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things […]
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Kevin Reed edited the blog post The Risks of Academic Partnership in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoGoal Setting Essay
“If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner.”
The quote above is the course epigraph for INTD 105, section 3. […]
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Lynette Guaba wrote a new blog post Goal-setting Essay Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoFrom the beginning of the course our epigraph specifically states that “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner” by Octavia Butle […]
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Sharistopher Williams wrote a new blog post Goal Setting Essay Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoThe book “Blood Child” by Octavia E. Butler states, “If we’re not your animals, these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner.” There is always risk. No matter what I d […]
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Kya Primm wrote a new blog post What is Life without Risk? in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoWhat is life without risk? Life is defined as “the sequence of physical and mental experiences that make up the existence of an individual.” Experience: to encounter or to undergo. This definition, then makes th […]
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Jason Feminella wrote a new blog post Goal-Setting Essay Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoThe epigraph is a thought provoking quote from Octavia Butler’s, Bloodchild, that has a deep meaning behind it. The quote is of a conversation between two characters with one of them being in a more powerful p […]
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Emiliana Martinez-Nobrega wrote a new blog post The Risks I Have Taken as a Student and the Goals I Hope to Achieve Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoAs I have read the epigraph several times, it has me thinking about the several ways that I have taken risks as a student, as well as how I have received many rewards for taking these risks. As well, it has also […]
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Mackenzie Jefferson wrote a new blog post Goal setting Essay Rewrite in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoMackenzie Jefferson
Goal-Setting Rewrite
An epigraph is a short quote that suggests a theme. This course’s epigraph is from Blood Child by Octavia Butler. “If we’re not animals if these are adult things […]
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Madalynn Augello wrote a new blog post Risks and Rewards Influencing Personal Growth (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 1 week agoThe epigraph for Risks and Rewards encourages deep amounts of thinking, which stimulates goals and critical questions. The quote from the novel “Bloodchild”, by Octavia Butler, can be interpreted in numerous way […]
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