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Public Group active 1 month, 2 weeks agoA group for students in INTD 105, Critical Writing and Reading, and other courses with a focus on writing fundamentals.
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Megan Greene wrote a new blog post ThinkING, Learning, and Growing are these concepts worth the risk? (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks agoThinkING and learning are two concepts that I believe are the key to being successful in whatever you do in life, but especially in college. In “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler, the characters in the story are […]
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Mandy Xiang wrote a new blog post Maintenance of Trust (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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. The partn […]
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Samantha Kerrigan wrote a new blog post Self Growth and Responsibility (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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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Emma Kay wrote a new blog post Life as a Preserve (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks agoIn Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild,” there are many decisions made inside of a “preserve.” In “Bloodchild,” this preserve is specifically where the Terrans, or human, and Tlic coexist. The Terrans are awarded their […]
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Maggie Sirianno wrote a new blog post “Self- Honesty in a Self- Assessed Class” (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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 […]
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Dayna Sterner wrote a new blog post Care for Growth Mindset (Rewrite) in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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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Chester Pergan wrote a new blog post Limited Choices for Growth in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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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Emily Loughlin wrote a new blog post The Impact of Risks and Rewards on Goal Setting in a College Preserve in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks agoYou wouldn’t typically think of taking a class as inherently risky. However, I think that all choices we make, including taking a class, come with inherent risks and rewards. Some of the risks that come to mind […]
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john kippley wrote a new blog post The skies the limit, but its your choice how to get there in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 3 weeks 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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Erica Towne wrote a new blog post Goal setting rewrite, tying in Bloodchild in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 4 weeks 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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Bradley Hall wrote a new blog post The Forgeable Destiny For A Student In 2020 in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 4 weeks 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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Jenna Murray wrote a new blog post Balancing my risks and rewards in the group
Critical Writers: 1 month, 4 weeks agoOctavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” has truly opened my eyes to the similarities between the risks and rewards of the imaginary planet she writes about, and the risks and rewards I will be encountering as I enter this […]
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Sarah Wicks edited the blog post INTD 105 and Me in the group
Critical Writers: 2 months, 1 week 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 edited the blog post To be or not to be… implanted by an alien species in the group
Critical Writers: 2 months, 2 weeks 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 College Essay (Draft) in the group
Critical Writers: 2 months, 2 weeks agoOctavia Butler conveys the risks and rewards of decisions made on a preserve in her short story Bloodchild. Bloodchild is narrated by a young human named Gan. Gan is ‘Terran’ (human living on an alien planet), […]
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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: 2 months, 2 weeks 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: 2 months, 2 weeks 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: 2 months, 2 weeks 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: 2 months, 2 weeks 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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