English @ SUNY Geneseo | Emma Sullivan | Group Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/20esullivan/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Emma Sullivan is a member. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 dd6fac50cd35a42737bd1c86ebae68be Jenna Murray wrote a new blog post Academic Partnership: A Balance between Risk and Reward. in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15467/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 16:31:09 -0500 Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” was the center of our course, INTD-105, which focused on the risks and rewards of an academic partnership. While the novel may not have an obvious, direct link to the risks and rew […]

]]> 0 5e54d5f5c8a8f0a687bb4391965add81 Julianna Klimow edited the blog post The Four Essential Building Blocks of Partnership in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15466/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 23:31:00 -0500 The major theme of this course was based on risks and rewards, and a quote from one of the readings that really represents what this course is all about. “”If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, a […]

]]> 0 cc02a0e5fbd9b40d30e99532015a8ffd Wendy Atkin-MApes wrote a new blog post Final Essay in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15465/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:11:39 -0500 Throughout life we all have to weigh the risks and rewards of our choices and actions. It can be difficult to make these choices, but as we go through life, we learn the correct tools to help us make the best […]

]]> 0 519e2ac46beb7623d3091ba4c5a9cd10 Emily Loughlin wrote a new blog post The Risks and Rewards on a College Campus in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15462/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 04:17:01 -0500 The short story Bloodchild, by Octavia Butler has been a text we return to throughout this semester in the course INTD 105 . In Bloodchild,Octavia Butler wrote, “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult thin […]

]]> 0 d5e4efb8cc166e0821fcbdf97e4070b6 Mandy Xiang wrote a new blog post The Reward of Risk in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15458/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 19:22:07 -0500 In the recent class discussions focusing on good faith, bad faith, harm and repair, the short story “Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler reminds readers to connect it all back to the throughline of the INTD 105-04 cou […]

]]> 0 3155c20510846dff1a8e12866e744b3c Megan Greene wrote a new blog post Growth in INTD 105 through risks and rewards in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15457/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:58:07 -0500 Risks and rewards are two important elements that play a key part in anyone’s form of life. In the short story “Bloodchild” written by Octavia Butler, she uses the quote “If we’re not your animals, if these are a […]

]]> 0 84be37f1bc47c7a08fe6d76369515dd1 Samantha Kerrigan wrote a new blog post Achieving Success Through Collaborative Risks in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15455/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:53:44 -0500 In Octavia Butler’s story “Bloodchild”, there is a recurring theme of partnership, along with the risks that go along with it. A line that really conveyed this idea was “If we’re not your animals, if these are […]

]]> 0 06da225db2bdab8e511efd33d79bdb46 Jess Aughenbaugh wrote a new blog post thinkING on Risks and Rewards in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15454/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:49:39 -0500 In Dr. McCoy’s class, we broke down risk and reward in literature as it applies to our own lives. Throughout the semester, I found it difficult to see the big picture, focusing in on small details of each […]

]]> 0 d18d012e49492f9987b1ffee3809ff98 Chester Pergan wrote a new blog post INTD FINAL Essay in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15449/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 03:01:31 -0500 In the course INTD 105, we learn about the risk and rewards of academic partnership. Within the course we read “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler, which contains an epigraph that provides a throughline for the […]

]]> 0 c963a607628f9ca92324f96cdd787fe4 Bradley Hall wrote a new blog post Efficient and Expandable Connections Created with the Central Idea of "Risks and Rewards". in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15447/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 02:45:07 -0500 Risks and rewards. A simple, yet powerful polar phrase in the sense that the two factors given are completely opposite of one another. Author Octavia Butler acknowledges and brings to life these terms that can be […]

]]> 0 b915d0e4ec60f7d9df36c121475af40f Macy O'Neil edited the blog post Taking a Risk for Growth in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15436/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:25:04 -0500 In the syllabus, INTD-105 students were given the epigraph “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner.” This epigraph is a quote from […]

]]> 0 0acbefc1539616981e8b43c9cb75b686 Macy O'Neil joined the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15435/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:19:09 -0500 0 9dbd78cc5f136605d2aa1df9c21f129f Ellie Linder edited the blog post Take the Risk and Grow in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15433/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:12:52 -0500 Octavia Butler’s short story “Bloodchild” shows the protagonist Gan’s decision making as he makes problems requiring risks and rewards of his actions. Growing up, Gan knew he would have to bear a child for […]

]]> 0 de2df0a20271e5d0b55bd834e3fbd1e3 Erica Towne wrote a new blog post It's Worth The Risk in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15432/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:07:04 -0500 When given our syllabus in the beginning of the semester it included this epigraph, “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a p […]

]]> 0 b1ceda283ea6ff4083894eea59fce230 Dayna Sterner wrote a new blog post Learning to Take a Risk and Trust Oneself in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15428/ Fri, 18 Dec 2020 18:04:09 -0500 Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild is a love story like no other, the partnership of Gan and T’Gatoi is quite unique. Gan is set out to become a host for T’Gatoi’s children but having witnessed a terrible birth of anot […]

]]> 0 baf18b522b6ca62dd457079fdbdf6b5a john kippley edited the blog post Covid Cant Stop us From Learning in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15426/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:25:26 -0500 The course epigraph states “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, T’Gatoi, in dealing with a partner.” –Octavia Butler, “Blood child.” In this course we talked a […]

]]> 0 53077112db0681c61d2cb29407fb5fd9 Emma Kay wrote a new blog post How Feedback Can Lead to an Excellent Academic Partnership in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15425/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:33:00 -0500 Throughout Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild,” the idea of partnership is explored in a unique way. Gan has just threatened to kill himself and let T’Gatoi implant her eggs into his sister, Hoa. At this point, when […]

]]> 0 b49403ea7fe011671edf394bce8d6d8c Lexis Maurer wrote a new blog post How I've changed as a student in INTD-105 in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15424/ Tue, 15 Dec 2020 19:18:54 -0500 As a first-year college student, reading the course syllabus was something new to me. I have never seen a syllabus with a class epigraph. This course’s epigraph comes from the book Bloodchild. The epigraph is, […]

]]> 0 4f3e656f1f1cc38ac196437e6c02d31c Nicole Malley edited the blog post What it Means to Take Risks in a Partnership in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15423/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 18:13:26 -0500 In Bloodchild, Octavia Butler wrote, “If we’re not your animals, if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner.” (Butler 26). This is in context to the character Ga […]

]]> 0 7be5f78ff9ad1d77f00d9d80d990b0f5 Mackenzie Jefferson joined the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15411/ Fri, 09 Oct 2020 13:57:27 -0500 0 8f39830e46c09cecd9ab71d0356bde2e Megan Greene wrote a new blog post ThinkING, Learning, and Growing are these concepts worth the risk? (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15379/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:15:17 -0500 ThinkING 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 […]

]]> 0 a46de9a0ed96eea9b6c2124bbe03024c Mandy Xiang wrote a new blog post Maintenance of Trust (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15377/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 04:18:08 -0500 If 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 […]

]]> 0 c6cdf3933f58d2ffe14028f7f64f597e Samantha Kerrigan wrote a new blog post Self Growth and Responsibility (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15376/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:57:53 -0500 Throughout 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 […]

]]> 0 e559048490c79743a14056588b4a07b8 Emma Kay wrote a new blog post Life as a Preserve (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15375/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:36:51 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 219f12961bafcabf5201e6b29c60aab1 Maggie Sirianno wrote a new blog post "Self- Honesty in a Self- Assessed Class" (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15374/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:13:14 -0500 One 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 […]

]]> 0 5fe6e754963d4c2ad39696632e9bad55 Dayna Sterner wrote a new blog post Care for Growth Mindset (Rewrite) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15373/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 01:02:36 -0500 Transitioning 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 […]

]]> 0 394e394cc168b8585c1850b9fd076388 Chester Pergan wrote a new blog post Limited Choices for Growth in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15372/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:38:35 -0500 Octavia 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 […]

]]> 0 d16b60d781842e23675c6a82e655dd13 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 https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15371/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 22:18:51 -0500 You 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 […]

]]> 0 b56cdc07bfea939712ea0238418398f8 john kippley wrote a new blog post The skies the limit, but its your choice how to get there in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15370/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 21:30:39 -0500 When 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 […]

]]> 0 9ef4eceddc652565ebe26f9108b6e231 Erica Towne wrote a new blog post Goal setting rewrite, tying in Bloodchild in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15369/ Sat, 03 Oct 2020 01:53:30 -0500 College 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 […]

]]> 0 d893518a1f2634cc5649224ce96e820c Bradley Hall wrote a new blog post The Forgeable Destiny For A Student In 2020 in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15368/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:26:46 -0500 It 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 […]

]]> 0 25b76b79b9f75fd83e7c74870669a11f Jenna Murray wrote a new blog post Balancing my risks and rewards in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15367/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:27:12 -0500 Octavia 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 […]

]]> 0 ea98214c71042d008e9c5e94d747bc1e Sarah Wicks edited the blog post INTD 105 and Me in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15362/ Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:51:34 -0500 Over 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 […]

]]> 0 836aa70b670a552877676f2a158f727d Julianna Klimow edited the blog post To be or not to be... implanted by an alien species in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15361/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 03:35:18 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 aa75708e20a9a1a4f8a48af8906d1d42 Lexis Maurer edited the blog post Risk and rewards of College Essay (Draft) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15356/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:43:41 -0500 Octavia 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), […]

]]> 0 1f42c15804b772ab47f718f4415ac085 Megan Greene wrote a new blog post ThinkING, Learning, and Growing are these concepts worth the risk? in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15355/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 16:57:15 -0500 ThinkING 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 […]

]]> 0 34e37a9360d032a441797625a204923c Mandy Xiang wrote a new blog post Maintenance of Trust (Draft) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15354/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:58:53 -0500 If 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 […]

]]> 0 58e1ef51132218d7861df246b1342a29 Emily Loughlin wrote a new blog post The risk of Failure for the Reward of Success in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15353/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:51:05 -0500 You 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 […]

]]> 0 7ec1a67f8f6f46dc57eddcd165a01e6c Samantha Kerrigan wrote a new blog post Self Growth and Responsibility in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15352/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 03:27:50 -0500 Throughout 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 […]

]]> 0 3d249b9115622b4b944eabea91ecca5f Jess Aughenbaugh edited the blog post The Risks and Rewards of Virtual Learning in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15351/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:55:01 -0500 The 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 […]

]]> 0 a75e069f14c3df471667e6e5a2d509c3 Chester Pergan wrote a new blog post Goals for Growth in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15349/ Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:26:19 -0500 Octavia 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 […]

]]> 0 e4473c5d198b32423d22a1b8731c2e98 Jess Aughenbaugh joined the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15348/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:08:26 -0500 0 34956001e4d6cededdd67c1bfd995110 Dayna Sterner wrote a new blog post Care for Growth Mindset in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15347/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:51:41 -0500 Transitioning 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 […]

]]> 0 324051b722a3c413624b8ff8b0c6254c Maggie Sirianno wrote a new blog post Self-Honesty in a Self-Assessed Class (Draft) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15346/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 21:19:03 -0500 One 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 […]

]]> 0 1262fa7dba910bddae2d1e66f2326b43 Maggie Sirianno joined the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15344/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:33:07 -0500 0 edae37282589de9d5af8f5edb750af93 Emma Kay wrote a new blog post Life as a "Preserve" in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15342/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:03:25 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 00ff0c9a9d108441509a11c0da816af5 Bradley Hall wrote a new blog post The Forgeable Destiny For A Student In 2020 in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15340/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 08:48:15 -0500 It 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 […]

]]> 0 2948e3e948012f8709e385f498ddfdc7 Erica Towne wrote a new blog post Realistic goals in INTD 105 (draft) in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15339/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:01:13 -0500 College 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 […]

]]> 0 7cc09debbb57f5ca2521af5cf80bd9fd Ellie Linder edited the blog post Turning Risks Into Rewards in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15338/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:33:48 -0500 In “Bloodchild”, a short story written by Octavia Butler, Gan encounters risks and rewards by adjusting to difficulties and unknowns in his life. T’Gatoi is a more powerful species than Gan and his family. Gan w […]

]]> 0 fddedd505d07ddf3a5ba2a75ad653a23 Lexis Maurer wrote a new blog post Risks and Rewards of collage in the group Critical Writers https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15337/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:10:52 -0500 College 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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