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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post Just Notice in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
At the beginning of the semester I was first very drawn to the course epigraph, “my job is to notice… and to notice that you can notice” said by Dionne Brand. Within my first blog post of the semester, My Future C […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post My Experience With Blogging in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
As this being my last of the ten required blog posts for this course, I find myself reflecting on my blogging experience. This was my first experience with public blogging and to be honest it was very intimidating […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post Hope, Doubt, and Life Achievements in the group American Studies: 4 years, 12 months ago
During class on Monday, April 22nd, Dr. McCoy asked the class to pull out a line within our reading of Big Machine that stood out to us. I originally thought to myself that this was going to be difficult due to […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post Simultaneous Participation in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
The first time that we, as a class, read sections within The America Play book by Suzan Lori Parks, I had a very hard time as an observer and a listener comprehending everything that was being read during the […]
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Jessica Riley edited the blog post What Role do Symbols and References Play in Literature? in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Symbolism has always been a complex thing for me to grasp. My freshman year of college for one of my education classes I had to listen to a podcast that discussed standardized testing. Please note that I was […]
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Jessica Riley edited the blog post Production and Consumption in the Classroom in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
This semester I have to complete a thirty-seven-hour practicum for one of my education classes. The school in which I have been placed in is a very small and rural school not too far from Geneseo and also not too […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post The Absence of Dichotomy with Gun Violence in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Last week Dr. McCoy passed out a packet which was comprised of some of her favorite poems. While reading through the poems together as a class I was immediately drawn to one of the poems due to a personal […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post Culture Viewed with a Mask or Veil in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
After Dr. McCoy passed out the essay prompt on Friday for the Spring 2016 African American Literature course I found myself immediately gravitating towards a particular epigraph stated on the promp […]
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Jessica Riley wrote a new blog post Consent as a Grey Area in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Recently I was having a discussion with my of my friends who has a learning disability. She was telling me that this semester in one of her classes her professor does “popcorn reading,” otherwise known as cal […]
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Jessica Riley edited the blog post My Future Classroom Awaits in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
To be honest, I really did not know what to expect coming into this class. I have never taken a class that focused this kind of context, however, I have already found my future teacher self very inspired. I am a […]
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Jessica Riley joined the group American Studies 5 years, 2 months ago
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Jessica Riley became a registered member 5 years, 2 months ago