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Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Self Improvement: A Final Reflection in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
The course epigraph for English 101 is a quote
from the notes of Beth McCoy during a question and answer session held by
Dionne Brand, “My job is to
notice…and to notice that you can notice.” This quote is the […] -
Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post From Confusion to Appreciation: Growth from Beginning to End of the Semester in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
To wrap up my posts for the semester and expand my thoughts beyond the classroom I will highlight how Colson Whitehead’s Zone One spoke to me in a way I had never experienced before. His at times frustrating t […]
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Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Inform Yourself or Be Left Responsible in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Denial or ignorance? That’s the question. Whether people leave out
information when teaching purposefully because they don’t want to accept it, or
if it’s because they never learned it themselves. There has been […] -
Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post When You Think You’ve Noticed It All: Transparency To Better Your Understanding in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Being present in the moment is becoming increasing harder these days with the rise of technology drawing us away from reality and into our phones. It provides an easy and entertaining excuse to ignore what’s […]
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Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post A New Responsibility: The Dental Community Spreading Care to ALL in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
There has been a long running stigma around dentistry that has prevented those in need from having access to care. I’m aware that this is a heavily discussed topic in the dental community as I am finishing up m […]
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Julia Ophals edited the blog post EveryBODY Has a Story in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Unfortunately,
throughout history the mistreatment of human bodies after they have died appears
many times. This mistreatment of course depends on how the person discarding
the body views its life even if they […] -
Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Imperfect Assumptions in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Assumptions are a part of everyday life. They transform and
mold our decisions, interactions, and views of people and the world. In
Butler’s Clay’s Ark, these judgements are made in what seems to be
every asp […] -
Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Who is allowed to consent? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Consent is a heavily discussed topic in today’s society. There are stories almost everyday in the news concerning topics involved with consent from medical surgery mishaps, to rape. The definition of consent, t […]
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Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Zendaya as the Beautiful Face of a Harsh Reality in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Most people today would hear the
question, “Have you seen the movie The Greatest Showman?” and think of a
heartfelt movie of triumph in the face of adversity. The movie even received an
eighty-six percent aud […] -
Julia Ophals wrote a new blog post Heng and I Notice, Will You? in the group American Studies: 4 years, 7 months ago
The definition of notice is “ the fact of observing or paying attention to something.”While reading “The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages: Inventions/Reinventions” by Geraldine Heng, I’ve used this […]
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