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Rehnuma, please review handouts on transitions so that your posts can be more organized. Here are my go to sites: https://owl.excelsior.edu/writing-process/paragraphing/paragraphing-and-transitioning/

I see the […]

Ramish, you’ve got great summaries and analysis of three articles here. I’m not really convinced of the trend you spot out though. A trend isn’t necessarily just about noting what population is being discussed as […]

Thanks, Jonah. I don’t 100% follow the American Revolution analogy, but I am thrilled that you’re using something so different from your project to try to work out questions surrounding your ethnicity. I guess […]

Thanks, Robert. You’re constantly writing about your grandmother’s death as a conflict not just about grief but about reality vs. expectations. Her death was different than you thought a experience like that […]

A third genre of writing– yes! You’re also not saying this third genre is a compromise of the two you’ve been exposed to as much as a way to resist both while still satisfying the requirements of the assignment. […]

I’m happy to see your interview has crystallized a possible framework from which to investigate comfort zones. Yes! Anxiety and routine are definitely worth exploring. I do wonder if you’re not alone in wanting to […]

Thank you for sharing, Anton. Mr. Burtyk’s story is making me wonder about your assertion that his story reminds you of your own. If you remember, synthesis is the idea that by putting two things in conversation […]

Hi prospective roommates! I am currently living in NYC, working as an editorial assistant at an academic press, and I will be entering the Comparative Literature master’s program as a part-time student this […]

David, I’m so happy to see you’ve chosen to explore the history of your faith as it will no doubt heighten the confidence of your project. You should consider excerpting pieces of this history within your project. […]

Thanks David, while I do appreciate the playfulness in form, I had a tough time figuring out what trends you were locating from history and what predictions you were making about the future. I also wondered how […]

This was such a fascinating read. I didn’t think about the history of the apology as being so relevant to today’s culture, but you’re absolutely right– there is this new genre of video called the apology video. […]

Thanks, Xhesika! Adaptability is definitely a new idea as is the idea that sometimes the only thing you can hope to do in a new situation is SURVIVE it. This perspective is very different from someone who is not […]

The interesting thing about computer programming, and I noticed this in the Hidden Figures film as well, is that it’s all problem solving/output driven. So much so, that often it’s hard to ignore a skilled […]