Tag: English

Seasons of Change

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This week follows the conclusion of my penultimate undergraduate semester. This week I have no more assignments due or meetings to go to or classes to attend. And this time, the break will be more substantial than just winter break.

According to my plans, I was supposed to have graduated yesterday. Things don’t often go according to plan, however, so I still have one more semester and just a handful of classes. I have run out of English classes to take at my university so I’ll be taking a women’s lit course online at a community college. I’m taking ASL. I have online history. That’s it. Continue reading “Seasons of Change” →

A Reflection on Personal Branding

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The creation of this website came out of a class. Professional Writing in English Studies. Up until this class, I thought that my branch of professional writing would mean academic writing; literary analysis, book reviews, things like that. As it turns out, it does mean those things but it also means a lot more.

We started with CVs and resumes, cover letters, grant proposals, transcriptions, and ended with a professional website. Personally, that progression meant a destruction of my self-confidence followed by a mandate to confidently market my personal academic brand on the Internet for everyone to see! Needless to say, I found this quite troubling. Continue reading “A Reflection on Personal Branding” →

How to Become an English Major

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Once upon a time, there were two people who really wanted me to become an English major. Even if you  know only one thing about me, you probably know that they succeeded.

My first semester at Park, I was a psychology major and I thought that I wanted to become a therapist to help people. My plan before that had been to be a nurse, so psychology was at least a step in the right direction after a stint at Community College and leaving my first University. Unfortunately for my plans, the psychology class I took my first semester at Park was murderously terrible and I hated virtually every second of it. Continue reading “How to Become an English Major” →