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I sometimes cringe when a Chemistry or Biology student asks about my major. I know the face that’s coming when I answer and all the thinly veiled insults they will express in the form of questions...
View ArticleDear Daughter
Dear Daughter, I know that I’m not going to be the perfect mother, and I know that I can’t keep you from feeling the heartbreak of society telling you no, but what I can do is write down the lessons …...
View ArticleGurrrrlll
Gurrrlll! That’s what they’ll call you from the windows of their cars. Hey sweet thing, lemme get a piece of that! Is what they’ll say as you pass them on the street. Your job is to ignore this. Hold...
View ArticleAn Open Letter
Dear YouTube, Beauty Gurus, Makeup Companies, and Whoever Else It May Concern, I am writing to you today to address a concern that has been building up in my mind for a long time, and also to make up...
View ArticleFeels Like Progress
I started this semester writing a different essay in a different class about this same song. At the beginning of the semester, “Rise” was a connection to my brother and how scared I was for his health....
View ArticleLiving and Learning in the Real World
In one respect, I can’t say that my ideas about my college education have changed since the start of this semester. I came to college knowing a few things: that college was necessary for the job I...
View ArticleWork Ethic
In high school I was the girl that was good at English. I was the girl that sat down on the first day and talked about the symbolism of the rosebush in The Scarlett Letter without even reading the...
View ArticleExploring Creativity
The silly comic above very accurately depicts one of the biggest struggles I have faced this semester in my writing. The journey of exploring my creative side has definitely been the most challenging...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Learned This Semester
When I was asked to look back on this semester for this particular blog prompt I naturally thought of the essay’s we have read and their affect on me personally. Particularly a few come to mind...
View ArticleReflecting.
I did not really know what I was doing in the humanities until I talked to Danny George, the alumni speaker who came to Wooster. I had never truly seen the value of the humanities in medicine until he...
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