Fireflies remind me of my childhood.
For this post, write 7-10 sentences about your experience this summer at City Tech. Was it what you expected? Better? Worse? Why? What bothered or upset you? What made you smile? How do you think this will affect the rest of your time in college?
Be sure to click on the My First Term category box in the right-hand Categories menu, then Publish.
Reply to at least one other person’s post.
Read “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid.
For this post, you’ll be imitating the story, but you’ll be using your own life as the subject matter. What do people say to you? Expect you to do? Get upset with you about? Encourage or praise you about?
Write approximately 100-150 words.
Be sure to hit the “Girl” category box in the Categories menu on the right-hand side, then Publish.
Reply to at least one other person’s post.
A “stereotype” is just another name for “profiling” — deciding everything about a person based on their looks.
For this post,
Be sure to click on the Stereotypes category box in the Categories menu on the right hand side, then Publish.
Reply to at least one other person’s post.
Read p.35 “First Week Attendance Really Does Matter” in The Companion.
Write a post (7-10 sentences) about a time when you or someone you know didn’t show up when they were supposed to. What happened because of it? How did you end up feeling about it?
Be sure to click on the Attendance category box in the right-hand Categories menu, then hit Publish.
Replay to at least one other person’s post.
For this post (7-10 sentences), you’re going to tell us about a place that matters to you and post an image to go with it. It could be your neighborhood, your room, a favorite place you like to go, another country…
Be sure to click on the Place Description category box in the right-hand Categories menu, the hit Publish.
Reply to at least one other person’s post.
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