Wrapping up Our Final Week and the End of the Semester
And here it goes, the final blog post for English 105.091. Thinking about it, it’ll be weird not logging onto zoom every Tuesday and Thursday and listening to Paul and working on peer feedback in our breakout rooms (The Four … Read more
Our Final Week Together
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have made it to the end. Tuesday the 17th marked our last class together and it was the last day of classes for everyone. This week has been incredibly stressful with all of our final projects … Read more
Paul Blom’s SAMLA Conference Panel
In the SAMLA Conference Panel 09-12, Paul Blom and co-host Desire Ameigh lead a panel titled “Scandalous Profession(al)s: Sovereignty, Authority, and Secrecy”. Following the Conference’s theme of scandal, this panel discusses the scandal involved in the development of past societies. … Read more
Reflection on Paul Blom’s SAMLA Presentation
In his presentation for the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Paul Blom speaks on Weidman’s use of a newborn’s death to comment on systemic forms of oppression that may lead a young black mother to discard her child down … Read more
Week 14: The End is in Sight!
After a long semester unlike any we have experienced before, the end is in sight. However, week fourteen proved to be perhaps the most difficult thus far for many students. This week was sandwiched between the anxiety regarding the presidential … Read more
Week 14: The End of a Rollercoaster of a Semester
The beginning of week fourteen brought much stress and tension among students in our class. With the buildup of anxiety from the election and the highly controversial results, to the stress brought by the incoming final exams of our first … Read more
Voting, Visuals, and Very Anxious College Students
This had to have been by far one of the most interesting weeks in our semester. Early on in the week, not only did we not have bachelorette Tuesday, but we also did not have class. These were both missing … Read more
Opportunistically Spooky: New Opportunities with Old Fears
Halloween night, a full moon, college students; the spookiest combination— not to mention the national pandemic and the upcoming election. Don’t worry, I will leave those latter points for the next week. Reflecting on the week, on the surface, the … Read more
Halloween Week
Annie Henegar Full Moon, Blackouts, and Spooky Weather. Halloween week. This past week was by far one of the spookiest weeks I have experienced in my life. The week started off with crazy rain and winds. It caused a blackout … Read more
Week 11: Error 404 – Paul Not Found
Murphy’s Law is a concept that can be frequently observed when it comes to technology and taking online classes. Every puzzle piece including: WiFi, multiple people operating and maintaining their own devices, and learning how to troubleshoot a new online … Read more