For the first week of classes we read two excerpts from books, the first being “Stuff Matters” and the second being “Pre-Industrial Societies.” In “Stuff Matters” it talks about how a schoolboy got wounded on his way home from school by a man asking for money. Later in the police station the boy contemplates the […]
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After doing this post for the second time it’s been so much easier navigating berg builds because now I have a deeper understanding of how to work with the resource. It feels a bit more intuitive now, though after being on break I do definitely have to review a few features. Over winter break I […]
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Though letter writing has almost died off as people have made the transition to electronic sources they’re one of the things that people treasure the most. Many claim that technology has given people the ability to communicate better, outside the confines of pen and paper. In reality, technology has just made society lazy and has […]
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At the beginning of the semester I never thought I would be where I am now, learning about topics that would wow my family members and creating something that is actually going to be used by students next year. I never knew what I was getting myself into, learning about dragons and foxes but I’m […]
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At the beginning of this semester, I was extremely worried about how my writing skills would adapt to college. I didn’t think that the transition would be easy and in a way, both of those sentiments are true and yet false. When I was writing my first essay I knew it had to be greater […]
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This week I met with Keanna and got feedback on my essay. Going into the meeting I felt confident about my work, even though I had written it in a short period of time I still felt that it was of the same quality as my other drafts that I’ve gone over with her. During […]
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This week our readings focused on religion and how it showed up in China. Our textbook chapter for the week was “Graves, Grave digging, Ancestors and Luck” and the first thing that I found really interesting was that people’s bodies would be dug back up after a certain amount of time. For a culture that […]
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This week all of our readings were about the white snake. The textbook chapter, The White Snake detailed how Madam was a seducer who changed her form in order to get more men. She manipulates people, most importantly her husband, and makes them become involved in situations that threaten their life but Madam White always […]
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This weekend I did something I never thought I would do, write an essay in two days. Of course, it wasn’t the same as cram writing an essay in a short amount of time because the deadline is quickly approaching. Our final essay isn’t due for weeks but I decided to write it in full […]
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This week I was at a bit of a stalemate with my final essay. I had a broad topic picked out, that no one writes letters because they’re lazy even though we love seeing the physical reminder that someone cares about us but my research for it was lackluster. Every search option I tried always […]
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