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AuGuest: My Response to Diana
In her AuGuest post on Monday, Diana Antholis used her experience in graduate school as a backdrop. Having never been to graduate school myself, I can’t relate to this aspect of the post. Yet one of the reasons I liked this post so much is that the perspectives she provides in same are applicable to many …
AuGuest Post: Confidence and Grad School, by Diana Antholis
Confidence and Grad SchoolI was always a confident, independent woman…until I went to graduate school. Self-assessments and personality tests hold no ground compared to the self-realization process I encountered during graduate school. I was stripped down to my core while simultaneously being built back up. A truly bizarre experience.During my time in school and at …
AuGuest: My Response to Samantha
Samantha’s AuGuest post dealt with her desire and ability to not set people aside just because they are not in a group, or don’t fit some kind of criteria, even though for reasons unclear she herself was excluded from a group(s) at one point. In other words, like Zoyah, she has not let what could have …
AuGuest Post: Letting People in, by Samantha Karol
I remember how nervous I was when I got the piece of paper from college telling me about my dorm assignment for freshman year. As an only child who had always had her own room, the thought of sharing one small room with three other girls was a little frightening. Summer camp had prepared me …
Be Interesting, But Allow Others to Be So Too: By Laryssa Wirstiuk
I like to listen to stories. If you can tell me a captivating story, I will probably want to be your friend. However, listening for long periods of time can be exhausting. Very few people understand the art of conversation. Have you ever felt completely drained by a chatty, self-absorbed storyteller? These people don’t know …