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Final Portfolio
Across from the Finish Line As we begin to pick up the pace and start the final stretch before freshman year comes to a close, it becomes apparent that it is now the time to take a look back and reflect. This semester has felt like a race. There were times where it was ok…
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Googly Eyes and Hot Pink Ribbon 
At the age of seven, there was no one able to take me away from the arts and craft table that my dad built in our basement. I would sit there for hours on end, cutting stips of colorful construction paper, gluing googly eyes on characters I created, molding the same three pieces of clay…
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Just Half of It
Although we are only halfway through the semester, I already am seeing a significant amount of growth in myself on an academic and personal level. Walking in the door that first day in January, I could feel the quivering of my knees as I looked around a room full of unfamiliar faces, while I approached…
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Is the Information Biased?
With his abundant experience in writing about technology in the classroom, New York Times reporter Matt Richtel wrote the article “Blogs Vs. Term Papers”. This article covers the controversy that lies around the debate over schools in America veering away from the classic term paper and shifting to a more modern, twenty-first-century way of writing-…
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My Happy Place
To introduce myself, I want to share my favorite place. I was born and raised in South Kingstown, Rhode Island; a small beach town in the beautiful “Ocean State”, so it is hard to not love the beach. Whether it is a hot summer day filled with suntan lotion and plenty of water, or the…