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Rankings of my blog posts: Professionalism :  While I wouldn't call any of my blog posts "professional," I will say that there is one that comes across as less unprofessional ...  ...and the award for that goes to..... *drumroll* BLOG POST NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! (who better to represent professionalism than the queen b??) Creativity : a complete no-brainer... the true winner for this one is none other than.................... BLOG POST NUMBER THREE!!!!!!!!!!       (what's your favorite idea??) Civic Engagement :  hmmmm.... I would have to consult with the Academy.... ....consulting..... THE RESULTS ARE IN: BLOG POST NUMBER FIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                                      (you are a beautiful, talented, brilli...

  For this project, I ended up making a zine. I was originally going to make a movie trailer, but I have no video editing skills whatsoever, so it was a bit difficult to start. I thought a zine would be great for this book because there are a lot of visuals you get while reading. There was also a lot of color symbolism throughout the book, so I figured I could play into that a little bit. I’ve never made a zine that was picture based before, so it was pretty challenging because I am not gifted artistically. This was a really fun project, though, and I’m glad I got to try something different. I enjoyed mentally channeling my middle school self to make this art project!!

 Writing coaching has been somewhat difficult for me. It's hard to give feedback to students whom I have never met, and haven't told me much about themselves through email. I think that it's important to know who you are coaching so that you understand what they might need more/less help with. I haven't had a ton of success with students replying to me or sending me their work. Although this is a little frustrating because it will help me once I become a teacher, I completely understand. It's an extra task for these students, and I remember what it was like being in high school. I probably wouldn't have sent something I wrote to a college student either. I think it's important to be understanding, above all else. I think that, going back to an older reading, they need to understand that it's perfectly okay to not have something written perfectly at first. Bad writing only paves the way for improvement! I think that the stress of writing "badly"...

 1. sit down 2. open tiktok, twitter, instagram... no! back to writing! 3. kinda hungry... make food. 4. okay, writing starts NOW. 5. open tiktok, twitter, intstagram... 6. oh my god it's due in two hours! 7. write anything and everything you can to get to word count as coherently as possible. 8. submit. 9. why didn't i do well?! 10. repeat process. ...I'm kidding! ...kind of. I love writing for fun. However, writing is not always something that is used for fun. Most often, I would say, it's not. Writing is academic and isolated, at least while you're in college, it is. I think that the main thing I struggle with in writing is the overwhelming feeling of "this has to be perfect." So much so, I go to extreme lengths to avoid it. This is why I loved the Spandel reading this week. "The Right to Write Badly" is honestly something that everyone should read. Often, people struggle with "writer's block" or the paralyzing fear of writing it...

    My name is Katie! I’m a fourth year undergraduate student studying Secondary English Education. I’m excited to help you with your paper! Something I really enjoy is when I can really hear a strong voice throughout the story/paper. I think that this gives the reader some insight as to what you (the writer/author) are trying to convey. I like reading papers on all topics, though! A little bit about me is that I love movies and tv shows. Books are great, too, of course. My favorite movie is Hot Rod with Andy Samberg. Highly recommend it if you haven’t seen it! My favorite author is Louise Erdrich. She writes amazing novels that mostly focus on Native American characters. Also, my favorite tv show is Parks and Rec. I attached a selfie mashup I made to show you all of my favorite books!wr I also really like playing sports! I played softball for about ten years, and I like to go hiking and camping.

I would say I have quite a bit of experience working with online social media and digital composition to connect with others. I have used social media since I was in fifth grade and begged my mom to allow me to get a Facebook account. I feel that I am one of the few people who actually advocates for the use of social media instead of hating on it. I do have a few qualms with social media at times, but it mainly comes down to who and what you follow. Also, age plays a factor. Do I think that I should've been allowed to have a Facebook at approximately ten years old? No, absolutely not. However, I think that once kids are around thirteen or fourteen, they can reap a lot of benefits that social media offers. Social media can offer friendships, resources for people who might not have the best home life, and tons of other stuff. Growing up, I was extremely shy (still kind of am, but working on it!), and social media was one of the only places I could go to socialize with people like me....

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