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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

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Take 3: The Stone Angel AP Essay

January 20, 2019 HijabHijab

  Yes, the one that was due in October – because I posses the unique ability to accidentally write a critical when I was supposed to write an AP essay. I am just the epitome[…]

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Chalk Pastels and a Childhood Soul – “Siren Song” Polished Personal Response

January 19, 2019August 4, 2020 HijabHijab

Note:  I have been turning this post over and over in my head as though to plan its perfect execution, but it just wasn’t piecing together the way my truth had revealed itself to me.[…]

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Imprints – Polished Personal Response

January 18, 2019October 30, 2019 HijabHijab

  Imprints …the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform (Jan 2011) Response to “The Jackhammer Syndrome” and the visual, Diogène ou la Lucidité (2005)   The women in my life speak in[…]

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Dimming the Glare: Seeking Illusion to Remedy Reality – A Streetcar Named Desire Polished Critical

January 18, 2019May 30, 2021 HijabHijab

        Dimming the Glare: Seeking Illusion to Remedy Reality …role of honesty when an individual experiences tension between optimism and reality.   In a world where the harsh glare of reality is[…]

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Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” ~ AP Poetic Analysis

December 10, 2018August 4, 2020 HijabHijab

Prompt: Write a well organized essay in which you discuss how the poem’s controlling metaphor expresses the complex attitude of the speaker. (1996)   As if attesting to the legacy of centuries of amalgamation, the[…]

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Take 2: The Stone Angel Semi-Polished Critical Essay

October 28, 2018 HijabHijab

* I say semi-polished because this essay’s not exactly a priceless gem – think more along the lines of “diamond in the rough that is not actually a diamond but a sugar crystal, and no[…]

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We’ll Know Better Next Time

October 27, 2018 HijabHijab

  There’s a thought I’ve been turning in my head, over and over; I can’t seem to make sense of it, and every time I try to fight its dizzying waves, I find myself carried[…]

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The Thousand Splendid Suns Between Our Souls

September 16, 2018September 24, 2018 HijabHijab

  “Laila watches Mariam glue strands of yarn onto her doll’s head. In a few years, this little girl will be a woman who will make small demands on life, who will never burden others,[…]

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A Day in the Life of…

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 HijabHijab

So, last year in Psychology we were doing these day-in-the-life-of assignments where we tried to put ourselves in the shoes of those who suffer from mental illness. I was assigned panic attacks, and so here’s[…]

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A Selfless Kind of Love- China Cultural Seminar

January 20, 2018January 24, 2018 HijabHijab

Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yYYV9rVTuFGtrYx6YOMZ2Plt-6KmzOzObwp0bxweOrs/edit#slide=id.p Prompt: Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. Below is my Cold(ish) response to the[…]

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