Summary Of The Best Kept Secret On Campus By Rosie Aya

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As a current college student majoring in Psychology, I chose to center my rhetorical analysis on an essay written by Rosie Anaya, also an English student at her university. Rosie Anaya first wrote this essay for her English 102 professor about the depiction of psychological disorders in films as scenes of happiness versus in news stories. Rosie Anaya presented the argument of how students with emotional and psychological problems, varying from anxiety to depression, undergo social stigma and obstacles and their college and/or university must do more to help them overcome (Anaya 84). In an interview Rosie Anaya explained her experience writing “The Best Kept Secret on Campus” as a very personal process. While adjusting to college herself, Ms.

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