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Billy Collins and the Art of Blogging Several years ago, when I studied writing in college, I attended a poetry reading featuring Billy Collins. After the event, held in the auditorium of a local community college, the emcee announced Collins would be signing autographs in the college library. Sitting near the stage by the back door, as most people turned to exit the main doors, I left through the back door. I think I was one of the first 20 people in line, and I had my copy of The Art of…

I can feel the heat rising up into my cheeks and beads of sweat forming just at my hairline. Impulsively, I go to wipe them away with the back of my hand only to find there is none to be swept off. I’m not sick, it’s not 1178, I don’t have the plague, it’s a Tuesday evening and I’m sat up in bed reading The Northman’s Bride. I tend to get invested in the books I read that I forget my place in space and time. Especially when I read historical fiction and I get to explore the world from the…

A knife, milk jug, backpack, some hair accessories and an extra pair of shoelaces are all I need to survive the attack of the Undead. Assuming that it's lunch time when the outbreak begins, I would immediately run towards the closet that connects all the science classrooms. My school is a relatively old building with various closets all interconnected by winding hallways. The science closet is a hallway connecting the chemistry, anatomy, physics, and earth science classrooms. The cavernous…

In our generation, technology has become a big part of our daily lives, and we might have become addicted to it. When you walk down the streets, all you see is new high-tech items like smartphones, electronic watches, or even a hoverboard. In your local coffee shop you rarely see a person with a book; however, one book series are still in the hand of all age groups today. These- must- read books are the Harry Potter series. It all began with the first novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone…

Nobody would ever think that a children’s author would be that crazy and interesting, but nobody's ever really research Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916. He is currently famous for writing classic children's books like Charlie and the Chocolate factory, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, etc… The crazy thing is that he has done more than just children's books. Roald Dahl has done many important things in his life other than writing children's books, such as…

Robots Had Color.” The paper was addressed to the United States Congress, in regard to unlawful / unnecessary killings that were promulgated by the police security officers. One solution that can be envisioned to remedy discrimination and injustice is the use of robotic police officers that know no color, gender bias, unequal social status, and other discriminatory factors. Nevertheless, laws must be formally enacted toward achieving this equal purpose. In writing this paper, I have become…

I thought that both were very powerful stories and both really drew my attention, but in my opinion I think the book was more captivating and powerful because it told the whole story in so much detail. And the book made me more interested and I understood more of what he was saying in the book. I feel that the speech was very interesting also but it didn't really make me that interested and it didn't make that much of sense. But the book had a lot more detail I feel like and also I just feel…

revising my paper was putting all of the thoughts I had in my head onto the paper. I put on some background music and just let myself go, I wrote the first things that came to mind and then brought it to class. Many people talked about my grammar and spelling were not great but I wrote the paper as if I was talking. I was the first person to be work shopped and I wanted to go first because I knew that if I waited to get work shopped at the end I would have procrastinated and the paper would…

Composition II, I learned a myriad of things that are going to help me in my future such as how to properly cite in MLA format, how to not plagiarize, and how to become more organized. Before this class, I never knew the right way to write MLA format papers or cite. However, during this class I learned what information needed to be included in the citations as well as the format the citation had to be in. I also learned how to ensure that I was…

-Assessment Essay 2: Garrett Conard Over the course of this semester, I feel I have advanced significantly as an actor. I’ve encountered multiple roadblocks along the way, but I feel I have taken these challenges in stride and persevered through them. Interestingly though, there was a discovery I made over the course of this class and its challenges. Every challenge I encountered in this class, were barriers that I constructed and put in my own way. Be it my own stubborn ignorance, my fear of…