WIP: This I Believe
Okay, so I randomly got this idea in class yesterday and have been so stoked about it ever since. Here’s my current draft of my TIB podcast:...
View ArticleWIP- Reflection on TIB
I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. It was certainly an excellent way to start out the semester! Our “This I Believe” projects are personable. They reflect who we are as people, rather than just what...
View ArticleMental Health Policy
So I’m genuinely interested in doing mental health policy for my online deliberation project. I’m incredibly invested in this subject for multiple reasons. This stuff will actually be pretty relevant...
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Teaching Philosophies – Good & Bad
The philosophy I liked the least was the philosophy of Larry D. Spence. I really disliked the overall tone he had with the statement. To me, it came across as kind of cocky. “The principles I have at...
View ArticleMid-semester Blog Progress
I’d venture to say I’m enjoying blogs so far. Perhaps it’s just a busy course load that makes me sometimes overwhelmed with having to find something interesting to say in my blogs, so perhaps the added...
View ArticleOnline Deliberation Reflection Rough Draft
Online Deliberation Reflection Above is the rough draft of my online deliberation reflection. I still have some work to do on organization, content, and overall flow of the draft. Feedback is greatly...
View ArticleTime for Persuasion
So I’m going to focus my persuasive essay on the stigma surrounding mental illness. Shocker, right? I chose this issue because it’s rather disconcerting for me. Over spring break, I saw this video and...
View ArticleWIP – Persuasive Essay Excerpt
Here’s an excerpt from my paper so far: “Mental illness throughout the United States is no rare phenomenon. In any given year, one in four Americans has a mental illness. The statistics are remarkable...
View ArticleAdvocacy Project
So this project advocating for something… I’m not going to lie, I haven’t given as much thought as I should have for this project. I have been completely slammed with work in the past week, and it’ll...
View ArticleWhat is advocacy? (A work in progress?)
Advocacy is a tricky thing for me. Before the second half of this semester, I had never really thought of advocacy as something that I could achieve just because of whatever limitation or obstacle came...
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