August 2020

Peer Group Resume

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  1. I do not think I have a strong suit when it comes to writing. I guess I am able to see if a sentence does not make sense. One thing I am really bad at is spelling and grammar.
  2. I am comfortable with communicating a good bit. I like feedback that gives me options on how to correct something.
  3. I have never read or watched  Harry Potter, but a friend made me take the test one time and it said Huffel Puff.
  4. smcohen1@go.olemiss.edu
  5. Yes

My Identity Affected My Reading and Writing

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My identity may not be seen on the surface, but my ADHD is a part of my identity. I was diagnosed in the first grade and have been on medicine ever since, but medicine does not just automatically cure my ADHD. I still fight this battle every single day. Having ADHD has affected my reading and writing in so many different ways. First, English was always my least favorite subject because it was harder than math or science to me. I dreaded the days where we did popcorn reading in class because I was always the last person to be picked by my fellow peers. This was because reading one paragraph would take me ten times longer than all the other students. So naturally, I developed a disliking for reading even on my own time. What did not help though was my teacher in second grade was not very nice to anyone in the class, but especially me. One day in class she called me slow and stupid, and these words have stuck with me ever since. Once I had gotten older and into higher-level classes writing papers became the thing I also disliked. Everyone seemed to have an easy time just writing a one-page paper and getting an A, whereas, I would put in the same if not more time and would receive a C. I thought my whole elementary and middle school years that it was because I was slow and stupid like my second-grade teacher had told me, and I would never be able to make something of my life. Then one day just like Matt De La Pena, when his teacher gave him a book and made him realize there is always hope, my Academic Support teacher, Mrs. Sikes helped me embrace my ADHD and find ways of doing things that worked best for me. Thus giving me the hope that I could become something and that I was more than those words my second-grade teacher had said. Even though Pena and I have two completely different stories; we both were taught by highschool teachers about hope. I still do not like to read or write because of how much time it does still take me, but at least I know now that I am not stupid I just have to focus more of my time and energy into the paper or book.

FASTrack/Write 101 Round Table

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  1. Two pieces of advice that I think may prove to be useful is to not procrastinate and things do not always go as planed. I figure everyone has been given the advice to not procrastinate, but yet so many people still do it. I am guilty of procrastinating on many occasions, but it will be useful not to in college or in this class. By not procrastinating I will not feel so overwhelmed at the last minute and turn something in that does not display my best work. The second advice and the one that stood out to me the most was ‘things don’t always go as planned.’ I have always stressed about my grades and will easily breakdown over a bad grade. So I think this advice will remind me that when I get a bad grade back to not freak out, but to figure out what I did wrong and fix it.
  2. The thing I am most excited for this year is recruitment and to find girls to surround myself with that will support me not only in school, but with life. I am least looking forward to exams. I have never liked taking test or having to study, and I know I will have to do more of this now that I am in College.
  3. One piece of advice I would give to an incoming senior is to not give in to the ‘Senior Slide.’ All it will do is lead to your grades falling and missing piling up.

Letter to My #Selfie

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  1. I would describe myself as a below average writer.
  2. I do not like saying this because I try and be positive, but I honestly do not think or maybe I just do not know what my biggest writing strength is.
  3. I hope to work on how to actual write a paper and how to make connections from one piece of reading to another.
  4. I want to get an “a” out of this class, but most importantly how to write a good solid paper.