Week 5 Armelle

A Student Response From:ArmelleAn aphorism that I grew up appreciating and has shaped my life is to “live simply so that others may simply live”. To reduce consumption is an important value to me. While it is a lifelong practice I strive towards, I recognize that it comes from a place of privilege and that I have the choice to …

Week 5 Amber

A Student Response From:AmberI think back to my childhood and all my mom did to give me and my siblings a better experience then she had growing up. I remember the three jobs my mom worked to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. I remember going to my older brother and asking why she was …

Week 5 Sam

A Student Response From:Sam“Finding the why,” is something that resonates so deeply inside of me. I think this is because in my line of work I have to ask it every day. We talk about being selfish, doing the “right thing,” and being better than what we had. Really its all about what we want. The future that we desire …

Week 5 Akyra

This is my motherland you’re walking on The red dirt shows our skin and our blood Still new, colonization still here Racialized into oblivion

Week 5 D4

A Student Response From:QuinnI created a cento poem out of this week’s writing. Meaning, I chopped up existing words to tell a new story. She hates it. Just let her There are many facets to this story Butchering for food Nowadays I laugh Obsession wasn’t how we were taught to be, yet we can’t help it I’ve been shamed for …

Week 5 D3

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Week 5 D2

A Student Response From:Yamile As i read this week’s prompt i couldn’t help but to think about this song by RM of BTS. in this song he says, “Oh, tell me that dark could never win the light Oh, tell me that wrong could never win the right Baby, tell me that we gon’ someday stop the fight And tell …

Week 5 D1

A Student Response From:Adrian In my life I have never realized how much privilege I have and I have experienced. I never realized this due in part because that is what I thought was normal. However now that I am older I can see and acknowledge the things that were apart of my life because of how privilege I was. …

Week 5 C4

A Student Response From:CristianGood or bad. Right or wrong. We don’t always get an answer to the things we do in our lives. We simply have to trust ourselves to make decisions that will be good. But what is good? What is bad? The world is not black and white. The grey expanse extends beyond the horizon, beyond even the …

Week 5 C3

A Student Response From:Er As someone who never feels like enough when concerning their culture, I completely relate to the idea of needing to conform to social norms and the such. Maybe one day I can not worry about how others view me but that isn’t gonna be anytime soon. This monologue really related to me in the sense that …