Reading and Compassion: Neurodivergence as Dyslexia

Makenna G. Horne Prof. Nic Helms Critical Theory 7 May 2024 Reading and Compassion: Neurodivergence as Dyslexia Does reading aid our empathy? Or do we already have that embedded in our brains before we learn to read? Is there a norm to reading? There is a stream of constant questions when it comes to cognitionContinue reading “Reading and Compassion: Neurodivergence as Dyslexia”

The Split Chestnut and Jane Eyre

Reflection: Why does your response to this literature matter?             For my unessay project, I wanted to do something that involved mixed media/painting. I thought that this would be a welcome change from the traditional essay that I had written earlier in the semester, and also give me some more opportunity to play around withContinue reading “The Split Chestnut and Jane Eyre”

Déjà Rêvé and Metempsychosis in “The Gloom” of Mexican Gothic

Makenna Horne Prof. Nic Helms Rethinking Modern British Literature 7 May 2024 Déjà Rêvé and Metempsychosis in “The Gloom” of Mexican Gothic             Have you ever had a dream that then happened almost exactly in the following days, when you were awake? You go to class and someone says something that you dreamt them sayingContinue reading “Déjà Rêvé and Metempsychosis in “The Gloom” of Mexican Gothic”

Writing from Life – Mental Health in Elementary School

“Schools are among the most common settings in which youth receive mental health services and can make services easier to access and less stigmatizing.” says Gwendolyn Lawson, who is a researcher in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in an email to Changing America. InContinue reading “Writing from Life – Mental Health in Elementary School”

Changes to NFL Players safety

each year the NFL tries to make improvement for the players safety by improving the equipment the players use each year, or they try to change or get rid of rules to have less injuries occur. the last couple years they really started to improve the new style helmets to reduce concussions from happening. theyContinue reading “Changes to NFL Players safety”

Music and Poems

Link to playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/25ZPeQCfVUTTOyitYKB8Ec?si=o4HW3a-1Q6eQn97O1ouHNA&pi=u-pluqFeAWShWj Leigh Rohe Professor Nic Helms Rethinking Modern British Lit 7 May 2024      For my second unessay, I decided to make a playlist and compare each of the songs on it to one of three poems we examined the second half of the semester. My project will focus on After DeathContinue reading “Music and Poems”

Someone Wrote a Poem About Me Once

A Short Story. The Jamaica Wine House was a grim little corner pub, in the depths of Cornhill, London. The yellow air in there reeked of warm cigars. The evening crowd was just filling out, and the grubby brick walls began to pulse with hungry shadows. Men with their hats off mingled, pints sloshed betweenContinue reading “Someone Wrote a Poem About Me Once”

Did You Know Playing Cards Actually Have Meanings?

Cora Rodriguez Rethinking Modern British Literature Project 2 For this unessay, I had a vision. I fell in love with Mexican Gothic and instantly knew I wanted to draw something from that. In my art, Noemí is very stylish as usual in her wine-colored gown featured on the cover of the book. I didn’t knowContinue reading “Did You Know Playing Cards Actually Have Meanings?”

Magic

by Blake Carpenter – It’s a magic city.[1]             Here gloom falls from terra-vents, sewaging below and beyond The City of Mana, cascading its deep crimson contents over a forgotten land, Hieitus. The City strives among the clouds, above its waste; Hieitus slouches beneath, managing without the niceties of uniform structures created in mere minutes,Continue reading “Magic”