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Hi you guys, my name is Riqueya Perez. Every once in the while i find myself trying to fit in with others because i originally stand out but i hate the attention at times but there's this quote by Jimmy Johnson that i found relatable to me and gives me a better outlook on things. This quote helped me build my confidence when walking in classes , presenting presentations in front of class, and also business. This is my 3rd semester attending Valencia but my first time taking an online class. I plan on learning different cultures and understand their reasons and perspective on certain things they may do different from what i'm immune to.

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Hello everyone! My name is Jourdain Palmer. This is my first HUM course and I'm excited and ready to learn a lot!  I am studying to become a Pediatric Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Nurse Practitioner. I am all about positive vibes and energy! Anything negative I tend to cut off quickly. Happy mindset. Happy life. Life is too short to deal with negativity!

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Hello everyone! My name is Kimberly Gonzalez. Im looking forward to interacting and discussing with everyone during this Humanities class! This is my first humanities class so i hope to have a great experience with it and pass as well. One of my favorite quotes is one by Winston Churchill that says "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." It is a favorite of mine because of the meaning behind it and it reminds me that even if i fail at something at least i had the courage and strength to try to achieve it.

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My name is Courtney Frederick and I'm looking forward to interacting with each other and trying to learn from each other as much as possible. I hope to learn a lot from this class and hope it broadens and opens my mind a bit more. Below is one of my favorite quotes from my idol and favorite basketball player of all time - Kobe Bryant.

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My name is Alondra Arenas. I am excited to see what this course has to offer. This is my first humanities course and I am hoping to acquire a new perspective when viewing different cultures. One of my favorite books is called Advice From a Failure by Jo Coudert. The messages in this book are vital and each chapter leaves you pondering the life lesson being told. This book helped me view myself and situations with wiser eyes.

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Hi,
my fellow classmates I'm Tiara Ponds and this is my first humanities class so I'm very unfamiliar with the course, although i plan to grasp everything I learn during the class and pass with an A.
My favorite quote is from the bible. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" I chose this because it is very so true. If you just keep your faith and your best effort towards whatever it is you want to do, there is nothing you can't do. Anything is possible! Don't let anyone tell you you can't because we are all capable of something. Just remember you're never a failure as long as you try. I wish us all the best in life, and its very nice to meet all of you. (:

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Hello classmates! My name is Karai (Cuh-ray) Mclean. I really look forward to learning and interacting with all of you! I have always had a love for literature and have had a few of my poems published. One of my favorite poems is called Stretch Marks by Caitlyn Siehl. I really related to the words in this piece because I matured much faster then all the other elementary school girls and was constantly made fun of for having to wear training bras and getting stretch marks. I think that everyone, especially young girls should read this poem and become comfortable in their skin.

"I learned how to be big by accident.
I was 10 and I didn’t look like the other girls.
I was 10 and it was too late to turn
back.
the kids had already learned how to wield the knives under their tongues
so I kept quiet when they spat.
I stayed soft and I forgave.
the first few popped up on my inner
thigh when I turned fourteen,
splayed out like white trees on smooth skin.
when I told my friends, they did not look proud.
I learned how to be big by accident.
a patch reached across my hips when I turned 16 and
the white rivers opened up into a delta
on my calves.
I was a landscape.
I was art.
I kept growing and they kept coming
like refugees from some falling country.
“give me your tired, your poor”
I am a city of sounds.
I will keep you safe.
I know I am supposed to feel ugly.
they all tell me that no woman should
look so well-travelled,
but they don’t know.
I am earth. I am sun and skies.
I am the high road, the low road.
I am every poem about skin.
I am a world that cannot be explored
in one day.
I am not a place for cowards." -Caitlyn Siehl

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My name is Santiago Casimiro. This is my first online class and didn't know what to expect from it. I thought i might never even get to know anything about my classmates but i'm happy to see the interest of many of you :). I'm excited to see what this class has to offer!. Bellow there is an image with a little message, very simple but so important. Not sure who is the author but is definitely something to live by.

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Hello classmates and Professor Montine! My name is Jayna Abercrombie. I am a traveler and currently live in the Middle East. On several of my journeys I have run across the below photo. I always find myself stoping and staring at it. This is displayed in the Miami International Airport. With all of the unfortunate events taking place throughout the world in the recent years, it is essential for people to remember that we are all human. This photo is a reminder that maybe we will all be able to obtain Peace and Love throughout the world one day.

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Hello Classmates! My name is Curtis Wilder and I'm looking forward to the experiences this class has to offer. Below is a quote from one of my all time favorite athletes who had to work hard to get to where he was today.

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I have never taken a humanities class before so I'm really excited. This is my second class with professor Montione. I'm hoping this will broaden my horizons even more than the last did. I'm a writer so here is a quote that I've always enjoyed from Miguel de Cervantes.

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Hello everyone! My name is Nicole Jenkins. I'd like to share with you one of my favorite poems by Linda Hogan, called "Song for the Turtles  in the Gulf". We had been together so very long,
you willing to swim with me
just last month, myself merely small
in the ocean of splendor and light,
the reflections and distortions of us,
and now when I see the man from British Petroleum
lift you up dead from the plastic
bin of death,
he with a smile, you burned
and covered with red-black oil, torched
and pained, all I can think is that I loved your life,
the very air you exhaled when you rose,
old great mother, the beautiful swimmer,
the mosaic growth of shell
so detailed, no part of you
simple, meaningless,
or able to be created
by any human,
only destroyed.
How can they learn
the secret importance
of your beaten heart,
the eyes of another intelligence
than ours, maybe greater,
with claws, flippers, plastron.
Forgive us for being thrown off true,
for our trespasses,
in the eddies of the water
where we first walked.

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My favorite way to express myself is through poetry. I absolutely adore it. One of my favorite poets is Madisen Kuhn. Along with one of my favorite poetry pieces is called finally, which was written by her. She states "I spent a lot of time searching for affection in shallow spaces. I gave people bits of me they didn't deserve and I let myself be hurt, because I thought that's what I deserved. But once I let go of trying to shove puzzle pieces in places they did not fit, once I let go of all the hate I secretly had stored in the gashes that decorate my heart. I met you."
I love this poem because it reminds me that sometimes you should just let go of things and when you do better things, better people will arrive. Leading you to eventually be happier then you were once before.

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Hello everyone my name is Nicki Alabre and below is a    Music video of one of my favorite young artists. Before I begin, music can have a huge impact on anyone. For example, for girls who are insecure about themselves, this is a great song to listen to. The artists are actually good people. I checked and I'm sure the lyrics are clean because this artist doesn't really use profanity. Music is something that makes me feel better when I'm down, need motivation, anything. I posted the video instead of lyrics because it has a better imagery of what the artists are saying. Basically saying that they are interested in all types of girls no matter the color, shape, size, characteristics, flaws we are all beautiful. We don't have to be models in magazines or anything. It helps me gain confidence sometimes.

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Jacob Latimore - Like 'Em All (Radio Version) ft. Issa

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Jacob Latimore's official music video for 'Like 'Em All' (Radio Version) ft. Issa. Click to listen to Jacob Latimore on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/JacLatSpot?IQid=LikeEAr As featured on Like 'Em All (feat. Issa) [Radio Version] - Single.

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Hello classmates and Professor Montione! My name is Binjina Rene and I look forward to being in this class with you guys this semester. Below is one of my favorite poem by Marianne Williamson Called. "Our Deepest Fear."

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Hello classmates and Professor Montione! My name is Binjina Rene and I look forward to being in this class with you guys this semester. Below is one of my favorite poem by Marianne Williamson Called. "Our Deepest Fear."

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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Marianne Williamson

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Hello Class ! My name is Asia Jenkins. This is my second Humanities class. I am so looking forward to everything I will learn this semester. Below is one of my favorite painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The reason as to why I chose Skull of Skeleton with Burning Cigarette is because I feel this painting this painting says we are all going to die doing something we love including smoking...

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Skull of a skeleton with burning cigarette

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Hello Classmates and Professor Montione! My name is Morgan McKnight. I am sharing one of my favorite songs, More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz. I love this song because it is common for not only females but for people in general to lack self-love and this song can easily remind you of your worth and that you are beautiful.

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MOre Beautiful You Lyrics :) Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine Says she wants to look that way But her hair isn't straight, her body isn't fake And she's always felt overweight Well, little girl fourteen I wish that you could see That beauty is within your heart And

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Hello Classmates and Professor Montione,My name is Averyon Gilreath. Below is one of my favorite poems by Edgar A. Guest. I like this poem because we have all met someone in life that was a negative person and never wanted to see you be successful. Be cautious with whom you confide in.It Couldn’t Be DoneBy Edgar A. GuestSomebody said that it couldn’t be done,But he with a chuckle repliedThat “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be oneWho wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;At least no one ever has done it”;But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,There are thousands to prophesy failure;There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,The dangers that wait to assail you.But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,Just take off your coat and go to it;Just start to sing as you tackle the thingThat “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.

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Hello Classmates and Professor Montione,My name is Averyon Gilreath. Below is one of my favorite poems by Edgar A. Guest. I like this poem because we have all met someone in life that was a negative person and never wanted to see you be successful. Be cautious with whom you confide in.It Couldn’t Be DoneBy Edgar A. GuestSomebody said that it couldn’t be done,But he with a chuckle repliedThat “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be oneWho wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;At least no one ever has done it”;But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,There are thousands to prophesy failure;There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,The dangers that wait to assail you.But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,Just take off your coat and go to it;Just start to sing as you tackle the thingThat “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.

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Hello Classmates! My name is Daniel Maswau and I'm looking forward to interacting and learning from all of you. I believe this class will open our minds and learn the roots of different cultures. Below is one of my favorite quotes by Marcus Garvey..

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Hello Classmates! My name is Daniel Maswau and I'm looking forward to interacting and learning from all of you. I believe this class will open our minds and learn the roots of different cultures. Below is one of my favorite quotes by Marcus Garvey..

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Marcus Garvey

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Hello Everyone! My name is Taraya Budhram. I'm sharing with you a poem called "To Make a Prairie" by Emily Dickinson ("To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover and a bee. And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.") I believe that the overall message of the poem is that in life you may have very little tools to get to where you want to be, but anything can be achieved as long as you keep dreaming and stay true to your self and your values.

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Hello classmates! My name is Leander Young. I'm sharing the song "Below My Feet" by Mumford and Sons as it's a song that I personally relate a lot to. It's about finding your values, and holding on to them, regardless of what other's say when they try to tear them away from you.

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Mumford and Sons - Below My Feet (11. FULL ALBUM WITH LYRICS)

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Hello! My name is Cynthia Lewis. I'm sharing with you today a song that gets methrough everyday. Fredd Hammond's No Weapon. This song, no matter when played, can turn my darkest day into the brightest one.

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no weapon formed against me shall prosper, it wont work. (repeat) GOD will do what he said he will do he will stand by his word, he will come through (chorus repeats) no weapon formed against me shall prosper, it wont work.(repeat) GOD will do what he said he will do, hes not a man ,that he should lie he will come throught say (chorus repeats) oh, i wont be afraid of the arrows by day from the hand of my enemy.

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Hello Everyone! My name is Tristan Geving. I wanted to share Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night. I love that this painting possesses most of the elements and principles of art such as depth, texture, and complementary color. The towering tree shows form and the sky demonstrates value. It shows the principles of  harmony, emphasis, unity and movement; all things I learned in my graphic arts classes in high school. This painting is 128 years old and will be enjoyed for many more!

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My last padlet was being tricky -- let's see if this one will be easier! 

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My last padlet was being tricky -- let's see if this one will be easier! 