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Author Chimamanda Adichie stated, "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story."
Think of a single story that was told about YOU. It could have come from family, friends, or society. Prompt 1 - What was the single story created about you?
Prompt 2 - Who created that single story about you? Respond to BOTH prompts thoughtfully (Thoughtfully means it shows you are thinking a lot about what you are writing).
Remember to write your FULL FIRST AND LAST NAME on your post.

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Prompt 1 - Think of one of your most favorite food smells (Or, it can be the smell of anything that you really love). What is the memory - the story - connected to that smell? Tell your story. Use descriptive language to describe the scent and your memory connected to that scent.
Or, Prompt 2 - Post a picture of your favorite meal. Why is that your favorite meal? What is a favorite memory or story connected to that favorite meal. Explain thoughtfully (Thoughtfully means it shows you are thinking a lot about what you are writing).
Remember to write your FULL FIRST AND LAST NAME on your post.

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Author Chimamanda Adichie stated, "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity...That when we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place (or anyone), we regain a kind of paradise."
Prompt - Think of the single story created about you that you wrote about in the previous column. REJECT THE SINGLE STORY by telling another story about yourself, for a more complete story of YOU.
Remember to write your FULL FIRST AND LAST NAME on your post.

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What makes stories and storytelling so powerful and engaging? Explain thoughtfully (Thoughtfully means it shows you are thinking a lot about what you are writing).
Remember to write your FULL FIRST AND LAST NAME on your post.

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some of my favorite childhood moments were in the summer and my dad would grill chicken and it smelled great every time

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A person who experienced hardship , a person who are struggling everyday, and or a person who faced the challenges makes their stories and storytelling so powerful and engaging because the audience want to know what is your experience through the struggles in your lifetime. You know that when every time you share your experience with your challenges you faced is so powerful and engaging to the audience because they want to know what is like to become that person who goes through the challenges.

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For prompt 1, a wick candle from bath and body works is called white gardenia. When I lit the white gardenia wick candle on fire, I smell like home. It smell like your mom is baking something delicious in the kitchen which its remind me of home when I smell the white gardenia wick candle.

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I think what makes it so engaging is because when you listen you feel that you are there at that time and you get to experience it by hearing it and by visualizing it.

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I don't really have any smells that bring me like nostalgia to be honest

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I don't understand what you mean by a story about me but I know 1 where I was in surgery when I was like 9-10 months old and I don't remember it to be honest and the person who created it was my family (mom/dad)

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For prompt 1, the single story that created about me is my deafness (my disability). Every time, I join mainstream clubs or activities in general education where none of students have disability like me. So, when i join mainstream activities, i have interpreter provided with me at all the time (well as i needed for support service). When people noticed asl interpreter, they realized I was deaf. I got to embrace who i am, no matter what other people says because i really love to be included with among of people with different backgrounds.

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i love the smell of fresh pizza out of the oven because you can smell the cheese and the dough it smells really good

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I am called a ragger because when I lose I would get mad I was called that by the people I play with on my ps4

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I showed I wasn't
a ragger when I was playing cod cold war and we lost and I said good game

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I think what makes it so powerful is because once you tune in you're feeling that you simply are there at that time and you get too involved by thinking about it in your head

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One of my favorite food smells is oxtail because when my mom and I went out to eat before quarantine and we'd always order it

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A story told about me is that I'm IGL in a game it means in game leader and I think that's because i'm able to make good decisions in the heat of battle and that's a really good trait. And it was my friends who came up with this

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I showed i wasn't a good igl because I made a few bad decisions sometimes and it'd cost us the match

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I showed I wasn’t a boy in a discord server where everyone thought I was I finally use my real voice which then got the admin role

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I think what makes stories or storytelling so powerful and engaging is that they always have a message, or a lesson. You always take something away from a story, whether it is just laughs, a message, a lesson or someone's experience that may help guide you through any situation.

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This is pretty weird to say, but I would say the smell of the airport in Mexico because I just so simply love it. It reminded me that I was in Mexico. That I was in the country where a lot of my family is in. That I was in the country that has never failed to make me happy.
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the smell of smoke every time my grandma would make tortillas back when I was in Mexico. I absolutely loved it because I just loved the mornings. I always woke up to the sound of a rooster or dogs barking. To the sun rising, to the cold breeze every time I went outside the house, and went to the kitchen where my grandma made the tortillas. And if it wasn't that kitchen, I'd go to the other one which is the kitchen in which I would smell nothing but delicious coffee and bread 😍

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When people knew that I was deaf, they show the respect to me and i show the respect back to them like kindness. Those people are hearing but I’m deaf, so i put myself into hearing world because to have experience with hearing people. I don’t take advantage of hearing people, but i really love their perspective what it’s like to live in hearing world. We all have the ears, but not everyone can hear because the sound what we can hear may not be coming into our ears because each ear have different range of sounds that can collect from outside of the ear. So, I call myself a human being. Sometimes i get mad when i met hearing people who don’t have hearing loss. But i realized we all have something in common is human beings.

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What makes stories so powerful and engaging is that when you feel what the author or speaker is saying , it can apply to u so much , and also some stories can be funny or every interesting which can make you love it

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Some of my fav smell foods would be like when I eat pizza as a kid bc the smell of it used to just make me so hungry lol

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a story told about me is that ima good friend, everyone who knows me or been around knows that i will make sure there good , make sure they eat and make sure there safe

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When ppl knew that I was a good basketball player they wanted me to play on there teams and be apart of a amazing opportunity and community

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As you may know, stories comes with different emotions , feelings , lessons , deep meanings and so forth. When we tell a story we are sharing either our experiences or someone else . When we tell a story we are possibly inspiring one another, connecting to one another and so much more. That’s why story telling is so powerful and engaging because it allows the listener, reader to have a personal connection with the teller. It’s so powerful because you get to have the opportunity to learn new things, know new things, change our point of view on topics etc.

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What makes stories and storytelling so powerful and engaging is when you can relate to the story or learn something new which changes your outlook on life.

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The smell of flowers. It makes me relax and calm

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A story told about me is how lazy i am. My friends and family considers me a lazy person since i don't want to do anything or go anywhere

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My real story always hard working when no ones around. And i love going to different places

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Stories and storytelling are so powerful and engaging because of the way an author so carefully writes out every detail. Even when you don't know they're there, the author is making it so you have to look deeper to find the full story.

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My favorite food is Honduran tamales. It's my favorite food because I connect it to so many things in my life, and because it just takes good. It reminds me of all the Christmas' that I spent with my great-grandmother before she passed away and all my birthday parties I spent with my uncle and aunt before they moved.

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A story told about me is that I'm a boring person at a time where all I really cared about was going to school and I didn't really have any interesting hobbies, but in reality I really just wanted to prove that I could do something extraordinary so I focused on school. My sister said it to me one day but now she knows why.

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Stories and storytelling are so powerful and engaging because a lot of the time the author uses emotions to make you more dedicated. Also the author express the details very boldly and doesn’t miss out on what to write.

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My favorite food smell would be a dish my grandma used to make, it used bread,rice,Mulukhiyah, and Laban. I love the smell of it because it was my grandmas favorite dish and it was the last dish she made me.

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A single story created about me is that I get mad at everything because I would curse out people for the littlest thing. This is made by my friends.

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Another story about me that counters the other story is that even though my friend pushed me accidentally I didn’t  curse or do anything to him but remained calm and talked to him.

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I showed that I wasn't boring by getting into the Law program in this school. All the time that I was focused on my school work and raising my grades was pushing me closer to my dream. I may not easily pick up hobbies but when I do, I become really good at it. I know I'm not boring, I'm just hardworking. :)

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Telling stories is honestly what the story tellers make it, and that is the powerful part. How things are the described, how little discriptions can make the listener visualize certain scenes/events. It can be a movie if told in an interesting way. The story teller can also make change the mood of the story henever they want whenever it is told. First it can be a calm setting than suddenly turn into an active one

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I dont have a favorite scent but i do have an interesting one with a story behind it. I dont know if i am just odd but middle school to me or just school in general(elementary included) had a peculiar morning scent. Middle schools scent as more prominaant though. But this scent was only around when everything was normal and covid was not a thing, Its as if you kno its school and the gloomy morning would go along with the scent. Things were so odd and no it makes it seem like we were more grown then we actually were.

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scent. Middle schools scent as more prominaant though. But this scent was only around when everything was normal and covid was not a thing, Its as if you kno its school and the gloomy morning would go along with the scent. Things were so odd and no it makes it seem like we were more grown then we actually were.
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Author Chimamanda Adichie stated, "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story."
Think of a single story that was told about YOU. It could have come from family, friends, or society. Prompt 1 - What was the single story created about you?
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I don't understand what you mean by a story about me but I know 1 where I was in surgery when I was like 9-10 months old and I don't remember it to be honest and the person who created it was my family (mom/dad)
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For prompt 1, the single story that created about me is my deafness (my disability). Every time, I join mainstream clubs or activities in general education where none of students have disability like me. So, when i join mainstream activities, i have interpreter provided with me at all the time (well as i needed for support service). When people noticed asl interpreter, they realized I was deaf. I got to embrace who i am, no matter what other people says because i really love to be included with among of people with different backgrounds. 
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I am called a ragger because when I lose I would get mad I was called that by the people I play with on my ps4
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A story told about me is that I'm IGL in a game it means in game leader and I think that's because i'm able to make good decisions in the heat of battle and that's a really good trait. And it was my friends who came up with this
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 a story told about me is that ima good friend, everyone who knows me or been around knows that i will make sure there good , make sure they eat and make sure there safe
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A story told about me is how lazy i am. My friends and family considers me a lazy person since i don't want to do anything or go anywhere
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A story told about me is that I'm a boring person at a time where all I really cared about was going to school and I didn't really have any interesting hobbies, but in reality I really just wanted to prove that I could do something extraordinary so I focused on school. My sister said it to me one day but now she knows why. 
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A single story created about me is that I get mad at everything because I would curse out people for the littlest thing. This is made by my friends.
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Author Chimamanda Adichie stated, "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity...That when we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place (or anyone), we regain a kind of paradise."
Prompt - Think of the single story created about you that you wrote about in the previous column. REJECT THE SINGLE STORY by telling another story about yourself, for a more complete story of YOU.
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I showed I wasn’t a boy in a discord server where everyone thought I was I finally use my real voice which then got the admin role 
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When people knew that I was deaf, they show the respect to me and i show the respect back to them like kindness. Those people are hearing but I’m deaf, so i put myself  into hearing world because to have experience with hearing people. I don’t take advantage of hearing people, but i really love their perspective what it’s like to live in hearing world. We all have the ears, but not everyone can hear because the sound what we can hear may not be coming into our ears because each ear have different range of sounds that can collect from outside of the ear. So, I call myself a human being. Sometimes i get mad when i met hearing people who don’t have hearing loss. But i realized we all have something in common is human beings. 
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When ppl knew that I was a good basketball player they wanted me to play on there teams and be apart of a amazing opportunity and community
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Another story about me that counters the other story is that even though my friend pushed me accidentally I didn’t  curse or do anything to him but remained calm and talked to him. 
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I showed that I wasn't boring by getting into the Law program in this school. All the time that I was focused on my school work and raising my grades was pushing me closer to my dream. I may not easily pick up hobbies but when I do, I become really good at it. I know I'm not boring, I'm just hardworking. :)

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Apperantly i am very oriented and make time for anyone, my bestfriend made that story for me

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My story is i am very open minded, can be understanding and somewhat a people person.

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A person who has suffered adversity, is struggling on a daily basis, or has overcome adversity makes their experiences and storytelling so compelling and captivating because the audience wants to hear how you have dealt with adversity in your life. You know it's true when every time you share your story about the difficulties you've experienced, it's so strong and fascinating to the audience.

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My favorite food is biryani is because my mom would make that every time and it smell so good when she cook it.

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A single story create about me is that i really get mad when people say something about me and in my mind i just say bad word to them or i would lock my room .its said by my sister and friends.

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My story was when people say bad thing about me but i try my best not to do bad things in my life try to do good thing i don't really say bad word.

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What can make story telling so powerful and engaging is how a story's concepts and what the characters go through relate with the reader. When certain events occur in a story and the reader can relate to those events, they get more invested into the said events and further on more invested in the story. Causing the reader to be engaged into the story and truly take in what the story is trying to say.

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The smell of chili powder really reminisces with me, reminds me of the smells coming out of the kitchen at home.