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Hello! Here is a picture of me and my boyfriend Jake with our kitty Daniel - he likes to sleep on shoulders, as cats should. I grew up on a farm with TONS of farm cats, a few goats, some cows and a couple horses so I have a soft spot for animals. :)

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Here's a snippet of my family dog Koda that never fails to make me smile. He's 14 years old!

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I am not hesitant to admit that I headbang to classical music, especially The 2nd movement of Shostakovich’s "String Quartet no. 8." When I lived in New York for a couple months, I was lucky enough to see pianist Paul Lewis perform works by Hayden, Brahms, Beethoven, and Schubert at Carnegie hall. I ascended that day.

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I lived in NYC my first semester of college, which was at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Although I wasn't meant to be in the Fashion Business Management industry, I was meant to experience a different perspective of living. As cliché as it sounds, New York was inspiring! I began to believe in my writing and wrote Satire and Nonfiction pieces for the Institute's newspaper W27.

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My safe space is anywhere quiet in the woods, preferably by water. I like to relax here and listen to the sounds surrounding me - it makes me feel grounded and at home.

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Interests: Reading / Writing Poetry and Fiction

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Interests: Reading / Writing Poetry and Fiction

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Surprise! An English student likes to read! Haha, but really.. I do love to read. From Whitman to Bishop, and from Murakami to Corelli, I dip my toe into all types of literature (I think those four are my favorite authors/poets).

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I transferred to Gustavus Adolphus College the Spring semester of my freshman year. I graduated in 2.5 years with my B.A. in English with an Emphasis on Writing, and I received second place for the Gerhard Alexis Prize for Excellence in English Studies my last semester, which was Spring 2020. After I graduated, I had trouble finding work thanks to COVID. Luckily, I've been able to work with the AmeriCorps for a few months as a Literacy Teacher at Monroe Elementary. Working with kids is so fulfilling, and it made me realize how much I love to teach! I'm also an Activities Assistant at Oak Terrace Assisted Living and I'm happily recognizing the differences in the two different age groups from each job: kids and the elderly. Each group has such beautiful ideas about what life is all about, and it's wonderful getting to listen to them.

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I aim to become an English professor some day! I'm working on becoming a published writer; however, what I really want is to create a work that I'm proud of even if nobody else ever sees it! Although I'm in this class because it's a requirement, I'm looking forward to this class aiding my ability to view life from different angles through theory and analysis. My jobs require an understanding of how others see the world and being able to relate to their perspective, and I think that this class will be able to deepen my understanding of others and strengthen my analytical skills in the process of doing so!

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I use Google Docs for academic language, but for home language I just like to spend time talking with my family and loved ones. If I'm alone, I journal and write letters. I try to stay off social media as much as possible, I think that for people my age (millennials/gen z) growing up with social media has been rather toxic for us. Although it is beneficial for movements and uniting groups together, I'm afraid of how the spread of fake news will affect us in the future. I'm also afraid that the unreality portrayed in these apps not only lowers self-esteem, but causes a lack of empathy due to the lesser amount of real, physical connection we have now. Language has the power for good and evil, and although there's lots of good on social media I believe much of it is misleading and overall negative (I'm actually an optimist, can you believe it?!).

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What matters to me is developing the tools to create an environment where groups of people with differing opinions and perspectives can gather and discuss their beliefs while having empathy for each other. This class will raise questions where the answers aren't always black and white, and I think being able to analyze things that way is extremely beneficial! My most memorable experience viewing different perspectives was when I went to Iceland to study the interweaving of culture and landscape - Being able to read a story and then physically see where it took place made me realize how completely different life is for everyone, and how much it's the same as well. Here is me on a mountain in Sveitarfélagid Ölfus.

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Two quotes from "Chapter 1: Why Theory?" stand out to me due to their connection to this micro-autoethnography. The first is: "Rather, you need theory precisely because it does some work for you (...) it offers angles of intervention that you wouldn't otherwise have"(7).
By theorizing about my life through this assignment, I've gained some insight into who I am and why I'm where I am right now.

The second quote is: "we start with authorship because it's the most prevalent metaphysical theory of meaning production (meaning is guaranteed and produced from the interior thoughts and intentions of individuals). From there we increasingly move "outward," toward the production of sense in and through social contexts" (7).
By reading these micro-autoethnographies, we are perhaps gaining an understanding of where we find meaning in our lives. From there, we can look "outward" and see how society has influenced how we assign meaning on a broader scale!

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