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I chose this images as my avatar because it represents me in multiple ways. My Ethiopian identity , the different stews that represents how versatile my personality can be, and the act of trying new stews can be seen as metaphor a for how I will be trying new things in this class, such as learning about comics, online literacy, etc.
source: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/can-you-guess-what-injera-is
Week Ahead: 2
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We spent class today applying the rhetorical situation key terms to Allie Brosh’s “Adventures in Depression.” On Thursday we’ll spend a little time thinking about how the second part shifts our understanding.
We’ll also spend a chunk of class thinking about Randy Olson’s ABT thesis template and look at an example of a deductive essay that we can transform into an inductive one by rearranging the structure.
Your second sketch assignment is due on Sunday 9/3 — for this one you’ll need to use analog tools to draw your sketch because you’ll be incorporating a physical object into the sketch. It’s an exercise in simple visual storytelling and lateral thinking, so have some fun with it. Please make sure to give your sketch a funny and/or clever title.
Also, you should be working on the pre-writing exercise for your literacy narrative, which will be due in week 3. You do not need to publish the pre-writing work but I’d recommend you try to get through that exercise before class on Wednesday so that you leave yourself time to work through the essay itself by next week.
Feature Image credit: “second class” by Flickr user Georg for the One Digit group
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Welcome to my page. My inspiration for this avatar was that people usually pronounce my name as “coffee” when they read it on paper and even after I say it myself. In recent years, I have learned to embrace it as something I can laugh about rather than be ever so slightly annoyed by. As you may be able to see, the backbone of my avatar is its coffee mug structure and the dark brown color which resembles a full cup of coffee as well as my skin tone. I also made sure to include a smile as a prominent feature of my avatar in order to illustrate that I like to bring positive energy into whichever room I enter. The accents in my hair depict the scattered dyed strands in my hair. With this avatar I have created a character that highlights several parts of who I am.
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This is my pet dog, Mocha, and is what often first comes to mind whenever I think of ‘home’. Specifically, this is the last photo I took of him before I flew out to the US for college, and is very funny as I used a Snapchat filter that squished his face up. Finally, I chose to write my name in a bright mint color both because I wanted it to pop out, but also because I really like this color.
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My avatar represents a sort of rift or “canyon” that sometimes feels present in my life. I have passions in both academics and athletics that each require 100% of my time, energy, and focus. One of the biggest steps I have taken so far in my college journey is putting each of these passions in their respective place at the appropriate time. I am striving to be able to prioritize learning during most of the day, while also having the ability to flip the switch and leave everything on the field for practice and games. My decision to transfer to Emory was a symbolic one that represented my deepest affinity shifting to left side of my avatar.
Danielle Proulx @dlproductionss (baseball picture), https://pixabay.com/vectors/swords-battle-blades-medieval-296741/ (sword, Creative Commons), “This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.” (Canyon).
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The avatar is a combination of my character and the difficult topics that will be discussed in class. The blue sky on the top of the avatar indicates my open-minded personality I hope to demonstrate throughout this semester. Since this course explores mature topics, having an open mind is essential for me to dive in the core and understand the essence of these unspoken subjects through the readings. Another aspect of this avatar that represents myself is the maple-colored path. As the avatar shows, the path extends without a clear end. This is meant to display my ambition of exploring the unknown future ahead of me.
The original image was a white wall with no significant drawings, yet, I combined a raising fist using different layers. The fist represents violent topics such as bullying and self harm. The intended effect was to make the raising fist look like a graffiti art, but my lack of technical skills limited my representation of the final product.
Photo Credits:
patz0. “Raising Fist.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 7 Feb. 2008, http://www.flickr.com/photos/patz0/2248684195/in/photolist-4qH6ta-bwgYGM-8xvsJU-8mx4pL-7FUccU-c62x7o-8xvsFs-8xvsME-Eiz8U-8xsqPR-8xsqSt-8xvsWE-3eYfsf-25dB3j-8xsqzD-ieJBD-8oTazZ-56pGf1-2jQbKn2-7eLToh-6bnWKj-9U36Ur-8xsqHc-8xvsEq-a8d76y-SuwG6y-7FUcc3-8xsqBR-ehiHxg-gRJVJP-5MWHuK-dWobb-oniK4B-4tv2Uj-7EKsn-255bjwv-vYDVnm-7nj2SN-NfS8G-BQtLd-9mWRfB-92G2AK-9nwQED-2nhdLik-9mWQvT-Qrx6W-mLY7X-DjriDw-fSxWcW-4XFU4r. Accessed 28 Aug. 2023.
Ele, Rick. “Picking up the Neighborhood.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 31 Mar. 2014, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickele/13529472704/in/photolist-mBy5SL-TkThP1-UqBi5T-Y2AtEN-WRA5z7-ctjN4C-EMu2Jj-Ts1dEr-XgJg8z-BMdocT-XA3akq-WD6jWZ-WJh2e2-YfL5Hc-UD7WPk-uqRyxh-pTggzQ-egRgRS-RGA1R1-YjhqKe-UGMjQo-MjJ25W-WxTmhA-QKkaVL-VnF5zf-RRAHAX-YjuDuZ-eAnsyE-S27LdV-Xoxmmt-X2KqWL-TuMHeJ-VtkjUz-Wq3JtG-YdFozg-Yf4qQp-VpRexV-61ZJg5-SKNuMH-Y6EAuc-YsejD4-UoJmL7-Sa2fAj-GHGhEk-XMZJ8p-E5PRZ3-P8CHhw-TfDS7D-Di3ui3-awQ4Ev.
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I chose this avatar because of the wordplay you get when pronouncing my last name correctly and my connection to music. Schuchat, pronounced “shook-it,” is often challenging for most people to say correctly the first time. Usually, I get called “shoe-chat,” “shoe-cat,” or something along those lines. A name is integral to one’s identity, so the maracas symbolize the most common thing people think of when I tell them how to pronounce my last name. Also, the value of music in my life can not be overstated. So, the use of an instrument is not a coincidence (milkshakes are the other popular object people think of when I tell them “shook, past tense of shake, like a…” ). My life revolves around music, whether listening to it 24/7, scheduling around playing by myself or with a band, or writing about it in college essays. I love music and have kept it in my daily routine for years.
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There are very few things that I am sure about, but one of them is this: Paddington 2 is one of the best children’s movies of all time. Few movies of our time deliver the seemingly obvious message of “be kind” without being either condescending or cliché, but Paddington 2 does it magnificently. Paddington is a polite, sometimes naïve bear who loves marmalade, constantly causing problems but also spreading an endless amount of joy and comfort wherever he goes. In his red hat, blue coat, and suitcase, Paddington is an icon and role model.
I also really like Legos and used to build Lego sets with my dad. Every birthday or Christmas since I was little, we would sit down together and build my Lego set, with me building it incorrectly and my dad patiently breaking it apart and fixing it.
I did not know what pixels were and had a five minute research session on what pixels are. The rest was not too challenging.
Paddington Bear (cropped)
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Literacy Narrative Reflection
While writing this literacy narrative, I reflected on experiences that made me a better reader and writer and how my emotions play into it.
As I wrote the X-Pages Exercise, I noticed how writing about an experience I was not fond of resulted in the writing having a negative tone. When writing about experiences that positively impacted my writing, I noticed an underlying positive connotation that made reading more enjoyable. I incorporated this trend into my essay, where I could touch on my observation in multiple instances. Other people could relate to this, as many people write their works based on their emotions; the covers of some of the comics we will cover this semester show this concept, including Zoe Thurgood’s It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth.
This narrative allowed me to reexamine the methods I use while reading and writing and look for patterns to predict how my ways of reading and writing may develop in the future. I am excited to see the impact this class will have on me and the reader and writer that I am!
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