End of Course
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This course was difficult because a lot of the material was very
depressing. I was most interested in studying veterans and Holocaust
survivors in relatio...
End of the class
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Thank you for teaching this class. I want to say that this class was an
awakening in the human psyche. It allowed me to see that many of the things
we see...
Last Blog
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In looking back on the class as a whole, I am overwhelmed. I didn't realize
how intense the course material was going to be and that hindered my
performanc...
Writing Wrongs: Trauma & Texts
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I enjoyed this class very much because it focused on something different
than what I am used to. The readings were stimulating, even when they were
confusi...
Trauma in Movies
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I watched "The Deer Hunter" this weekend, and I found it to be a good
movie, very interesting. I find that there are some parts that are very
hard to under...
Poetry and Trauma
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Good Guy's Dead by Ernest Hemmingway
They sucked us in;
King and country,
Christ Almighty
and the rest.
Patriotism,
Democracy,
Honor-
Words and Phases,
The...
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In class we have been learning about trauma and how it effects human beings
and cultures. My favorite aspects about the class were our field trips,
class d...
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There are several things throughout this winter term course that i have
learned. I would say that one of the most important skills that this class
has give...
Kremey Trauma
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According to Krispy Kreme's nutritional information, each donut is 200
calories. % daily values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. therefore, if
one person...
#6
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Yesterday in class things got a little heated, I agreed with both sides of
the arguement to an extent. What makes America great is that there are
opp...
blog 6
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My research paper on trauma is turning out to be rather traumatizing. I am
finally caught up with everything that is do and still have half my paper
to wr...
Change in the Making
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Not in a hundred years has an election received so much attention as the
race between John McCain and Barack Obama for their beloved country. Many
people...
Captain's Log 01/22/09: Blindness Bay
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I really enjoyed Butler's piece because she encapsulated many of my own
ideas regarding US foreign policy and the war (and it's always nice to
share opini...
Writing
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Hi, today's Wednesday January 21st. We just got done discussing our first
drafts for our research paper. So far I think I am heading in the right
directio...
Writing On My Mind
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Today is the 21st of January, and writing is on my mind! Not only is our
research paper due in two days, but the writing portfolio is due in just
over a m...
Jan 21, 2009
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Most of my day yesterday revolved around the Presidential Inauguration.
From about 9am until 3pm my eyes were nearly glued to the t.v. for obvious
reasons....
A Bright Future?
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Today we watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama. I think it is
funny how they wouldn't say his middle name when they first introduced him.
That...
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“To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest
and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow
conflict, o...
Traumatic Awakenings
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In Cathy Caruth's Unclaimed Experience chapter 5, Traumatic Awakenings, she
examines the difference between Freud and Lacan meanings of the motive
behind a...
January 9, 2009
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**MUSEUM TRIP AND READING FOR JANUARY 9**
Based on the Introduction from Unclaimed Experience by Cathy Caruth, Hiroshima
mon Amour seemed a story telling o...