[{"id":464,"date":"2023-12-12T05:39:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2023-12-12T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T07:20:00","slug":"high-clouds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/high-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"High Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >High Clouds <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Goals &#8220;Thought Bubbles&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Technically High Clouds are Cirrus, Cirrus Cirrostratus, and Cirrocumulus clouds, they are the closet to the stars. These blogs relate to those clouds because goals shoot for the stars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_471\" style=\"width: 1081px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/high-clouds\/web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks-gov\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-471\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1071\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_.jpeg 1071w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_-300x84.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_-1030x289.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_-768x216.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_-705x198.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_1149_scijinks.gov_-450x126.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1071px) 100vw, 1071px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images from https:\/\/scijinks.gov\/clouds\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider1 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-259 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/' data-rel='slide-1' class='slide-image' title=''><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud-666x1030.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud-666x1030.jpg 666w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud-456x705.jpg 456w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud-450x696.jpg 450w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/' title='My Writing Goals'>My Writing Goals<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-09-08T03:09:28+00:00\" >September 8, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >I would like to describe myself as an exploratory writer because\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/Cloud.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1114<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >720<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Head-In-the-Clouds-300x175.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-09-08T03:09:28+00:00\" >2023-09-08 03:09:28<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-12-07 06:49:38<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>My Writing Goals<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider2 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-241 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/12\/why-thinking-through-writing-is-useful\/' data-rel='slide-2' class='slide-image' title=''><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene.jpg 736w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene-564x705.jpg 564w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene-450x563.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/12\/why-thinking-through-writing-is-useful\/' title='Why Thinking Through Writing Is Useful'>Why Thinking Through Writing Is Useful<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/12\/why-thinking-through-writing-is-useful\/#comments'>1 Comment<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-09-12T06:02:04+00:00\" >September 12, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >\r\nAfter reading William Hazlitt, \u201cOn the Pleasure of Hating\u201d,\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/12\/why-thinking-through-writing-is-useful\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/09\/A-Change-of-Scene.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >920<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >736<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>djain<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Head-In-the-Clouds-300x175.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>djain<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-09-12T06:02:04+00:00\" >2023-09-12 06:02:04<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-12-07 06:54:43<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Why Thinking Through Writing Is Useful<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider3 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-319 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/17\/finding-my-voice\/' data-rel='slide-3' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/OIP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/OIP.jpg 474w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/OIP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/OIP-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/17\/finding-my-voice\/' title='Finding My Voice'>Finding My Voice<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/17\/finding-my-voice\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-17T17:58:18+00:00\" >November 17, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >\r\n\r\nI blame America\u2019s primary education system for the reason\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/17\/finding-my-voice\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/OIP.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >316<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >474<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Head-In-the-Clouds-300x175.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-17T17:58:18+00:00\" >2023-11-17 17:58:18<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-12-07 06:09:27<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Finding My 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Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Low Clouds <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>My favorite &#8220;Thought Bubbles&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Technically Low Clouds are those listed below, they cause the most chaotic weather. Similarly, my favorite post do the same thing with their creative chaos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_477\" style=\"width: 1075px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-image-477 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1065\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_.jpeg 1065w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_-300x81.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_-1030x280.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_-768x208.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_-705x191.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14154_scijinks.gov_-450x122.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images from https:\/\/scijinks.gov\/clouds\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider4 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-268 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/29\/my-take-on-a-sonnet\/' data-rel='slide-4' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/33d4f50ec6ab86ea3ab761da1729fe0a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/33d4f50ec6ab86ea3ab761da1729fe0a.jpg 280w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/33d4f50ec6ab86ea3ab761da1729fe0a-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/29\/my-take-on-a-sonnet\/' title='My Take on a Petrarchan Sonnet'>My Take on a Petrarchan Sonnet<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/29\/my-take-on-a-sonnet\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-09-29T22:51:09+00:00\" >September 29, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >My wide-tooth comb is persistent; it tame\u00a0\u00a0\r\nthe thickest strands\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/29\/my-take-on-a-sonnet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/33d4f50ec6ab86ea3ab761da1729fe0a.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >392<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >280<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope 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style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider5 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-327 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/29\/how-does-diaz-make-a-fictional-character-feel-so-personal\/' data-rel='slide-5' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1024\" 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href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/29\/how-does-diaz-make-a-fictional-character-feel-so-personal\/' title='How does Diaz make a fictional character feel so personal?'>How does Diaz make a fictional character feel so personal?<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/29\/how-does-diaz-make-a-fictional-character-feel-so-personal\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-29T05:48:55+00:00\" >November 29, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >\r\n\r\nIn the \u201cWildwood\u201d chapter from the novel, \u201cThe Brief\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/29\/how-does-diaz-make-a-fictional-character-feel-so-personal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/str2_booked1610_sharmilla_2-652x1024-1.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >652<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span 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Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3   '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Special Clouds <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Big Projects<\/h2>\n<p>The special clouds consist of; Contrails, Mammatus clouds, and orographic clouds. But also, my exploratory essay, multimodal project, and semester reflection.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_486\" style=\"width: 1078px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-image-486 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1068\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_-300x86.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_-1030x295.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_-768x220.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_-705x202.jpeg 705w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Web-capture_12-12-2023_14246_scijinks.gov_-450x129.jpeg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images from https:\/\/scijinks.gov\/clouds\/<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider6 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-335 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/04\/exploratory-essay\/' data-rel='slide-6' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"636\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a-705x498.jpg 705w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a-450x318.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/04\/exploratory-essay\/' title='Exploratory Essay'>Exploratory Essay<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/04\/exploratory-essay\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-12-04T02:58:52+00:00\" >December 4, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >\u00a0What Shapes Free\u00a0Will?\r\n\r\n\r\nEver since I turned 18, I have\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/04\/exploratory-essay\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/25b3b87efdfacd43a7b9f4828aaeef1a.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >636<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >900<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Head-In-the-Clouds-300x175.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-12-04T02:58:52+00:00\" >2023-12-04 02:58:52<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-12-08 15:51:34<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Exploratory Essay<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider7 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-440 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/12\/wrt-101-fall-semester-reflection\/' data-rel='slide-7' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"736\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5.jpg 736w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/12\/wrt-101-fall-semester-reflection\/' title='WRT 101-Fall Semester Reflection'>WRT 101-Fall Semester Reflection<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-12-12T05:24:12+00:00\" >December 12, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >Throughout the semester I have been writing blogs shaping, analyzing,\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/12\/12\/wrt-101-fall-semester-reflection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/download-5.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >736<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >736<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url'>http:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/12\/Head-In-the-Clouds-300x175.png<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-12-12T05:24:12+00:00\" >2023-12-12 05:24:12<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2025-06-10 03:24:11<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>WRT 101-Fall Semester Reflection<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_third  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider8 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-323 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/27\/black-hair-discrimination-timeline\/' data-rel='slide-8' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/014a4cf3292ac8c027153351079eb922.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/014a4cf3292ac8c027153351079eb922.jpg 564w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/014a4cf3292ac8c027153351079eb922-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/014a4cf3292ac8c027153351079eb922-480x705.jpg 480w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/014a4cf3292ac8c027153351079eb922-450x661.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/27\/black-hair-discrimination-timeline\/' title='Black Hair Discrimination Timeline'>Black Hair Discrimination Timeline<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/27\/black-hair-discrimination-timeline\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-27T21:22:08+00:00\" >November 27, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >A multimodal explication on \"History of Black Hair, Implicit\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/27\/black-hair-discrimination-timeline\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer 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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-27T21:22:08+00:00\" >2023-11-27 21:22:08<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2023-12-07 04:47:54<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>Black Hair Discrimination 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Clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3   '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Mid-Level Clouds <\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Ideas Improving &#8220;Thought Bubbles&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Technically Med-Level Clouds are those below, but to me they are shifting ideas that are one their way to being the best, the middle stage.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_474\" style=\"width: 1069px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-474\" class=\"wp-image-474 size-full\" 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itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/10\/kingston-use-of-storytelling-in-no-name-women\/' data-rel='slide-9' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2.jpg 736w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2-566x705.jpg 566w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2-450x560.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/10\/kingston-use-of-storytelling-in-no-name-women\/' title='Kingston use of Storytelling in \u201cNo Name Women\u201d'>Kingston use of Storytelling in \u201cNo Name Women\u201d<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/10\/kingston-use-of-storytelling-in-no-name-women\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-11-10T09:01:48+00:00\" >November 10, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >In \u201cNo Name Women\u201d Kingston\u00a0presents a fictional story about\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/11\/10\/kingston-use-of-storytelling-in-no-name-women\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  itemprop='image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/11\/download-2.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >916<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >736<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t  <\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Jayla Nickens<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t   <span 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data-autoplay=''  data-interval='5'  data-animation='fade'  data-show_slide_delay='90'  class='avia-content-slider avia-content-grid-active avia-content-slider10 avia-content-slider-odd '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><div class='avia-content-slider-inner'><div class='slide-entry-wrap'><article class='slide-entry flex_column  post-entry post-entry-280 slide-entry-overview slide-loop-1 slide-parity-odd  post-entry-last  av_fullwidth first real-thumbnail'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/10\/27\/how-coates-makes-his-work-accessible-for-a-general-audience\/' data-rel='slide-10' class='slide-image' title=''><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil-706x1030.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil-706x1030.jpg 706w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil-483x705.jpg 483w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil-450x657.jpg 450w, https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2023\/10\/amourdusoleil.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><div class='slide-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h3 class='slide-entry-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/10\/27\/how-coates-makes-his-work-accessible-for-a-general-audience\/' title='How Coates makes his work accessible for a general audience.'>How Coates makes his work accessible for a general audience.<\/a><\/h3><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><\/header><div class='slide-meta'><div class='slide-meta-comments'><a href='https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/10\/27\/how-coates-makes-his-work-accessible-for-a-general-audience\/#respond'>0 Comments<\/a><\/div><div class='slide-meta-del'>\/<\/div><time class='slide-meta-time updated'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2023-10-27T05:12:49+00:00\" >October 27, 2023<\/time><\/div><div class='slide-entry-excerpt entry-content'  itemprop=\"text\" >In Ta-Nehisi Coates\u2019s \u201cLetter to My Son\u201d he makes his work\u2026<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/10\/27\/how-coates-makes-his-work-accessible-for-a-general-audience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"more-link-arrow\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t<span 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style='color:#00c9bc; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Hello Readers! My name is Jayla, and I am the creator of Head in the Clouds Blogs. This just another American University WordPress. I am currently a sophomore in college majoring in Psychology and minoring in Studio Art.<\/p>\n<p>You may be wondering why I created this site&#8230; I created this site for my College Writing 101 course assignments. Here I post small writing responses, essays, and projects as blogs post.<\/p>\n<p>I call the site &#8220;Head in the Clouds&#8221; because I tend to always have a million things on my mind and thinking of clouds is a nice reliever. I design this website to reflect that.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>WRT 101-Fall Semester Reflection<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Throughout the semester I have been writing blogs shaping, analyzing, and reflecting on my own writing and the writing of others. The first blog I have ever written listed my writing goals. I said:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cMy goal as a writer is to constantly enhance my writing no matter how small the improvement is, so I can excel in writing research papers and any literature necessary for my future career&#8230; I wish to improve my ability to transfer my thoughts on to paper more authentically and in an academic manner by the end of this semester.\u201d (Nickens, 2023).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Looking back at this, I was specific about the outcome I desired from taking a college writing course. The goal is broad, but caters mostly to academic reasons rather than personal reasons. Although the last sentence, when I said I want to \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">transfer my thoughts onto paper more authentically\u201d, touches on a personal writing goal because it relates to my desire to voice my ideas more clearly which involves discovering my unique writing style. A<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> chronological display of my progression in writing style and skill from several writing assignments I completed in my freshman year to now should reveal whether I have met those goals.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For starters, a good example of my writing style from freshmen year is a Conversation Essay I wrote for a College Writing 100 assignment. For the assignment I was asked to explain an existing general and academia conversation around a topic by researching the opposing and\/or similar views on the topic. I chose Art Therapy as my research topic, so I explained what it is and the different uses for it. Here is a paragraph from the essay I wrote;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Absolutely anyone can benefit from art therapy. According to the American Art Therapy Association (AATA), an educational organization dedicated to the growth and development of the art therapy profession, Art therapists work with individuals, families, and communities and enhance clients mental, emotional, and physical well-being&#8221; (2017). More specifically, the AATA clarifies that, Art Therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological changes (2017).\u00a0 Thus, it can be agreed that the benefit of this creative therapy is extensive because it can address more than psychological problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Basing off this one paragraph where I am explaining the benefits of art therapy, I sound like an advertisement selling Art Therapy sessions. The tone is very formal and doesn\u2019t sound like me at all. The structure of the writing imitates academic writing, so little of my personality is shown in this writing. Just to critique my own work, I\u2019m now realizing that the information I present is very one sided. My writing could have been stronger if I included the opposing perspective and then followed with a counterclaim.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the next excerpt from an exploratory essay I wrote in College Writing 101 this semester, I do a better job at being less confined to academic formality. I wrote about my thoughts on \u201cfree-will\u201d. My favorite quote from the essay was when I said:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Maslow also noted that the hierarchy of needs does not meet a standard progression because people prioritize certain needs differently (Cherry, 2022). If our actions are not only influenced by psychological and physiological needs, but also an order of prioritization of the 5 basic needs, then what influences our decision to prioritize certain needs more than others? And if we have external reforms manipulating how we order our priorities, do we as humans truly have free-will? I have a theory that so many variables such as social structures, education, and fate can set those priorities.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(Nickens, 2)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here I was revealing my thinking process through rhetorical questions and interacting with an existing academic conversation that flowed really well. I think this was my best essay I have made that exemplifies metacommentary, although there is still room for improvement. I also expressed more creativity in this essay because I chose a topic I\u2019m curious in and related it to a movie I love which made writing it more enjoyable and &#8220;freeing\u201d. Similarly, in the Multimodal project, where a presented a voiceover presentation explaining an academic article, I even did something out of comfort-zone. Which is choosing to do a voiceover presentation for my multimodal project. As an introvert I usually do not navigate towards public speaking, but I wanted to push myself to that challenge. I believe things like that help me grow as a writer. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Off the topic of reviewing my writing process, I want to take note of my favorite small writing assignment, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/29\/my-take-on-a-sonnet\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sonnet blog<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. I absolutely enjoyed writing a Petrarchan sonnet and mimicking the style of Donne John, \u201cHoly Sonnets: Batter my heart, three person\u2019d God\u201d. I already enjoyed reading poems and listening to poetry slams, but the blog assignment made me realize that writing poetry is enjoyable and even I can part-take in it. I enjoyed the process of being metaphorical and adding figurative language because it was like taking a break from academic writing. In other words, that assignment really sparked a lot of creative juices flowing. In the poem I made I wanted to share my perspective and that is also what I have been doing in the previous assignments this semester, unlike past writings. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Considering all the writing assignments I have done I have come to the realization that my work is all connected because they present different qualities of who I am. And a common theme among them is sharing my perspective on how I view and navigate through society. Which ties into my favorite thing to do as a writer, make my readers question their existing perspectives. Other than improving my writing, that is my personal goal. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">References\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nickens, Jayla. <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">College Writing 100 Conversation Essay<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. American University, 2022. Accessed 2023.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:567,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:480,&quot;335559991&quot;:567}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nickens, Jayla. \u201cMy Writing Goals.\u201d <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Jn9261a-WRT101<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, American University, 2023, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/edspace.american.edu\/jn9261a\/2023\/09\/08\/my-writing-goals\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. 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