I visited Hoskins office hours a total of three times. One time was our first meeting to get to know each other. The next, we talked about my Essay 1 grade and how I can include more rhetorical analysis in my assignments. Another time we went over citations. Finally, we talked about my final project. Thanks […]
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Guru speaker:
On April 19th I walked into a room full of individuals without shoes on sitting on a bunch of yoga mats. I was here to see the Professional Devamrita Swami. The guru and yogi master who was supposed to teach me how to manage stress and make me “perfect”. Quick spoiler alert – obviously this […]
Compass Coffee Map
Lynda.com: Learn New Skills Online
Unfornunatly, countless students at American University do not use Lynda.com which is an excellent free resource that we have at our fingertips that we can acesses at anytime. Luckily, throughout the semester I have learned numerous features about WordPress, Google Doc, and Excel through watching videos on Lynda.com. List of videos (with a brief description): […]
Blog About the Discussion Concerning Trump’s Victory
After the 2016 elections, we had a class discussion about Trump’s victory. Everybody in the class was devastated about Trump winning the elections, so we all expressed our emotions and opinions, and somehow it comforted everybody. We all felt better since we realized we were not the only ones going through a sad time. Also, […]
Blog post about our class!
In College Writing, I found very useful how everything we did, from projects to discussion, are all connected to one idea: network. We analyzed how everything is a network, even a map when it comes to location. City of Rhetoric, the reading analysis, our built environment descriptions and analysis, and everything else we ever discussed has to […]
Speed Reading Workshop
On Wednesday November 9, I attended a speed reading workshop to try and gain some pointers on how to become a speed reader. This workshop was led by Juliann Winn who works at the Academic Support Center. From this workshop I not only strive to become a faster reader, I also strive to comprehend a larger […]
About Me!
My name is Carla Sofia Fuente and I am eighteen years old. I was born in Tampa, Florida, but, I have lived my whole in the Dominican Republic before moving to Washington, DC. I speak Spanish, English, and French. The school I studied at back in the Dominican Republic is an American school, so I […]
Time Management and Organization Workshop
In my time management and organization meeting I learned to account for my responsibilities and how do I plan around them accordingly. In order to organize your schedule, begin by mapping out the semester with all the syllabi in front of you. Carefully look at the schedule to avoid double booking events. Also, include buffer […]