As I read your assessments (completed in Week 2) a common theme was: “This thing called “analysis & rhetorical situation awareness. Wh...

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Hells. Bells. Mary Poppins is one thing. But then you’ve got a character who thinks “I was genuinely perplexed. I couldn’t remember...

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This is usually the time I sit down and write a blog post outlining my goals for the year. Looking at past goal blog posts, the only thin...