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Author: Emily Hedegard

Jamison’s Empathy

Jamison’s Empathy

“The conference offers refuge – to her and others – from a world that generally refuses to accept their account of why they suffer.” “I tell her I don’t see a scarred woman when I look at her; I think she’s beautiful. She thanks me for saying so, but I can tell the compliment rang a bit hollow. One comment from a stranger can’t reclaim years spent hating the body you live in.” “My willingness to turn Morgellons into metaphors…

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“Empathy is Overrated”

“Empathy is Overrated”

Price “complicates” society’s understanding of empathy by breaking down what it means to be empathetic. Price explains that empathy is a guess at another person’s emotion. Unfortunately, it is common that people assume the emotions of others and thus consider themselves empathetic. However, Price points out this is not the case, “empathy is an illusion” he writes, it’s “an emotional simulation.” Commonly, empathy is confused with taking some type of action to help someone else. However, as we are only…

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200 Word Rough Draft

200 Word Rough Draft

INTRODUCING EARLY LIFE?? In 1991 Jennifer Gennaco graduated with her Bachelors IN WHAT from Colby College, ten years later Gennaco graduated again this time with a Masters IN WHAT degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Gennaco had always had a passion for English and for teaching. “QUOTE HERE”  With experience teaching students ranging from middle school to post-secondary education. This broad background “QUOTE”. In 2010 Gennaco began teaching English composition at the University of New England. She then progressed…

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Seeing The Unseen (Option #1)

Seeing The Unseen (Option #1)

Sara Konrath, “What’s the Matter with Empathy”:  “Imagining a situation from someone else’s perspective is different than simply imagining yourself in that situation. Perspective-taking often requires actively listening to what other people tell us about their experience. If it is not possible to directly listen to them, then we can use our imagination to attempt to understand what the experience means to them, considering everything else we know about them.” This quote by Konrath talks about perspective. Konrath is telling…

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Paper #2 Freewrite

Paper #2 Freewrite

The goal of using these tools is to provide solid evidence for the paper’s claims. The claim is focused on the mitigation of categorization, so these tools should provide insight on re-categorization. In a broader sense, the goal of project two is to get students thinking. Students are growing into the next generation and assignments like this help guide students to improve upon the current social issues. Talking about re-categorization leads to a plethora of biases, stereotypes, and inequality. By…

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