This class has been an emotional experience in and of itself and with my last post I seek to address my feelings surrounding it. The main thing that strikes me is the environment for discussion that it created. For me, the academic and the personal have always been two distinct realms that I have been always reluctant, embarrassed even, to blend together. They were two seperate parts of my life.

I think the greatest thing I have learned is that there is comfort in destroying barriers and looking for applications of the academic in the personal and vice versa. I feel more confident in my voice when it is distinct, personal, and unique to me. I also feel more secure in my personal life looking at it from a different angle. Altogether, it has been a very positive experience.