I am guilty of this myself, but I feel like most people only think of community in a way in which it applies to them. For example , when I think of community, I tend to think more of Lincoln than Omaha.

I think it is crucial for people exposed to these problematic power relations to acknowledge them without letting these relations ruin the fluidity of the group. People should be able to work with anyone, regardless of personal ideology.

I can relate to Octavio's sentiment because there have been many circumstances in which I felt imposter syndrome. When I took a biochem writing class last semester, I was the youngest person in the class, and I felt like I had a lot of catching up to do, and all my peers were smarter than I was.

In my previous experiences with annotating, I typically annotate during my second read, not afterwards. This new approach will probably provide me with a chance to gain more from the passage because I will be reading it an additional time.

I think that finding the "Why?" behind an author's message is more beneficial than the words themselves, especially when reading literature through an academic lens.

Oftentimes, I find that the smartest people I know do not make the best leaders and communicators. There is a not a direct correlation between "book smarts" and being able to accurately and meaningfully convey a message.

It has been super interesting to see the ways teachers have responded to the exponential increase of AI usage in education.