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The Mini Wheats

Hello, class! I hope that this finds you well, if it finds you at all, that is. I just wanted to take a moment to give you all a review on our time in this class. No, I will not be discussing course content, but would you honestly expect anything else? I will now proceed to detail some of my favorite moments of our time together. Firstly, remember how crazy we all got fighting over a single word in "Rockabye Baby"? And our dramatic readings were to die for. We had a short-lived panic when we realized we all had different versions of the textbook. We sat around the big table for the first time and bonded over crickets, kelp, and small dogs in Yalta. We bonded even more when a few of the nobler student *hem hem* had some very intelligent things to say about The Princess Diaries. We were all so sad when Walter left for D.C. and so excited/begrudged when he fixed the projector. We fawned over Austin's dance video. Aubrey drank probably a million iced coffees. Dr. Reed, preferably referred to as Breed, made sure to never shush me. Honestly, it was a great time. Sitting still for nearly two hours was torture, but the single time that Walter and I went to the bathroom at the same time and y'all gossiped about it makes up for it all. I'm glad that this weird little group was brought together, even if it was just for one mini.
                                                                                     Sincerely yours,
                                                                                              The Mini Wheats


(Get it, like the Breakfast Club??? But for a mini-long class?????)

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  1. Walter PortilloDecember 4, 2019 at 9:03 AM

    Emma this is the best one can read nowadays :). I totally agree with you, everybody in the class is so amazing. I am so thankful that I decided to take this class. By the way, I also missed y'all when I was in DC.

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  2. SarahDecember 5, 2019 at 4:59 AM

    This is such a cute post! I think our little group really bonded in a weird way.

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  3. AubreyAugust 29, 2020 at 12:01 PM

    I'm seeing this roughly eight months late, but this is possibly the best blog post I've ever read. That was such a uniquely odd class, and you're all some wonderful people. Thank you for this hilarious post even if I'm seeing it so late

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