Bloodchild rewrite

I recall the Bloodchild essay and prompt being announced and being absolutely stumped. I had no idea what academic partnership or the bigger conversation it was a part of. When I signed up for this INTD, I was fascinated and yet completely clueless to what the risks and rewards of academic partnership truly meant.  I was enticed to this INTD partly because of the reputation of the Professor but simultaneously interested in expanding my learning and my mind. I felt as if the class would speak of cooperation between people and this interested me as an International Relations because my major, in my opinion, is about fostering  international cooperation and peace between partners for equitable relationships. 

I never thought I could feel confident with my Bloodchild submission because I was not truly thinking when I wrote the first draft. Professor McCoy told me I often circled because I did not know where I was going with the essay and that was absolutely true. She commented on my essay that I had five different “kernels” that could grow into essays. I was lost on how I could possibly make one essay connecting a story like Bloodchild to Geneseo’s GLOBE, because initially I found them to be vastly different. Through thinkING and looking over Beth’s comments as well as thinking of the “they say” I finally comprehended what I was writing. I have “delighted” myself as Beth has said we would in our syllabus and I have definitely made myself feel good. 

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