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From reading my fellow classmates’ blogs I learned a lot about them. I learned how Anthony loves sports, Kevin is a free spirit, Chanelle is Dominican, Larry wasn’t a fan  of music until a few years ago, Kathryn is very family oriented, Tushar has only been in the U.S. for seven months, Jacob listens to music to escape from the realities of life, Shaloma is much closer to her mom now that she is older, and that Kierra listens to music to relax. Overall I noticed similarities between myself and my other classmates. Like Kathryn, I also have pets that are like members of my family. Growing up and even to this day I’ve always either had a dog or a cat. From a musical standpoint I observed that Kevin, Jacob, and I have similar tastes in music. While Shaloma and I share the fact that we are very close to our mothers. Tushar, Kathryn, and Shaloma all mentioned in their blogs how family oriented they are. I wish that I could say that I’m family oriented but I’m not. When I was younger my family was a lot closer but as the years have gone by we’ve drifted apart both figuratively and literally. The most surprising thing I found about everyone’s blogs was how open and honest everyone seemed to be. I didn’t expect people to be as revealing as they were, especially since we barely know each other. I really liked this exercise and getting to know more about the other classmates in my class. My hope is that in time we come to learn more about one another. ~Leean

From reading my fellow classmates’ blogs I learned a lot about them. I learned how Anthony loves sports, Kevin is a free spirit, Chanelle is Dominican, Larry wasn’t a fan  of music until a few years ago, Kathryn is very family oriented, Tushar has only been in the U.S. for seven months, Jacob listens to music to escape from the realities of life, Shaloma is much closer to her mom now that she is older, and that Kierra listens to music to relax. Overall I noticed similarities between myself and my other classmates. Like Kathryn, I also have pets that are like members of my family. Growing up and even to this day I’ve always either had a dog or a cat. From a musical standpoint I observed that Kevin, Jacob, and I have similar tastes in music. While Shaloma and I share the fact that we are very close to our mothers. Tushar, Kathryn, and Shaloma all mentioned in their blogs how family oriented they are. I wish that I could say that I’m family oriented but I’m not. When I was younger my family was a lot closer but as the years have gone by we’ve drifted apart both figuratively and literally. The most surprising thing I found about everyone’s blogs was how open and honest everyone seemed to be. I didn’t expect people to be as revealing as they were, especially since we barely know each other. I really liked this exercise and getting to know more about the other classmates in my class. My hope is that in time we come to learn more about one another. ~Leean

FRO Playlist

The ten songs listed in this playlist are all important to me. My playlist begins with The Cranberries “Zombie”. When I was a baby “Zombie” was the first song I ever bobbed my head to, it was the song that made me fall in love with music. Even today “Zombie” is one of my favorite songs of all time. After that comes “Wannabe” by The Spice Girls which embodies my childhood. Whenever I hear that song I think of how in elementary school my girlfriends and I would pretend to be the Spice Girls (I was Baby Spice) and sing as well as dance along to the song. Alanis Morissette’s “Everything” pretty much sums up how I see myself. Listen to it and you’ll get a real insight into who I am. While “She’s a Rainbow” by The Rolling Stones is how the people closest to me see me: changeable, bright, active, fun and always into something new. Next up is “The Reason” by Hoobastank which is a very meaningful song to me. The song makes me think of every time I made a mistake or hurt someone I’ve loved and how I never want to do that again. “The Reason” illustrates how I learn from my mistakes. “Mr.Brightside” by The Killers is a song that I fell in love with from the moment I heard it. It expresses how I always tend to look at the positive side of things even when nothing is going my way. I am a glass half full type of person. Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out”  exemplifies how I can sometimes dwell too much on my past and all the regrets I have. This song helps to bring me out of the darkness of the past and focus instead on the light of the present and to let go my regrets. Plus it’s a nice song to dance to. When I think of love, just love in general, I play “Yellow” by Coldplay. There is a line in the song “For you I’d bleed myself dry”, that really resonates with me, it expresses how when you love someone you give everything of yourself. To me that’s what love is, you surrendering yourself to someone else. Then it’s Imagine Dragon’s “It’s Time”. This song is really relevant to me today because at this point in time  I have to decide in which direction I’m going to take my life and how I can’t allow myself to be changed by others. I understand that I have to grow up but I also need to stay true to myself. To conclude my playlist I chose “The Fighter” by Gym Class Heroes featuring Ryan Tedder because I’ll always be fighting on no matter how many times I’m knocked down. I’m not a quitter.  Well, that’s my playlist, I hope you enjoy it. ~Leean