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Does This Happen To Everyone?, Bob De Smith
Living Texts, Mary Dengler
On Never Having Visited Mount Hermon, Rose Postma
East On Interstate 70, 10 Pm, David Schelhaas
Wave-Rider, Mary Dengler
Because I Want To Know God's Will, Rose Postma
Very Short Dream, David Schelhaas
When George Mcgovern Spoke In Chapel At The College, David Schelhaas
When George Mcgovern Spoke In Chapel At The College, David Schelhaas
Pro Rege
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Aprilis - I / April - I, Brinna Michael
Applications For Dummies, Carla M. Sanchez
Applications For Dummies, Carla M. Sanchez
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
This poem discusses the overwhelming pressure that is put on students to justify their right to be admitted into universities or to receive scholarships based on their extracurricular activities. Many working-class, first-generation college students are unable to participate in organizations and programs that offer students a more well-rounded college experience. This can lead first-gen students, like the author, to feel isolated, inadequate, or illegitimate. "Applications for Dummies" expresses Sanchez's incessant fear that she will never be able to compete with other students who were given the opportunity to build more worldly resumes, despite her strong academic commitment and intellectual potential.
Revelation, Tanya Diaz
Revelation, Tanya Diaz
First-Gen Voices: Creative and Critical Narratives on the First-Generation College Experience
There can sometimes be a gap between first-gen students and parents who have not experienced the stress of higher education. Children may believe this stress to be a necessary sacrifice for their future wellness; however, they often cannot feel their parents' sacrifices, just as their parents cannot feel their child's mental strain. Diaz creates this poem in an effort to examine her relationship with her mother from an outsider's point of view, in the end realizing that although her parents cannot always understand her experiences, they care and will support her decisions.