My name is Colin and I’m from a small town in Central Scotland called Whitburn, which is around 30 miles from Edinburgh. I’m currently in year two of my M.Ed. in Urban Teaching at UT, and I am undertaking my student teaching semester virtually from home in Oregon. My previous… read more
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A Tale Between Two Cities
On the morning of what would become my last day of high school in Brownsville, Texas, sheer terror bled through me when my anatomy teacher told us Border Patrol would be closing all three international bridges to the U.S. later that day because of the novel disease circulating the world.… read more
Coping with the Pandemic: Giving My Service to Others
2020 has been an unusual experience, to say the least. As an international student, who is writing this article from her underground bunker deep in the heart of campus, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed my life in unimaginable ways. I’m originally from Jakarta, Indonesia; moving to Austin, Texas in 2019… read more