User talk:Saramcmillen

Hello Former Student!

I'm writing to you because you took a class from me in the past few years at the Art Institute. As of Spring, 2010, I'll not be teaching further classes at AIS for the foreseeable future. (We're parting ways on good terms!) Until now, you've been able to reach my Wikiversity educational resources from my website, but I've decided to delete that link. You can still reach all of those materials here.

If you're interested in what I'm up to in the future (which will include an album in 2010 and a novel in 2011) you can friend my facebook page or drop me an email at info@stevenarntson.info and you'll receive a periodic update about performances, classes, and publications.

If you know any current or former students of mine who might be interested in any of this, please forward this information if you have a moment.

I hope all is well for you.
 * Best! Stevenarntson

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Personal Essay
Please post your personal essay, and let me know with an email--I'll take a look at it and offer any suggestions I might have.
 * Best, Stevenarntson

Personal Essay Draft
Looking at what's here so far (via email), I think there's some great information. I'd like to see it lean in a more personal direction as you continue--your own thoughts, opinions, and experiences will enliven the good data you've collected.
 * Best, Stevenarntson

Personal Essay Comments
This is a good draft. I'd like to see a section added at the bottom that returns to your observations at the top--looking at issues surrounding homelessness as the difference between small town and city. In a small town people don't get "lost" as they do in a big city (that is, overlooked and forgotten). That can happen in larger places, but people in trouble also gravitate to larger cities because there are more services to help them. I'd like to see the essay return to your more personal reflections as someone who began in a small town and ended up in Seattle. Is there anything that Seattle can learn from a small town about civic-mindedness? Any important differences that should be considered when setting out to become involved with homelessness? Best, Stevenarntson

This is really informative and a great essay. It did end a little more aloof than it started. If you could continue to tie in the small town throughout the paper I think that would really help it flow more smoothly, I had all but forgotten it was a personal essay by the end.

It really came off as more a public service announcement that was recuiting help for the programs that support the homeless at the end. Other than that it was great.JenniferBrannon