Life in Taigu: Comic Contest!
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Life in Taigu: Comic Contest!

Maisy Byerly ‘14, Taigu Fellow

Forty-nine students from Class 1501, and thirty-nine students from Class 1402 made comics on the theme “Life in Taigu.” This unit was not just exciting because everybody left with a finished comic, but also because I was able to teach about something I love.

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Water or Rock: In Which I Give Up on My Dreams and Find Something Better
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Water or Rock: In Which I Give Up on My Dreams and Find Something Better

Maisy Byerly ‘14, Taigu Fellow

Last January, my Return Fellow, Veronica Colegrove, sat me down with my co-fellow, Liam, and asked us the hard question: which one of you is the rock and which one is the water? She explained that she and her co-fellow found success as complements—one more firm but also stubborn or protective, and one more flexible but also likely to be pushed around. It was hard to predict which I would be then, but it’s even harder to say now.

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