Track Two - Spring 2017 (https://michaelddwyer.com/cm385/spr17/author/sarah/)
Is there a box of Kleenex in the house? Because Mandy Lee Catron’s “To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This” has definitely struck a well of tears over in this neck of the library. Besides the fact that Catron and her not-so-much-of a stranger beau actually ended up falling in love after conducting Dr. Aron’s study on themselves, this story has left me in awe for a number of reasons, which I will lay out shortly.
on Bad Friends, by Carlin Flora
Friendship, relationship, fellowship, community. These are all words I think about constantly. Friendship, of some sort, is an integral part of our daily lives. I would even argue it is a vital part of our lives. Carlin Flora, author of “Bad Friends,” would probably agree with me.
Caitlin Dewey, a senior at Syracuse University, gives an account of her experiences with dating a guy via Skype and then finally meeting him in person. On screen, Will is this quirky, caring, fun to be around intellectual. In real life, or IRL, he's none of those things. Caitlin drove seven hours to go meet the guy that she had fallen in love with on screen only to find out that he's not that great at keep a conversation alive and falls short when it comes to showing affection.
My Mom by Mary H K Choi
Growing up, Choi was a seemingly horrible child. When she was 13, she kicked her mother across the room and ran away for a few days. When she was five, she yelled at her mom for showing up to her school with McDonald’s for her and her friends to eat. When she was two, she stole hundreds of dollars from her mother’s wallet and then got on a bus to go buy candy from a deli. From these accounts of Choi’s childhood, one is easily left with the impression that she was a very hateful child who never cared at all about her kind and loving mother.