Australia is an amazing place for sure, Ethan... and it is hard times right now there. Thanks to Twitter, I am connected with colleagues in Australia daily, and the news of the fires is almost inconceivable. I'm guessing that there might be a lot of climate-change storytelling in the classes this semester; one of my favorite Indian authors, Amitav Ghosh, has been exploring that connection between the old myths and our current climate, like in this incredible new novel: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh. Powerful stuff.
Howdy y’all, my name is Ethan Rafferty, a 3 rd year student at the University of Oklahoma. I’ve been a sooner fan since I was born, because my Dad attended the university, so I was raised around the culture. One could say that I was brainwashed to go here, but I truly do love the school, from the academics, to the campus, to the sports. I am 21 years old, and I am from Flower Mound, Texas, a suburb just north of Dallas. There, I was raised by my mother and father with my two sisters. I am the middle child, and also the only boy, so it was quite the experience growing up with my siblings. My major is Health Exercise Science. I did not initially come to OU with that as my plan, but after my first semester, I realized that natural sciences and exercise physiology interested me way more than any business degree. I believe the best part about my major is that it can allow me to help others once I graduate, including rehabbing those who suffered an injury or improving someon
There once was a kingdom of monkeys that lived deep within the jungle. This was The Kingdom of Vihren, where monkeys from all over the planet traveled to behold the magnificent land. The King of Virhen was a noble monkey named Jakook. One day, Jakook decided he would offer a test of strength for monkeys from all over the world to come try, in order to find a suitor for his monkey daughter, Sina. In front of the kingdom gates laid an enormous rock. This rock had been there for thousands of years, and it had never moved. Jakook declared that any monkey that could lift the rock could have Sina’s hand in marriage. Monkeys from all over the lands came, including big powerful apes. However, none could move this rock. Then one morning, a monkey named Rata heard of this news. Rata had been an outcast all his life, because he had been born a blue monkey. His peculiar color always drove away all the other monkeys. Rata, however, traveled
Australia is an amazing place for sure, Ethan... and it is hard times right now there. Thanks to Twitter, I am connected with colleagues in Australia daily, and the news of the fires is almost inconceivable. I'm guessing that there might be a lot of climate-change storytelling in the classes this semester; one of my favorite Indian authors, Amitav Ghosh, has been exploring that connection between the old myths and our current climate, like in this incredible new novel: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh. Powerful stuff.
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