The Effects of Phonological Awareness and Phonics on Reading Skills 

By Katelyn | April 22, 2025 | 0 Comments

Katelyn Tijerina  Birkan Guldenoglu, Tevhide Kargin, Reşat Alatlı, & Nur, B. (2024). The Role of Phonological Decoding on the Reading Skills of Beginning Readers With Reading Disabilities in a Highly Transparent Orthography. Learning Disability Quarterly, 47(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/07319487241264551 The goal of this study was to examine the role of phonological decoding on the reading skills of […]

The Worth of a Classic; A Response to Italo Calvino

By Katelyn | October 29, 2024 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina Everyone knows what a classic is. Or rather everyone knows examples of classics. Any person off the street could name a classic like Jane Eyre or Emma, but what is a classic and why does society put so much emphasis on reading them? Italo Calvino sought to answer these questions in his  […]

A Dream Imagined 

By Katelyn | October 21, 2024 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina “A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” — George A. Moore Beep, Beep. My alarm reminds me it is time to get up. The sheets beg me to stay. The warmth of the bed, the softness of the sheets, the fan […]

Moving On

By Katelyn | April 17, 2024 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina I see her flowing hair tangling with the air she made me smile just for awhile I forgot your hands on my skin the way we used to sin Her arm brushes against mine For a second, minute, hour I am fine For a bit I have to admit My mind drifts […]

The Makings of a True Villian Demonstrated through Edward Hyde

By Katelyn | April 17, 2024 | 0 Comments

Katelyn Tijerina  What makes a good horror story? Is it big monsters or jump scares? In the story, Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Louis Stevenson, Hyde is the alter ego of Dr. Jekyll. Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde represent different aspects of the same person. Dr.Jekyell represents the common man, but Hyde is meant to be a […]

Lesbianism: from Paraded to Degraded 

By Katelyn | March 21, 2024 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina “You came, and I was mad for you/And you cooled my mind that burned with longing.” This is a line from a poem written by Sappho of Lesbos thousands of years ago about another woman. Lesbians, along with the entire queer community, have been around as long as society has been. The […]

Are Puberty Blockers Ethical: Criticized Through Ethical Theories

By Katelyn | January 6, 2024 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina If middle schoolers are not allowed to get painkillers from the front office at school, should they be allowed to make lasting medical decisions? This is a question that drives some legal systems to oppose puberty blockers for minors. Puberty blockers are a type of hormone therapy that prevents pre-adolescents from developing […]

Last

By Katelyn | September 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina It is a glorious summer we laugh until we cry My sunburnt hand meets yours somehow I know it is our last but we are here together as it is said “In a minute there is time” this moment is forever our lips connect and I am infinite

Nightmare

By Katelyn | September 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

By: Katelyn Tijerina I’m lying in bed with you The sun peaks through the curtains I look over at you smiling How grateful I am to have you I run my hands through your hair … Then I wake up To the crumbling notion That you’re never coming home

Transracial Adoption

By Katelyn | August 25, 2023 | 0 Comments

 If a person is raised in a household opposite of his or her race can he or she still have a strong racial identity or is all that lost because of his or her parents? This is a question that many people have been asking about transracial adoption over the past century. Transracial adoption is […]