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Being a Tourist
For many years, I have utterly detested the sight of cameras strewn around necks and gawking eyes open wide with astonishment. Overloaded sojourners stopped in the middle of sidewalks and even streets near designated tourist sights drive me crazy. I … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Dublin City University
Tagged Betsy Katz, Cliffs of Moher, DCU, Dingle, dublin, Dublin City University (DCU), Elizabeth Katz, Giants' Causeway, ireland, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, photography, Scotland, tourism, Travel, University of Georgia (UGA)
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Having the Craic
Sheep: these cute, fluffy (arguably much softer in my imagination than in reality), rather nonchalant animals welcomed me to Ireland when I arrived with my family in August to see the sites before I settled into Trinity to begin my … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Trinity College Dublin
Tagged abortion, dublin, familial planning, gender studies, ireland, Jessica Moldovan, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, northern ireland, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), women's rights
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Luck
I’ve only been in Ireland now for about two and a half months, but I’m starting to appreciate the laid-back modus operandi here. When asked by a lecturer to give a typical Irish saying that describes the culture, my fellow … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, Dublin City University
Tagged Betsy Katz, dublin, Dublin City University (DCU), Elizabeth Katz, Immigrant Council, immigrants in Ireland, intercultural studies, internship, Irish Culture, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, refugees in Ireland
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Theorizing Ireland
Unfortunately, I must admit that I am not, by my very nature, an optimist. I am instead the cliché “realist.” I worry too much, plan too much, stress too much and think too much for optimism to settle deep within … Continue reading
Posted in Class of 2012, University College Dublin
Tagged Appalachia, dublin, Irish literature, Katie Marcum, literature, Mitchell Scholars, Mitchell Scholars Class of 2012, Mitchell Scholars Program, mitchell scholarship, post-graduate study in ireland, university college dublin (UCD), West Virginia
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