{"id":18417,"date":"2020-02-03T15:19:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T20:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/?page_id=18417"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T14:37:50","slug":"life-in-english-student-blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLife in English\u201d Student Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Blog.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        \u201cLife in English\u201d Student Blogs\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>What is it like to study English at Carleton? Get the complete story, month-by-month, from our student blogger and read the archived blogs of English BA graduates.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Sam-Bean-headshot-resized-450x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Sam\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Sam Bean is a first-year Master\u2019s Student in English Literature with a Climate Change Specialization. He is a free-floating writer who has worked for the\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/sam-bean\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Noah-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Noah\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Noah Bendzsa is a fourth-year Honours English student. They studied mathematics and chemistry, successfully and unhappily, until discovering that they could study novels and short\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/noah-bendzsa\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Jaclyn-Legge_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Jaclyn\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Jaclyn Legge is a 3rd&nbsp;or 4th-year student returning to full-time student life after completing Co-op. She spends her free time calling to the muses for\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/jaclyn-legge\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Manahil-600x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Manahil\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Manahil Bandukwala is a fourth-year English major in the Co-op Program. She enjoys writing and painting. Her chapbook of poetry and illustrations&nbsp;Pipe Rose&nbsp;was published in\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/manahil-bandukwala\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Emily-Coppella-1-516x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Emily\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Emily Coppella is an English major (who is currently contemplating a Women\u2019s Studies or Sociology minor.) She devotes her time to writing for Spoon University,\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/emily-coppella\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2017-Amanda-Seed-Profile-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Amanda\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Amanda Seed is a fourth-year English Language and Literature major with a minor in Greek and Roman Studies. She is also enrolled in the MA\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/amanda-seed\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Paige-Pinto-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Paige\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Paige Pinto is a fifth-year Humanities and English major and is currently a co-president of the English Literature Society. She is interested in Romantic poetry\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/paige-pinto\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Erin-Shields-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Erin\u2019s Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Erin Shields completed her undergraduate honours degree in English. As of Fall 2017, Erin is attending UCLA law school on full scholarship. Erin is especially\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/erin-shields\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"meet-our-undergraduate-co-op-bloggers\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our Undergraduate Co-op Bloggers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you a current or prospective English student interested in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/co-operativeeducation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Co-op Program<\/a> option? Interested in finding out what it\u2019s like to do a placement? 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After some time in university, and much debate,\n                                                    &#8230;\n                                            <\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/life-in-english-student-blogs\/alexandra-mackenzie\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    View Page\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                    <figure class=\"mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/Alicia-Haniford-3-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n        \n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Welcome to Alicia\u2019s Co-op Experience Blog\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                                \n\n                                    <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                        Alicia is a fourth-year English major who ended up in the Carleton co-op program when she accidentally picked up the wrong university brochure. 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