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Meme(s): 

How Do You Do Fellow Kids? Meme - "So I chose the Steve Buscemi meme of when he... comes in with a skateboard over his back. I think he has a backward cap on, saying hello fellow youths or kids. And that is like my day to day in a nutshell trying to like work with college age students as I get farther and farther away from that."

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Metaphors:

• Kitchen table energy versus dining table energy (THE KITCHEN TABLE IS HOME. / THE DINING TABLE IS A STAGE.)
• IDEAS ARE FOOD. 
• LIFE IS A JOURNEY / LEARNING IS A JOURNEY. 
• INFORMATION IS STORIES.
• Underlying, or primary, metaphors:
  • APPEALING IS TASTY.
  • DESIRE/NEED IS HUNGER.
  • CONSIDERING IS CHEWING.
  • MEANS ARE PATHS.
  • ACTION IS SELF-PROPELLED MOTION.
  • PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS.
  • ASSISTANCE IS SUPPORT.

Magic:

• 7 Expression Number
• Intellection® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Context® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Input® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Deliberative® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)
• Learner® (Gallup CliftonStrengths®)

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Pop Culture:

• 30 Rock (Season 6: The Tuxedo Begins)
• The Wedding Singer
• Lord of the Rings
• The X-Files
• Catfish
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians
• The Little Mermaid
• The Office

Resources:

• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
• Holly by Stephen King
• On Writing by Stephen King
• The Chief Inspector Gamache Series by Louise Penny
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• Mental Health First Aid
• Learning Partnerships: Theory and Models of Practice to Educate for Self-authorship by Marcia Baxter Magolda
• Foundations of Meaning: Primary Metaphors and Primary Scenes  by Joseph Grady 

Lingo Explained:

• Occupancy = the area of a university that focuses on assigning students to their residence hall rooms
• RA = Resident Assistant; student leaders who support their peers in the residence halls
• RD =