Education
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Live Poetry
“Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month is a special occasion that celebrates poets’ integral role in our culture and that poetry matters. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the final products of free writing exercises I refer to as “Exercising Those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theatre 389 Playwriting class during the Fall 2023 semester at CSULB. We received various prompts… Continue reading
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75, a Lifetime of Experience, and a College Degree: What’s Next?
Reflecting on my life journey, I have concluded that achieving your dreams is possible at any age. It took me nearly fifty-eight years from my high school graduation in 1966 to graduate from college this past May with a BA… Continue reading
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A Few Thoughts About Higher Education at Any Age
The following essay is an updated version of an earlier one and was recently published on Linkedin. So, a funny thing happened to me on my way to two degrees during an eight-year journey: an A.A. in English and a… Continue reading
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Elation
On May 18, 2024, I submitted my final essay of my college career. Graduation day is Tuesday, May 21, 2024. After the long journey-arriving home-the feeling of ending and beginning-of completion-of making the journey and lessons learned and-the feeling of… Continue reading
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eight years
I have been attending college for the past eight years, first at Long Beach City College and now at California State University, Long Beach. I will graduate on May 21 at the age of seventy-five. what is eight years in… Continue reading
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College
I look back at the beginning of my continuing educational journey, my first semester at California State University, Long Beach, on August 22, 2022. I’m often asked, “Why are you going to college at your age?” Why not? Better than… Continue reading
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KING
King I was nineteen years old on April 4, 1968when the bullet full of hate scorn the fear of losing…a nation of white supremacyMURDERED Dr. Martin Luther King JR Do you remember where you were? I was living in my parent’s apartment in the… Continue reading
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Maybe I (Don’t) Want to Be a Scholar When I Grow Up
I love writing essays for school and my website, www.antoniopedroruiz.com. The complication is when I have to edit them and I spend entirely spend too much time on one word or sentence and sometimes wish I could leave the original… Continue reading
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Inside My Brain, Through My Heart
The following writing samples are the last products of free writing exercises I like to call “Exercising those Writing Bones.” These were part of my Theater 389 Playwriting class this Fall 2023 semester. We were given various prompts and then… Continue reading
