Author Archives: Lauren Jensen

During my public speaking and communications class at SUNY Broome, I discovered I have a natural talent for public speaking. I have great confidence in myself when speaking to large groups. I even participated in the speech competition for Broome’s TOAST MASTER’S club. This is the slideshow from the speech that earned me first place;Continue reading “Public Speaking”

Abstract This study’s purpose is to determine whether or not chewing mint flavored gum while test taking will result in better test scores, as a result of lowered stress, than test taking without chewing any gum at all. The participant’s heart rate will be monitored while answering a total of 5 math questions, and recallingContinue reading “A Research Paper With Study and Procedures on Chewing Mint Gum While Taking a Test”

Lauren Jensen Madame Bovary LIT 290 10/12/18      Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary criticizes the French provincial bourgeois society in many ways, though not in the ways the French courtrooms were accusing him of. The story’s first appearance in the Paris Revue was in parts, throughout a series of issues. The magazine was a place forContinue reading “Flaubert’s Madame Bovary”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

‘I am not a teacher, but an awakener.’ –Robert Frost I want to teach because I want to light fires of passion in my pupils. I want the children I teach to find their purpose; to find the things that strike joy in their hearts.