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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 1

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Sunday, January 29, 2023

perfectionism

Seeing Double: Learn From the Rest, Not From the Best

By Thomas Brodey '22

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April 28, 2021

One of my favorite guilty pleasures is reading and rereading “The Inheritance Cycle” by Christopher Paolini. I do this for two reasons. Firstly, the series contains many wonderful flashes of brilliance from a talented young writer. Secondly, the books are also deeply terrible. Reading “Inheritance” challenges the reader to sift through convoluted plot, shaky dialogue and other flaws in order to identify and appreciate the really good elements. It forced me to confront why I felt certain parts w

Seeing Double: A Love Letter to Bad Drawings

By Cole Graber-Mitchell '22

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April 22, 2021

A few weeks ago, I decided to ignore the nagging voice in my head insisting that I do homework and spend some time relaxing in the sun. To distract myself from the fact that I would be doing this alone, I pulled out an old notebook, grabbed a pencil and drew something. In particular, I decided to draw The Octagon — not that you would know that by looking at the result. See, my drawing skills are elementary at best. By that, I mean that if my drawings were mixed up with an elementary schooler’s,

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