{"id":381,"date":"2015-11-16T23:17:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/zelixsdv100\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=381"},"modified":"2015-11-16T23:17:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T23:17:51","slug":"blog-introductions-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/zelixsdv100xmaster\/chapter\/blog-introductions-2\/","title":{"raw":"Blog: Introductions","rendered":"Blog: Introductions"},"content":{"raw":"In order to build a community where we can learn from one another, we need to get to know each other.\u00a0 A first step in this process is to introduce ourselves.\r\n\r\nTell us a little about:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>why are you going to college,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>what motivates you,<\/li>\r\n\t<li>how you answered the two questions from the video \"What is your sentence?\" and \"Was I better today than yesterday? 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