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Dan, this is great! I loved reading through the zine (as well as your web event for Anne). I knew you were artsy before but this was so much fun to look at! It was visually stimulating and it was an easy read. The stats you listed at the end were pretty comforting - I feel like nobody shares what their financial aid package looks like (which is fine) but I'm glad to know that lots of us get financial aid at the college. Although I've heard a little bit about the class history at Bryn Mawr from my E-Sem, it was a good reminder of how important it is that we address a topic like this on our campus. I thought "Class Dismissed" was a great start for a campus conversation - now if only we can keep it going with your zine!

When that student, Anne, wrote letters to her mom about needing money and clothes, it painfully reminded me of the way I dodge the topic of money when I talk to my mom. I never talk to her about my financial situation here at Bryn Mawr. I don't tell her about my school bill and she knows nothing about my financial aid package. I don't tell her about how much money I have in my bank account and I don't plan on talking to her about how I plan to finance my study abroad experience. Why stress her out? I'll figure it out, right? It was just interesting to see and compare the way we talk (or don't talk) to our parents about money.