Stripes and Dots

    Okay, I never really explained my blogs name or the origins of this idea. I did the first post to explain why I wanted to make a blog but I thought I would elaborate a little more. The name comes from the blog I had in 3rd grade for my elementary school's tag (talented and gifted) program. I was only placed there due to my accelerated skills in reading, I guess it meant you were "talented" if you could read at a "12th" grade level in rural Iowa at age 9. I actually feel like the experience of being placed in an accelerated learning program stunted me and had more of a negative effect overall on my education, but that is to be unpacked in another blog post. I named my blog Stripes and Dots because I liked stripes and dots, simple as that lol. I was always into fashion and could not decide which pattern I liked better, so I went with both. I also now say it was a nod to being unconventional and mixing patterns which is usually frowned upon. All true fashionistas know mixing patterns is one of the greatest experiences if done right. I kept the name as a gift to my younger self, I wanted her diva to live on. The setup is exactly the same, same background and theme. I chose Blogger for this exact reason, while it's kind of dated and there might be a better platform for blogging I wanted to remain authentic (although truthfully this site kinda drives me mad lol, so maybe I should reconsider). Unfortunately, the original stripes and dots is lost or deleted, it was probably deleted when my old school email was deleted, so you will not be able to read 9 year old Tejahs writing. I will sum it up for you, there was a post about Ruth Wakefield the inventor of chocolate chip cookies, and a post about butterflies, the common mormon. In reviving stripes and dots younger tejah will live on and I will engage in good writing exercises. 

While the blog is gone I have this photo of me from 3rd grade, I think for my blog?? I could be entirely making this up, but here is one of my first selfies.