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The following is a list of all entries from the Narratives category.

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Our Youngest User – And Quickest to 99

Filed in All,Narratives, June 27, 2012, 4:37 pm by Owlfred

We’re very pleased to share this user narrative with you – from Guest Blogger Maya Ram! Take a look at this inspiring story of one of our youngest users taking the initiative to help as many users as he could. Without further ado, here is his story… 3,458. Three thousand, four hundred and fifty eight. [...]


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Eashmore – A Real-World Context for Learning

Filed in Narratives, April 9, 2012, 7:08 pm by Owlfred

When asked to write a user narrative for the OpenStudy blog, I took a look at what other users had to say about their own OS experience.  I discovered that theOpenStudy community enhanced the lives of several people of all different backgrounds, whether they were ambitious, enthusiastic high schoolers overcoming a speed bump in pursuit [...]


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The Legend of Saifoo

Filed in All,Narratives, February 23, 2012, 6:04 pm by Owlfred

  Continuing our series profiling our users’ stories – we are pleased to have Saifoo.Khan’s story! Read on as Saifoo tells how he found us, who he found, and why he stays! We here at OpenStudy love hearing this kind of story – come to OpenStudy and create your own ‘OpenStudy Journey!’ Hello Earthlings. Meet [...]


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Geri’s Story

Filed in All,Narratives, January 28, 2012, 4:53 am by Owlfred

Not everyone on OpenStudy is a teen with 10 opposable thumbs! It may seem that way on the chat rooms at 2 am, but when we chatted with one of our loyal users, we were amazed to hear her story. “I am a stay-at-home Mom,” she said. We heard, “OpenStudy RockStar!” So we asked her [...]


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From Zero to Hero

Filed in Narratives, January 25, 2012, 5:29 pm by Owlfred

  Pokemon posted this on our Feedback site and silenced the whole team for a moment for a collective, “Wow, we are doing something right!” moment. Here is Pokemon, in his own words… “I remember when I first started doing math in elementary school. During the first year of elementary I knew I had a [...]


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How to Find Friends in Foreign Lands

Filed in All,Narratives, January 9, 2012, 4:36 am by colm

How global are we?  Try this.  Where else can you find someone from Australia chatting with someone from Tanzania while users from Pakistan and USA join in for a quick Swahili lesson?  That is Global with a capital G! TranceNova comes to us from Australia and speaks some Swahili, and when she is not doing [...]


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Dear OpenStudy, An Open Letter from Sasogeek

Filed in All,Narratives, January 5, 2012, 7:34 pm by Owlfred

Sasogeek posted this note in OpenStudy Feedback and we were really excited to read it. Preetha then blogged about it and we reached out to him and asked him to tell us his story.  He wrote us an open letter and we wanted it to share it with you all.  Today he has entered his [...]


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A Learning Journey: An OpenStudy Story

Filed in All,Narratives, January 3, 2012, 5:23 pm by Owlfred

Who doesn’t like a good story?  And who doesn’t believe fairy tales can come true?  At OpenStudy we see this all the time.  So our New Year Resolutions for 2012 was to share some of the stories of our users.  If you have an OpenStudy story you’d like to share, well, call me.  Here is [...]


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