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Hello fellow LAST 100 students! Welcome to my blog. My name is Jenniah Minchin, and I'm from Toronto, Ontario. I'm an 18 year old, undergraduate student, hoping to move to Vancouver to pursue a career in psychology. I look forward to sharing my thoughts about our course with you over the next few months! 

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