RMST 202 - Introduction 


Hey everyone! 

My name is Lauren and I’m currently in my 4th year at UBC. I’m in the faculty of arts and I’m majoring in Sociology. I live in Richmond so I’m able to live at home and commute to school since it’s not too far of a drive. One interesting fact about me is that I Irish dance and have been doing it since I was 3 years old (so over 20 years). In 2020 I made the difficult decision to stop dancing, but after only a year I realized I didn’t enjoy any new hobby in the way I loved Irish dance, so I decided to start dancing again. I’ve been lucky enough to travel all over Ireland, the UK, Canada and the United States for competitions. 

 

I enrolled in this course to fulfill my literature requirement. I left these courses to do towards the end of my years at UBC because I don’t usually enjoy English and literature courses. I used to really enjoy reading but I found that once I started going to university and I was assigned multiple readings to do each week, I lost the desire to read in my spare time. Typically, each summer I will start a new book and almost rediscover my love for reading but it is short lived because once school starts in the fall, I no longer want to read anything more than the assigned readings I have. 


When we talked about being a good vs bad reader in class on Wednesday, I started to wonder which category I would fall into. I think I would initially lean more towards being a bad reader because I’m not always looking for a deeper meaning behind the book and I don’t read very often. I’m hoping that this course will help me with develop that skill as well as strengthening my ability to find connections of themes or styles between the different novels we will be reading throughout this course. 

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  1. Daniel OrizagaJanuary 12, 2024 at 10:44 AM

    I completely understand the fatigue of college reading! The same thing happened to me at one point when I was an undergrad. But now take this time to explore your own interests. Bienvenida!

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