{"id":1,"date":"2026-01-07T22:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T05:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/juliermst202\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:22:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:22:25","slug":"the-adventure-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/juliermst202\/2026\/01\/07\/the-adventure-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"The adventure begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hiiiiii my name is Julie and I\u2019m a second year! I grew up in Vancouver and love to read, dance, and sew. I went to London for psychology in my first year, but decided I wanted to rethink my major and be in a school system that I\u2019m more familiar with, so I took a gap year and transferred back! Now, I\u2019m probably going into Cognitive Systems, but I\u2019ve been enjoying every subject I\u2019ve taken, so who knows (\u02f6\u1d54 \u1d55 \u1d54\u02f6)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I actually found out about this class through a Reddit post made by Professor Beasley-Murray and thought it was super interesting! Though I\u2019ve always loved to read, literature has constantly intimidated me. I\u2019m embarrassed to say that after AP Lit in grade 12, I\u2019ve avoided anything written before 2005 (\u2565\u2038\u2565) (off topic, but we read Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood in that class and collectively agreed it was a fever dream; and now I just got the second book of the series from Secret Santa, so I will be fever dreaming again in the summer!). So, a class all about literature not originally written in English? Yeah I\u2019m intrigued, but also terrified! However, these first lectures have done wonders in easing that fear. Knowing that I\u2019ll get a certain grade as long as I fulfill my chosen contract means I can focus on the actual reading and discussion (as long as I work up the courage to raise my hand). Now, I\u2019m genuinely excited to read more during the semester and learn something I\u2019ve had absolutely no exposure to before!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I really loved the discussion about literature from the first day; it made me think about this art form in a completely different way. In response to the question of how literature made you feel, I had written that it made me feel in awe of the author. Actually, all my responses sang praises for literature. It never crossed my mind that most of the authors were part of the WEIRD demographic (ha! I still remember something from first year psych), or how elitist and exclusionary it could be. It\u2019s funny, though, because I had been avoiding\/excluding myself from literature for as long as I can remember, as I thought I wasn\u2019t smart enough to deserve reading it unless a teacher spoonfed me the analysis! Hearing everyone\u2019s opinions showed me how much nuance there is in this topic, and encouraged me to reevaluate my own stance. I can only imagine the discussions we\u2019ll have for the actual books!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I\u2019m super excited to be in this class! Now I\u2019m going to try and get faster at writing blog posts (this took me almost two hours (\u2565\u2038\u2565)) and start reading Proust \u25dd(\u1d54\u15dc\u1d54)\u25dc<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have a great rest of the week!<\/div>\n<div>Julie \u1555( \u141b )\u1557<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiiiiii my name is Julie and I\u2019m a second year! I grew up in Vancouver and love to read, dance, and sew. 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