Hello! I’m Katrina and I’m currently in my final year at UBC as a Psychology major. I also currently work as an Early Childhood Educator assistant at a local daycare/early learning/childcare centre. Like many others, I also took this course for my literature (and final!) arts degree requirement. I was a little bit unsure and nervous going into this class since I haven’t taken a literature class since first year, however our first zoom session really piqued my interest in how the class works and functions!
I’ve always been into reading books ever since I was young and up until high school, but during university I felt slightly guilty reading books and novels when I had a whole list of readings to get through before I could indulge myself in a good book I was really interested in. I ended up reading one, maybe two books a year in my own free time so I’m quite excited to have a class where we could read novels for class! Looking through the descriptions of texts we have, there are definitely a few I have my eyes on; specifically the texts on childhood and memory as a Psychology major with an interest in childhood development. However I will be honest the thought of reading an entire book within a week intimidates me quite a bit, so I’m really glad we’re able to make our own choices on the texts we read, and at the same time manage the pace we go through!
Regarding the first lecture and getting a closer look at the concepts we’ll be looking through and focusing on what we want to take out of each reading, broadening our perspectives by reading about the ideas and concepts that were present amongst the romance languages sounded like something very different than what I’ve studied in most classes; those of which usually revolved around studies and theories. I feel like even though it is a class to fulfill a requirement, there are many things I can take out of the texts, and gain a wider understanding of the culture and concerns in our history. I know very little about the romance languages and have only a fraction of French language left from the 9 years I learned it until high school, so taking this class already looks to be a refreshing wave of new things to learn this semester!
Looking forward to the rest of the class with everyone!
Katrina
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Hi Katrina! So exciting you are in your final year for your psych degree! Congrats! I completely agree with what you said about feeling guilty reading for pleasure when you have many required readings to do for marks. For me, it really changed my view of reading and how much joy I get from it now, as the way I read in university is much different from how I read in high school.