IntroTime

Hello, I hope everyone is having an amazing day and start to the new semester. My name is Palak! I am a third year student studying psychology. I am born and raised in beautiful British Columbia. However, I grew up in the Fraser Valley, which is kind of different than Vancouver (the gas is cheaper). Something kind of interesting about me is that I have a twin sister. In my free time I enjoy cooking, baking, working out and shopping!! I also really really really love going to concerts (which is very bad for my bank account – along with shopping).

Through this course I aim to challenge myself and learn a lotttt about literature! Growing up I was  a very avid reader. I remember throwing myself into fantasy worlds. I would pull all nighters visualizing the specific worlds painted through the texts. The thing I remember most about those days is the feeling I would get. In many ways the world felt bigger and my problems felt smaller. However, my passion for reading slowly dwindled as other worries and stresses increased. It felt like reading was something I could only do when I had ample free time which never seemed to come. Sometimes it felt like reading fiction wouldn’t be productive and that I should only read self help books. Luckily I have moved on from that very limiting mindset. I understand that literature (whether fiction or autobiographical) teaches me something about the world. It provides me with a lens and gives me better understanding of the people and societies I may or may not interact with. Through this course I am also really excited to try out a new type of format. In my degree basically all the course I have taken have been standard exam or essays with strict rubrics. So far, this course seems to be set up in a way where I can feel comfortable expressing myself and my opinions without feeling bound by the limits of right and wrong answers. I think this structure will be really beneficial in helping me get out of my comfort zone and actually generate a sense of trust in myself and in my thoughts without just involving memorizing content, which is basically what I have done for the past 3 years. I can not wait to actually get into the books and throw myself into the different worlds presented in them. Im also excited to read my fellow classmates blogs!!