Reflection Questions

 English class has had its ups and downs for me throughout my high school experience. Some novels I actually enjoy and some I cannot bare to read. When I have to read a book I dislike, I find myself spark noting it, just trying to get by without actually opening the novel. I am hoping that the more current novels grab my attention better and will be easier and more fun to read. My past English classes have been very different experiences, some good, some bad.

    I haven't done much reading throughout my life. When I was younger I would read through all the Magic Treehouse stories, but after that I found reading to be boring and unenjoyable. The only reading I did throughout high school was anything that was required. I haven't gone out of my way to pick up a book and start reading it in my free time. Some books that I am required to read in school are enjoyable and easy to pick up and read. Novels like The Things They Carried, and The Great Gatsby, were very interesting and easy reads.

    I am hoping to enjoy the more current novels. I hope that they are more captivating than the older books that I am forced to sit through during class. If that is true, then I will gain a new love for reading and maybe I will begin to read at home for my own entertainment. With this class, I am hoping to enjoy reading and not see it as something I am forced to do, but something that I enjoy doing. I am also looking forward to reading some newer novels because I have not read a recently published novel in a while.

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  1. AlexJDAugust 22, 2023 at 8:24 AM

    Thanks for sharing, Noah! I appreciate that you enjoyed The Things They Carried and The Great Gatsby, some of my favorite novels to teach. Sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right book at the right time. Hopefully, some or one of the books this semester will do the trick.

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