Introduction

Hello!

My name is Kristin, I am from Grantville, PA.  Grantville is about an hour away from Shippensburg (right near Hershey Park).  I am currently a senior Biology major. I plan on going to graduate school for Occupational Therapy, so far I have applied to Thomas Jefferson and Indiana University.  One of my hobbies is playing softball, this summer I played for a womens league in my town.  I enjoy almost all music, except for metal.  I do not watch that many movies because I almost always fall asleep half way through.  On the other hand I do like to watch discovery health, spongebob, reality TV, and investigation discovery.  I also like reading when I have time.  Harlen Coben is one of my favorite authors, and I also like the Harry Potter and Twilight series.  The most recent book I read was called Plea of Insanity, it was a murder mystery type of book.

To be honest I probably would not have taken this class if it was not required,  English and History have always been my least favorite classes to take.  However, I had a great experience in my freshman writing course and my best friend is an English major and she recommended taking this course.    My past experiences reading "literature" have not been the greatest.  In high school I was never interested in reading Shakespeare, or the majority of the other required readings.  Most of my classmates shared the same opinions as I did about the books we were reading in class.  I thought it was hard to understand, and when my teachers would tell us about the hidden themes in the book I really did not see them.  It always took me forever to get through the reading because I would just read the same words over and over again and none of it would sink in.  In my opinion literature consists of those books that are read by almost every generation, and that have lasting themes.  They are the books that are usually read in high school English courses.  I wonder if "literature" is still being created, because all of the literature I was introduced to was written by authors many many years ago.