Contemporary Literature Reflection

 To wrap up our time in Mr. Davidson's Contemporary Literature class, we were each tasked to write a reflection on our time in the class. With four questions that will be answered in this post.  

I. Why did you sign up, and did it meet your expectations? 

 I signed up for Contemporary Literature mainly because I haven’t really read any books written that recently for school, and I wanted to have a change of pace for an English class. And I have to say this class not only met my expectations, but I honestly had a much better time than I thought I would in this class. All the books were interesting in their own way, and they all had a different concept or style that I hadn’t seen before. To the point where the books we read in class alone would make me take this class again if I could.  

II. What was your favorite novel and why?  

Although all the novels we read in this class were good and they all provided a fresh perspective on a bunch of different genres, I would have to say that my favorite book would have to be Dark Matter, which was, funnily enough, a book I wasn’t too interested in going into the unit, as I have never really liked science fiction books due to their usually glaring plot holes and lack of good worldbuilding. But I began to change my mind almost immediately. The novel had great pacing and explained the science fiction topics using schrodingers cat and assuming that, if we could find a way to eliminate all observations, including ourselves, we would be able to travel to many different parallel universes. Overall, this book was great from the character development to the pacing, and I ended up finishing it in a couple of days.  

III. What was your favorite project and why?  

My favorite project this year was definitely the Ted Talk project. Although I was a bit nervous about finding and presenting an idea that I believed in, I had a lot of fun researching my topic and most of it honestly did not feel that tedious, which most research projects end up being, as there will always be a couple dead ends and speed bumps when researching. I also learned quite a lot about the history of different traditions that I didn’t know going into it, and by the end of It, I hoped that my project would change people's perspective on how they see traditions.

IV. What type of student should take this course?  

When it comes to what type of student would be best suited for taking this course, I believe that any student could really take this course. One thing I will say is you have to stay on top of everything, and you should try and make sure that all your Daily Reading minutes and reading worksheets are done, as well as to keep track of the projects we do, as it's easy to forget about it until you have to speed through it. Otherwise, the class would be for anyone who wants to expand the types of books they read and find different plots and perspectives than they may be used to.

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