Reflection

I love this class. Intro to Literature has been one of the few classes I really enjoy going to. The topics we discuss are thought provoking, relevant, debatable, and beneficial to us as we are growing up and earning more responsibilities. I've never been assigned so many books in a class, and enjoyed the majority of them. My favorite book I'd have to say was Culture Jam because it really had me thinking about our society, our society of plentitude and noise. We are constantly upping the anti with bigger TVs, faster internet connections, and hairdos (Snooki's hair bump) while we have our cell phones ringing all the time, cars honking, music blasting. When was the last time we really appreciated silence or simplicity? I do enjoy listening to music on my iPod, watching movies on a big screen and other luxuries we have today but when it come down to it I love a nice walk in the woods to get away from all the indulgences of today.

My friends and I at a nearby lake after hiking last Easter.

All the various types of literature we discussed all provoked different opinions and emotion. The one topic we discussed really hit home for me--The Dumbest Generation. We watched the Youtube video of an interview with Dr. Bauerlin, the author of a book The Dumbest Generation: Don't trust anyone under 30 years old. Who does he think he is to be able to call our generation 'the dumbest.' I do agree with Baurelin when he says our generation is very into social networking online, through cell phones and all other means, but it does not constitute 'stupidity.' Each generation has it's own interests that differ from the others. My grandparents generation did not understand the rock&roll era of our parents. Our parents might not understand our interests in Facebook or myspace. The lesson I have really learned is to think independently, and respect others independence. I am going to do what makes me happy and hope everyone else does whether their method to happiness is completely different than mine. Life is bland without independence.