Final Exam Blog Post

I have learned and entered a new world of books coming into this elective. Most language art classes don’t focus much on the books and how they are viewed through the public. I have also gotten to open myself into thinking about how books could be considered “less valued” by the author not being literary. This is definitely not something have considered before and am willing to think about in the future. I have always been a math type of guy and business type too. As a future businessman (hopefully) I have not considered the book industry as much of a prosperous or complicated industry. I thought of it as a simple and traditional infrastructure based on simple supply and demand. This battle between writing styles has made me think that the book industry structure as more of a movie type industry. You have the money makers and the award movies. I have also seen my reading classmates in a whole new light, usually I read with my class grade and the same book; in this class I have seen older and the same aged people read a diverse selection of books. I feel as if this has changed my view on literature and will guide me through some of the more advanced classes in my future as a student. This opportunity and class time has also given me a well needed reading time since I can get easily distracted at school. Questions covered in this class like the discrimination of “chick lit” has also made me think why I find a slanted view of even since I haven’t read it.

Personally I have grown and developed myself as a reader. This class didn’t have a schedule and you could read how much whenever which was great for me. This forced me to motivate myself to read since I’m not much of a reader. I think it was good to carry on some of the responsibility as a reader. I have also this try some of the books I would have to put on hold since I am distracted with Romeo and Juliet or something. I have taken of my list some good titles like; Holes, 13 Reasons Why, The Lord of the Rings, and The Fault in Our Stars. I came into this class wanting to be more of a reader not only in just pumping out novels but also as someone who is in the literary world and is conscious of it. I usually never pick books on my own and just pick up the next biggest book. This trimester has been great for expanding to some of the books that I thought I would never be able to read. This class was also a different style of than other classes I have taken. As I said before it had a looser schedule and restrictions which made this the perfect class to end a great day on. The environment helped me get better associated with books and the way I view them. This trimester I haven’t viewed them as much of homework as I have for a leisure activity.  Best Sellers has changed me not only as a reader but a person too who has learned in an environment with different grade levels. I have met wonderful people who enjoy reading more than I do which was fun. I have also seen people who love genres that I don’t necessarily find interesting. The diversity of readers has made me see different book genres and how the people and books compare and unite under the book world. Overall I have progressed as a person and a reader, I think this was a great class to take as a freshman and would take it again if I had the chance.