#class reading

[deep-studies]

Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019

It’s the first sunny day in almost a month in shanghai! Spending the morning reading for history class in bed~

[welcometotheravenclawcommonroom]

Why do the most boring books have the best quotes?

[mythos05reviews]

1/5 stars

This book was not for me. Even years after reading this book for English class, I still can't get over how boring it was. I was originally excited, considering how all my friends were glad that book got chosen over Bud, Not Buddy (we ended up reading both), which I preferred.

From the beginning, I had multiple issues with the book. I didn't understand the parents' involvement, the hatchet being given as a gift, and just how uninteresting it was in general.

Number 1, I had high expectations for this, considering how much my friends praised it. From the beginning, I was generally uninterested in the story. I tried to give it a chance and to see if the book would get more interesting.

Number 2, what type of mother gives their child a hatchet. They didn't give any context. Did the mother come from a hunting family? Is it symbolic? All I understood was that she gave it to him as a sort of apology for having to deal with her divorcing his dad.

Number 3, the parents are overall absent, other than the mom in the beginning. I feel like both of them being included in some sort of way would have been better. I feel like the mom should have been more worried about having her son go alone on an aircraft with a stranger.

I would not recommend this book at all. I feel like there are other survival stories that are more interesting than this one.

[theonceandfuturestudent]

I hate art history theory

Or maybe it’s that weird spot where art theory crosses over into philosophy. Just. At some point we have to draw a line! Please. I really don’t want to keep seeing sentences like this:

“ When we inquire in this way, our aim is to come to know the thing-being (thingness) of the thing. The point is to discover the thingly character of the thing.”

It just feels like this:

[michiganartstudent]

Topic: My Future Life

My initial thoughts on the topic are that I do not want to imagine too far into the future because that involves the loss of many people that I currently know and love. We all have an end to our living stories, and I do not want to imagine how it might happen. We cannot completely predict the future. We can only imagine the outcomes. I have some goals but go with the flow and my gut for the rest.

My thoughts about the class article. I was a little surprised to read that it is hard to stash money in a 401k, because that does not fit my personality. I like being prepared as much as possible and I am definitely thinking about my financial future. Though, I believe that money is not my main worry in life. My experiences and personal effects in life are what I tend to naturally focus on.

[agrarianradfem]

“Mahmud... who comes home only on weekends, knows that when he arrives, a meal that is to his taste will await him. He admits that he has no idea what his children or wife like to eat” 

[ghost--sugar-blog]

I’m using tumblr to distract myself from the mountain of reading I have to do for my Digital Writing class. 

I really don’t want to read for this class. I really really don’t.