RMST202 Course-specific blog

This week I read My Brilliant Friend, a novel about the touching friendship of Lila and Elena. At the beginning of the novel, it is evident through the protagonist's childhood memories that they are very different from each other. Lila is calm and determined. She is intelligent and carries remarkable courage. While the protagonist is hesitant, she thinks about many things and fears many things. Leila seems to be a genius in the novel, while the protagonist is a good student who works hard. So logically, the protagonist is attracted to Leila, and the protagonist studies harder to chase in Lila's footsteps. I had a friend who was as excellent and dazzling as Lila, but what attracted me was not her various achievements but her deep understanding of me, which gave me a feeling of hating each other. Her language is short but always to the point, and this sharpness moved me, so, like the protagonist of the book, I kept trying to keep up with her growth because it is very rare to ge

  It was a blessing for me to be able to choose RMST202 out of the many courses I took. I initially chose this class for the credit requirement, and I had no idea about the content of the type. But when I participated in the class, I was pleasantly surprised by the new grading format and the amount of class discussion. In this situation, I found that I could read every novel recommended by the professor without the pressure of a grade, and the weekly blog I was required to write was a lighter load than in my other classes. This assignment felt less like mandatory learning and more like developing good reading habits. When I learned that I needed to complete a book each week, I would schedule my time wisely and read for two hours a day, Monday through Friday, to complete the book in an even but modest way. These two hours of reading allow me to quiet my mind, feel the words, and start my college day. In fact, it had been a long time since I had read a book in its entirety and carefully,