Student Blogs

Hi! My name is Ruby. I am a second year student majoring in Sociology. I am taking RMST 202 for my literature requirement and also because I took RMST 201 last year and enjoyed it. My expectations for the term are simply to introduce myself to new genres of novels. I used to be a […] read full post >>

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Hello everyone, my name is Jialu Xu, but you can call me Lucy, which is my preferred name. I am a second-year Bachelor of Arts student, and I am interested in applying for economics as my major. I come from a beautiful city in China called Tianjin. There, we have a wide variety of breakfast […] read full post >>

Hi everyone:) my name is Grace and I’m in my second academic year at UBC. My major is psychology and I plan to minor in creative writing. I was born in Victoria on Vancouver Island and loved growing up in such a beautiful place. I live right by the beach, and the ocean will forever […] read full post >>

Hi everyone! I am Maya but I named this blog “Page Pioneer” to lean into the silliness I feel for some reason about running a blog. I am a psychology major and so I haven’t dappled in too many English courses in university, other than those for requirement. However, I enjoyed English class quite a […] read full post >>

Hi everyone, My name is Nadia and I use the pronouns she/her! I am excited to be in this course and explore  novels that differ from my typical interests that I may not have read without this course. I am also hoping to begin to enjoy reading again. My goal for this semester to be […] read full post >>

Hello all. My name is Rhys Falby, I am a fourth year undergratuate student, majoring in Psychology. My goals are to complete a masters of counselling psychology, and eventually go on to become a clinical counsellor. I was born in Toronto Canada, and moved to Vancouver at the age of 2. I have lived here […] read full post >>

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Hello Everyone, My name is Esther Zhou and I am a second-year student majoring in psychology. I am an international student born in China and grew up in Spain, France, and Italy. Since a child, I have enjoyed listening to classical music and playing the piano. Music makes me relax and escape from this noisy, […] read full post >>

Hello Everybody！Please allow me to make a brief self-introduction. My name is Cici Zheng and I am a fourth-year student, majoring in Asian Studies. I rarely read books in my spare time, and I usually choose to watch dramas, singing, or do some outdoor activities(e.g. hiking). Since, my daily school and part-time job have taken up […] read full post >>

The reading for this week, I, Rigoberta Menchu, was not difficult in the sense that it confused me, but difficult in the sense that I found it extremely hard to get through, as the reading was filled with discrimination, injustice, and inequality that was faced by Rigoberta Menchu and her family. It is a tough […] read full post >>

This week’s novel by Vargas Llosa, Captain Pantoja and the Special Service, was a really fun read! I will say, even though Jon informed us it was a comedy, the book was not at all what I was expecting – but in a good way! The idea of having a “special service” comprised of prostitutes […] read full post >>

After finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude, I was left amazed at how much Garcia Marquez was able to fit into the novel.  Not only where there seven generations packed into this book, but each generation had meaning and characterization, and there was plot points surrounding all the characters we meant. Of course, the importance […] read full post >>