Justin's Eng Blog

  He enters the room. Everyone stops, all attention is drawn upon him. He breaks the tension with a small wave of the hand, and proceeds to the corner where a person sits  by themsel ves. “This seat taken” he asks.   “ Are you in it ?” asks  the person.           “What?” he responds   with a question  in his eyebrow .        The person does not give a response. The person   only begins to occupy themselves with paper and a  penc il . The person began to write on the paper , focused, as if they were working on an essay. He looks down at the page and notices its emptiness . He squats on the ground, the talking and laughter of the room deafening his ears. He puts h is head on his knees and his arms begin holding himself together. He lets out a silencing sigh, and ask himself “Am I here all alone?”  

 Literature has never been of any particular interest to me. I always found it hard to sit down and give anything my full attention long enough to truly appreciate what is in front of me. Nor does it help that out of all my literature/English teachers in K-12, only one left a real impact on me.  It should then come to no surprise that when picking my major I thought literature would have no value to me when studying for my degree. However, I learned very quickly that that would not be the case. Even though literature will not have the same importance to my future as it would an English major, I still recognize that it has value. Literature to me will be most important in trying to understand other people's perspectives and thought process, or even broadening my own perspective on things. Sometimes, it's easy to get trapped in your own world, but literature could help break out of the box you build around yourself. Even though I probably won't develop a urge to sit down and ...

 Hello, my name is Justin Singleton. I'm from Perry, Ga. My major is biology. What I want out of this class is the knowledge to be able to complete my education and earn my degree.