Introduction

Hello, my name is Teresa Cardenas and I am a junior here at TCU. I’m from Irving, TX and actually commute every day to and from school instead of living on campus. My major will be finance with a concentration in real estate with, hopefully, a minor in accounting.

I’m taking this course because it is one of the core requirements but also because it seems like this would be the one I would have the most interest in. I hope at the end of this class I will be able to interpret and understand short stories and books with a more in-depth perspective rather than just getting the top layer of a book.

I don’t normally read all too much, or haven’t had the time to, but when I use to I loved reading short stories and/or fiction books. The most recent books I have read would be the Harry Potter series, up to the most recent so I’m excited for the movie to come out next month. I haven’t taken an English class or literature class since high school and so I am a little rusty on all the book elements and stuff. Back in high school, I usually hated reading the books unless they were short or had a lot of things going on within the book that made them interesting.

I learn differently depending on how each class is set up, I don’t have just one way of learning; I can usually adapt myself to the style being taught in the class. I do like to have class discussions over readings and I also like to be able to take notes and go back and look at those, and this class seems to that it will have both.

A little bit of an interesting fact is that I have played tennis for about 12 years now and still play but don’t really get out on the court as much as I would like to because of shoulder “injury”. But back in high school, I was on a mixed doubles team that was placed 2nd in the district and had the chance to go to regionals and represent our school which was a pretty awesome experience even though my partner and I didn’t go all too far into the draw.

Finally, I have read, understood, and agree to the terms of the course syllabus.