These are general posts that don’t fit into other categories.
It is easy to how our current state of the world can be seen as dystopian. We are in the midst of a continuously evolving pandemic under the leadership of an administration that arguably has no idea what they are doing. During what can be considered one of the worst Continue reading
I have been going to the gym four times a week, every week for the past six years straight. Not being able to go to the gym or have adequate machines to workout is my worst nightmare. It is not because I think I am going to get big, it Continue reading
I would like to bring attention to the dystopian qualities of the health care system in the United States of America. I believe that the American standard for healthcare was created to be systemically oppressive on poor people of color and translated these prejudiced principles into clinical care in obstetrics, Continue reading
A dystopian world, as described by our class, can arguably contain any mixture of criteria, but there are several key features that many (if not all) staples of the genre possess in one form or another. As a consensus, we concluded that generally, a dystopia can be identified by an Continue reading
Over the course of the semester, our class came up with several different definitions of a dystopia. After many tweaks, we came up with the following definition: Dystopia: an imaginary or real place whose inhabitants may lead a restricted and oppressive existence under some form of authority that arises as Continue reading
Show Notes Transcript Hello and welcome to the first season of Dispatches from Room 101, a podcast that explores the realities of dystopian literature and film. My name is Jason Todd, and I am an Associate Professor of English and the Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Continue reading
With the continuation of the semester I feel my critical analysis skills have gotten much better. As this class has sharpened my skills in critical analysis with weekly blog posts and annotations so have many of my other ones. Being a history major and a prelaw minor most of my Continue reading
At the beginning of this semester, I thought I already was good at analyzing and breaking different events down because I use to debate. But as we got deeper into the semester, it became very clear that I had so much to learn. Based on the eight categories, I know Continue reading
I think the key to learning is having the ability to adapt to a large variety of information to ways that I can fully comprehend. Another key thing that encourages becoming a self-regulated learner is making goals, creating a plan and being able to make adjustments when necessary. I am Continue reading
When I reexamine the three criterias that I have previously categorized for myself, I believe that they remain the same. The ability to exercise sound reasoning in order to analyze issues/make decisions, and overcome problems remains one of my strengths. Being able to proficiently analyze issues/make decisions allows me to Continue reading
