Olivia's Blog

  Well, this is it. The last blog post and I am a little sad about it. I really enjoyed pushing myself and reading a book a week. It gave me structure and a way to hit my reading goals and diving deeper into different novels. Some that I never would have read otherwise and I found myself enjoying it a lot too. The way this course is set up ensures you are ready to succeed and if you don’t think you are up for the challenge of reading a book a week, you are able to accommodate that and the grade you get is essentially what you put into the course. I found myself getting excited to sit down and read because it was an escape from my other classes and it was being productive while also taking a break from either stats or my almost full time bartending job.  Every book was unique in its own way but had a similar theme in all of them which was the protagonist trying to or finding themselves throughout the novel. Between each book, it never fully felt that I was reading from a whole ...

  There is kind of a lot to unpack here. First, her as solely a mother and then her role in society. Because I kind of understand wanting to re-start her life and live it how she wants to, which makes sense (kind of). But like she has a child which makes this decision a lot more complicated. In my opinion, I think society does put too much pressure on what it means to be a good mother. Because we’ve turned it into almost a consumerism thing. Making sure you buy the right and best things, and putting your kid into the right schools, and such. But there isn’t much focus on the actual love you give them. But this is kind of extreme, and harsh on a child. When you want to leave and completely 180 your life is very hard on the kid, especially if you aren’t providing any consistency in your life in a time that is already hard on your kid.  Now, I’m not saying that she should lose all custody but I do think it is kind of appropriate for the father to be concerned about her role as a ...