Bellarmine College Preparatory School Reviews
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I took Faulkner Seminar Honors with Mr. Lum during the second semester of my senior year. I was already checked out, with all college applications submitted, and I had constantly heard about how difficult this class was. Suffice to say, I was not looking forward to it. But Mr. Lum, through a combination of humor, engaging lectures, and a deep care and compassion for his students, made every paper, every reading assignment, and every class discussion worth it. He helped change the way I feel about English as a field of study, gave insightful tips and helpful advice on my writing, and opened up new avenues of thought and analysis for me. Faulkner as an author and as a person is incredibly complex and difficult to understand, but Mr. Lum helped the students in his class diagnose and understand the unique form of writing and narration that Faulkner employs, and he encouraged us all to continue studying Faulkner and unraveling his mysteries as we continue diving deeper into our study of literature. Don't let the "honors" title scare you off, or the idea that Faulkner will be too difficult to understand, or that "it's my senior year and I deserve a break. " You will be studying and learning with the best English teacher at Bellarmine, and the bonds formed within your Faulkner class are lifelong. Despite the occasional procrastination on a reading assignment or the difficulty in thesis formation on The Sound and the Fury paper, I cannot emphasize enough what a valuable experience this class was for me, and I strongly, strongly encourage every rising senior at Bellarmine to take it.
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