Welcome aboard, Honors Class of 2016!

"Ulysses and the Sirens" (1891) by John William Waterhouse

So you're officially a college student.  And not just that, you're in ECU Honors.  Congratulations and welcome.  You've officially arrived.  It's a brave new world.   A new place, new people, and new expectations.  But fear not: signs of your success are already apparent.  If you're reading this, then you made it to the HNRS 1213 blog.  That's step #1.  And better yet (step #2), you already have the book for the summer reading (You do, right?  If not, stop reading this right now, yes now, go get your book--Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks--and then start reading this again.  Seriously.).  After taking a peek at the questions on this website (click here;  yes there ARE a lot.  Don't panic!), you may be thinking to yourself (that's called reflection, and good, too, by the way)--"What exactly am I supposed to do here?"  These questions  have a simple purpose.  They are designed to help you engage with the text (and the rest of us).  And since we certainly don't want you to feel uncertain or to approach the questions "willy-nilly" (a fun way to say without structure or system), click here to see the rules.