NEPTUN Biography



CAITLIN SHEN, ESP Teacher




Major: College of Engineering

College/Employer: NEU

Year of Graduation: 2026

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Past Classes

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What makes a book bad? (and complaining about books we've read in the past) in Splash Fall 2022
When was the last time you closed a book and sat there wondering why you finished reading it? What books have you been forced to slog through by school or a well-meaning teacher? Well, here's your place to complain about them! We'll be talking about bad books we've read and why we disliked them so much. Come prepared with your biblio-biography! Topics will include: character arcs (or lack thereof), fan service, bad plot armor, genre blindness, deus ex machina, self inserts, and writers who doggedly resist improving their writing.


What makes a book bad? (and complaining about books we've read in the past) in Splash Spring 2022
When was the last time you closed a book and sat there wondering why you finished reading it? What books have you been forced to slog through by school or a well-meaning teacher? Well, here's your place to complain about them! We'll be talking about bad books we've read and why we disliked them so much. Come prepared with your biblio-biography! Topics will include: character arcs (or lack thereof), forced romance, idiot plots, Mary Sues, deus ex machina, storyline pacing, and writers who doggedly resist improving their writing.


So you want to know about everything that ever was? in Splash Spring 2022
So, you want to know about everything? EVER??* In this class, we'll be covering the history of the cosmos and the Earth, all in sixty minutes! From the big bang to our modern day, we're going to speedrun the world as we understand it right now. *we're not qualified to talk about the future


What makes a book bad? (and complaining about books we've read in the past) in Splash Fall 2021
When was the last time you closed a book and sat there wondering why you finished reading it? What books have you been forced to slog through by school or a well-meaning teacher? Well, here's your place to complain about them! We'll be talking about bad books we've read and why we disliked them so much. Come prepared with your biblio-biography! Topics will include: character arcs (or lack thereof), forced romance, idiot plots, Mary Sues, deus ex machina, storyline pacing, and writers who doggedly resist improving their writing.