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berretso4

Summer Reading

Aug 13, 2006 03:00

The Poisonwood Bible: 9 hours and 30 minutes

The Awakening: 1 hour and 40 minutes

Knowing you've just completed the last summer reading assignment you'll ever do within five days before Senior year begins: PRICELESS.

There are some books that have to be read slowly. For everything else, there's Speed Reading.

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gummbbear August 13 2006, 15:14:21 UTC

don't you also have to do vocab or something with those books though?

berretso4 August 13 2006, 19:23:22 UTC

No suposedly there is a vocab test from the AP Guide. We have to have handwritten notes for the books. And we write essays.

masoretic August 14 2006, 01:06:34 UTC

The awakening is a horrible book.

berretso4 August 14 2006, 01:32:00 UTC

I fully agree. My brother and I were discussing that.

beltspinner August 14 2006, 03:37:16 UTC

Um, I would say that not bothering to read either of the books and still managing to get a very easy A totally kicks any recordbreaking time's ass.

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berretso4 August 14 2006, 05:07:53 UTC

I expect as much. It's a book on feminism.

masoretic August 14 2006, 12:33:59 UTC

But, it talks about her FEELINGS...And isn't that the only truth in life? How you FEEL?

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masoretic August 14 2006, 14:03:09 UTC

See, what i don't get is why they didn't give us some of the literary masterpieces of human civilization. You never read War and Peace, Atlas Shrugged, Republic, Confessions, 1984(which, to the credit of high school teachers, is taught), Brave New World, and a lot of the other big hitters over history - These are books you dont hear much about until college. And in my opinion, High School students are at the perfect age to debate and critique these kinds of books ( ... )

berretso4 August 14 2006, 22:47:27 UTC

Yeah a lot of your points I've been spreading to my, especially when some with say lower GPA's get disappointed. I remind them that that number has to do with only ONE (1) aspect of the business world. The ability to communicate is never graded (really), the ability to love is never graded, the ability to SUCCEED is never graded.

We should get together and right a ground-breaking essay. Or not and let the world screw itself. :D

Know what I learned today? The Rings Trilogy (Tolkein) is NOT considered literature that is high enough to be taught in AP classes. It's put on the exact same level as Harry Potter. LOTR is one of the most extensive British novels, and whethere the novel itself appeals to you, it is much better than say, oh, THE AWAKENING.

:: mad ::

lol, yea I hate the school system too.

masoretic August 15 2006, 02:06:50 UTC

You might find this book extremely interesting.

http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm

berretso4 August 15 2006, 03:02:24 UTC

Looks very interesting and well-written. I will definitely consider it as a solid read (that is, once I have time from school). Oh, the irony.

sti272 August 14 2006, 20:40:35 UTC

Loved Poisonwood Bible. Two years later and I've still yet to finish the horrendous-ness that is The Awakening. Did I ace all the assignments we had on it, though? You betcha.

berretso4 August 14 2006, 22:41:42 UTC

Haha that's the kind of awesomeness I'm planning on.