Comments | keylarion: I just read To Kill a Mockingbird

keylarion

I just read To Kill a Mockingbird

Jul 09, 2005 21:00

I've read it before. It was assigned reading in 9th grade. And I've watched the movie numerous times (It's an awesome movie). But, I decided to reread it because I'll be leading a discussion on it on Tuesday (it's the 10th grade summer reading title at the local high school). Anyway. All I have to say is: Holy Carp. That is an amazing book. ( Read more... )

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interesting. iramoved July 10 2005, 18:13:31 UTC

Funny you say that. You're considered anti-Alabamian if you don't express a tender love for the book. I found it...eh...okay.

Harper Lee supposedly wrote the book...I'm of the opinion that the whole thing was ghost written by Truman Capote.

blumunk July 12 2005, 06:46:37 UTC

I don't know. On the other hand, most of the kids I know wouldn't read anything, or would generally miss lots of great, culturally significant works. Not everyone's a self-motivator when it comes to reading.

keylarion July 12 2005, 17:23:43 UTC

I don't mean no required reading. There are ways to have assignments that oblige a student to become familiar with books I'm a fan of booktalking and then letting students pick what they want to read. And book reports are good, there's a certain amount of choice built into that. I disagree with having almost every book that's read for school be mandated by the curriculum and have everyone read the same thing.