reading for school Options

[xTINAA]

How many of you actually read the books you are assigned to read for school? This year my class has read 5 books and I've only fully read 1. The rest I either start to read and never finish the last few chapters or I only read the first few chapters, get bored with it, and go on sparknotes or pinkmonkey. So what about you??

[HongKongDong]

I've read.... none of them completely xD

The books we are assigned to read are just sooooooooooo boring I tend to doze off and just drop the book and do something else... usually sleep xD

[angel-roh]

Hm, none hehe. Well actually one I guess... but it's very boring. I don't know why my teacher likes that book Ehck >.<;;

[misoshiru]

i have to. we've read..about 6 books already. and because it's an ib/ap class...i have to read it.

[KissMe2408]

lol call me a dork, but i love to read. So when they assign me a book, usually it's a classic, so i will read it, just to see why it's so great.

[xxruinedsoulxx]

i like reading but not the ones the teachers assign us to read i haven't read the book our english teacher assigned (and she assigned that to us last june)

[Wishful Thinking]

my english teacher is lazy she only assigned us ONE book which was like... 4 months ago... and i finished that like long before she gave it to us.. because i read it before my english teacher is getting paid to do nothing. trust me, she never taught us ANYTHING. she assigns SUBS to teach us, i don't see the point of having her then..

1. we never had anything for spelling.
2. we never did stories or anything.
3. we never had anymore tests or anything. (we only had one test.. which was like.. 5 months ago.. and really easy.. and..pointless.)

i have the worst english teacher ever.. my gr.7 teacher taught me more WORDS than my english teacher will EVER teach anyone.

oh yeah.. most of the time we spend in class is listening to her talk about her life... or reading a book we had to bring in ourselves... kinda pointless really. we have reading period second block..

[imafreakinazn]

well we have this thing called "A.R." stands for accelerated reader.
each book has a level and a certain amount of points. you read the book, take a test, and if you pass you get those points.
we have to get a certain amount of points per semester

[Hiiatus]

So far, I've read like 4 books and I have like 5 mores to read until the end of the year.. the sad thing is that the 3 others books are boring. I've never really liked reading, the worse thing is that even if you didn't read the book at my school. The teachers are explaining everything so that, even if you didn't read it and you've listened in class you can pass the exam that sucks. Makes me mad thinking about those who didn't read the book and have same mark as me gr.

[DaTru KataLYST]

Friend: I'm reading Huck Finn
Me: Just go to Sparknotes
Friend: I know
Friend: That's what I'm doing!
Friend: When I said I was reading it, I meant I was on Sparknotes.


HAHA. That cracked me up.

[travnewmatic]

haha biatches, i dont have an english this year! when my family and i moved a few years back i had to change school districts. in the school district that i came from, english started in 8th grade, and went to english V in 12th grade. in my new school district, the kids here start english in 9th grade and go to english IV in 12th grade. THAT MEANS that im an english ahead of everybody else. so while everybody else is stressing about senior english this year, im not breaking a sweat because i took senior english last year! the only bad thing though is that all of the announcements about our class (in my case, class of 2005) are sent out through the english classes. this wasnt so much of a problem becuase last semester i sat in the 7th period english class (who is taught by the same teacher who i had for english III my sophomore year) beuase (a) thats the same period my girlfriend has english and i enjoy sitting next to her and because (b) i didnt have anywhere else to go becuase i dont drive to school and there istn really anywhere else id rather be/anything else id rather be doing. NOW things are different. my gf decided to change her schedule, so now instead of having 7th period english, shes now an aide for japanese 1 teacher (she did this so that she could graduate under national japanese honor society, which only works if youre enrolled in some sort of japanese class the last year of high school). im not going to sit in that english class if shes not there, so now i sit in the japanese room. not english. no announcements. well have to see if this all works out... and whether i graduate on time... haha

[Flaunted]

we read three or four, i don't remember
but i think i only read like 2 or 3.
i read the book first and if i don't get it
then i read sparknotes to understand it
the last book we read was all about sex.
hahaha it was funny.

[xTINAA]

i have to.  we've read..about 6 books already.  and because it's an ib/ap class...i have to read it.

i'm also in an IB/AP class but i don't read and i still managed to pull off an A for semester...

[*tweeak*]

Friend: I'm reading Huck Finn
Me: Just go to Sparknotes
Friend: I know
Friend: That's what I'm doing!
Friend: When I said I was reading it, I meant I was on Sparknotes.
HAHA. That cracked me up.

I HAD THAT EXACT CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE YESTERDAY

of course, i actually read the book. my teacher gives impossibly hard, detailed quizzes you couldnt pass without reading

ive read everybook ive ever been assigned except lord of the flies. i got through half and sparknoted the rest. i learned my lesson though, because i failed the test

[Spirited Away]

I love reading... actually, it depends on the subject. Textbooks bore me sometimes, but reading novels is one of my favorite passtime. I used to be the first to finish reading anything in my high school english honor classes.

[BeyondElite]

Since we have Outside Reading projects every semister, we are expected to read five or more books per semister. I have finish reading nine books to be exact.

[bballchick1]

umm..so far we have had the choice of one of 2 books and answering questions to it but we could read both books and answer questions for both which is what i did

[*stephinika*]

hmm i've had 2 so far and yeah i've read them...i don't mind reading all that much.

[heyyfrankie]

i tend to do the same! i hate to read books that are not interesting. i usually try to read over the material the best i can and try to get the main ideas. but i am like you, i will go on sparknotes!

[kellyannie]

I usually start reading them, but never finish, and just read up on it online or something the night before hehe

[xx angelbabu xx]

i usually read them... but if they're really boring, i just skim through the chapters then read the sparknotes...

[Nicolatofu]

I remember we had to read Romeo and Juliet...then take a test on it..I read it, but didn't know what the people were saying so i stopped and failed a test. Then we had to read The Hobbit. That one was okay, i guess.
But I'll prolly try and read the books this year so I don't fail any tests.

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

I read a few all the way thru, but for the others, i just get the cliffnotes

[177emories]

have i ever finished one?

[D1SMANTLED]

most of the books they assign us to read at my school are the really famous books... i dont read it if it doesnt appeal to me.

SPARK NOTES!

[br0ken smile]

I always read them

[silver-rain]

hmm, this year, we had to read three books. and i have only really read one and just sparknoted them. i just didn't really have enough time to read them though, but if i did, i would.

[EXPLO5ION]

We have to book reports every month and each book has to be from a different genre. I just choose books that I have already read.

[jennyjenny]

I read all of them...
Fully.

I don't get how you can't. We have like tests on each chapter and it's better to be prepared!

Sparknotes doesn't give you everything in detail, and only summarizes. I use sparknotes after I finish reading so I can take notes.

[xj_liana_tx]

we read about 5

[eli5e]

umm none.. i think o_O

[lilJdawg]

Yeah, if the book interest me, then i'll read it. If it doesn't, i'll re-read it over & over again, 'til it does interest me. other than that, i don't read, i get the answers from my friends. =P i usually read them, to get a good grade.

[sunissed14127]

We have this thing called Acelerated reading, (AR reading) and we have a point goal & a level, and we have to read books that are within our level & get all the points for our goal, or a bunch of points get marked off for our reading grade. stupid.

[*tweeak*]

we had that in middle school. i trophied all 3 years, because that was before i spent excessive amounts of time online and all i did was read

[gigiopolis]

I read all the books. I'm in Honours, so the teacher expects us to know every little detail about the books.

[avalon*]

i read all the books this year..which was a good idea because our exam was an essay on it =]

[panaginip13]

I like reading, so I read the whole book. I sometimes use Sparknotes to help me study for the tests though... it helps me make sure I know all the important parts/characters of the book.

[laur3nw]

I've read all, only because my teacher is really strict. He always made us right a page of notes for every chapter and he would give us quizzes on it. The books are always so boring too!

[smrkangl]

we have to read 20 minutes everyday.

i use reading on the internet as the reading.

[RandomHero]

Cliff notes come in handy. I havn't read any this year.

[s0pnayish]

I think we've read a total of about 6 plays in my AP English Literature class, and I haven't read any one of them. I mean, I've read some parts of them, but I've never finished them. So thank god for sparknotes or else I'd be failing the class.

[demolished]

yea i always finish the book when teacher assigned me to read it. it was sooo fricken boring .... it takes FOREVERRRRR TO FINISH THE BOOOK ! well, theres nothing i can do about it but just read it anyways.

[sammi rules you]

I love reading... actually, it depends on the subject. Textbooks bore me sometimes, but reading novels is one of my favorite passtime. I used to be the first to finish reading anything in my high school english honor classes.

me too! i love books! except....i was first in my middle school honors english. i've only had a trimester of high school english honors. hehe. (i'm only a freshman..)

[Shattered_Hope]

they have assigned one book already...and umm...hmm...i read the..err..well most of it..but I got bored..meh, at least I managed to pass it with a perfect score.

[miss barnes]

umm...no we read them in class while i sleep...

[Just_Dream]

Hmm.. Well I've only read 1 book out of the two assigned to us.. Or wait.. I think there MIGHT have been another? Dunno.
Anyway, the other book that I didn't read I just skimmed.. didn't bother.going on sparknotes.com I was just too lazy! lolol.
ALTHOUGH, we were assigned to read any b ook that we wanted from a list of about 50 books. So I guess I read 2 books out of three. The first book I read over the summer (damn summer reading book) and amazingly, I did pretty well on the test for it as well as the newspaper project -- got a better grade than others, even though I BSed it. =P

[WhiteLotus*]

I've read two books. They were so friggin boring..I somehow got through them.

[lovescream]

I dislike reading. It bores me. Especially if the book is boring.

[gelionie]

It depends. I don't think I have read ALL the recommended books before though. *sigh*

[aicilah999]

I've read.... none of them completely xD

The books we are assigned to read are just sooooooooooo boring I tend to doze off and just drop the book and do something else... usually sleep xD

lol ditto..too lazy..wow CB is getting addicting..but ahh..still do my hw

[innovation]

i actually do.. honestly, english class is almost all discussion and debate, and we're actually graded very heavily for our participation and introduction of new, original ideas. if i didn't read the books, i would be failing english at the moment.

[*salcha*]

yes, cuz my teacher is hecka hard on us.
and she does in class discussions, and you're picked randomly to like tell us what you think about the book and stuff

sparknotes helped me soooooo much.

[nevernothere]

I read 'em all... simply 'cause I read so fast a 300 page book doesn't take more than 5 hours combined max. And if I don't understand... my teacher advises sparknotes.

[toodlepops.]

christina, you reminded me!
my teacher is gonna test me tomorrow.
*dies*

[tofuburger]

i like reading...we've read some haroun book...and now we're finishing up romeo and juliet...which is stupid...and next we're readint to kill a mockinbird..which seems interesting enough...but i hate the classics that they make us read...some of these old books are just "wack, yo"

[demolished]

i like reading...we've read some haroun book...and now we're finishing up romeo and juliet...which is stupid...and next we're readint to kill a mockinbird..which seems interesting enough...but i hate the classics that they make us read...some of these old books are just "wack, yo"

yea, old books sucks these days .. i dont enjoy reading it.

[yukichan]

i have to read it or my teacher wont pass me for the year...i also have to read 12 different kinds of books to pass for the year..the teacher said it was a standard or something..

[mickybeans]

call me a nerd but i really do read all the books that are assigned as class books. LOL. there was probably ONE that i went to sparknotes.com to read up on but that was it . :]

[demolished]

call me a nerd but i really do read all the books that are assigned as class books. LOL. there was probably ONE that i went to sparknotes.com to read up on but that was it . :]

Dont you know what's nerd means ? person who does school crap and get's super good grades. Also, very clever and smart.

[imenlightened]

i'm a sad individual. i read just about all of the books on my summer reading list. we were supposed to read 1 of them.

[perfectxflaw23]

We've had to read one of our choice, and 2 that are mandatory. The rest comes out of our Literature books. At least in our Lit. books, all the stories are so tragic. Has anyone else noticed that? Anyway, I completely read the book of my choice, read half of one of the mandatory ones (yay gradesaver.com!), and am in the middle of the other. The one I have now is actually kind of interesting.

[*xcaitlinx*]

i do...

[eli5e]

i just go to sparknotes.. hahahahh =X

[sm0kinm0nky]

well we had to read outsiders for english and i already read it int he summer so i didnt botehr to re-read it. And i cant use sparknotes cause my teacher knows about it so she generates test quetions that wont be from sparknotes.

[racoons > you]

well we've had to read three books this year, i read two of them all the way through... i gave up on silas marner, it was killing me slowly

mice and men- eh... i get why its menna be so great, but it didnt do anything for me personally

but to kill a moockingbird was so good... on eof my top 3 books ever. im glad we had to read it

[*tweeak*]

just finished- adventures of huck finn

just starting- the great gatsby

[Teesa]

yep, read all of them, but it was all pointless to my life...except crime and punishment and to kill a mockingbird.

[loopylandscapes4...]

I usually read all of the books, just because we get tested on the content and what not.. can't really use spark notes because they're insignificant novels

[*jooleeah*]

Eh, I usually read them before the class starts reading them. Haha.

[hirador]

I'm taking AP english for my junior year and we have a summer reading list which includes "This Boy's Life", "An American Childhood", and a collection of essays. I read several of the essays, maybe half and I'm about 100 pages in "An American Childhood".

just finished- adventures of huck finn

just starting- the great gatsby

I read the Great Gatsby for english last year. I could not enderstand the metaphors, they were so confusing. But that's just me and my non-analyzing brain.

[eternalyfe]

I have the same exact reading as hirador (as we go to the same school). The collection of essays is 50 Essays - A Portable Anthology. That wasn't too bad. Some of the essays were amusing. But some were just hopeless and took me a few hours to read.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

for my school, our ap english book this summer
is the Poisonwood Bible.

[mrsnoll]

I had to read some book by Charles Dickens and lemme tell you...I WAS BORED OUTSIDE MY MIND and I had to read Christy and this summer I had to read that book Chronicles of a death Foretold
i absolutley HATE summer reading and their stupid test

[jue]

I finally finished my summer reading! I read
Hitchikers Guide To the Galaxy
Tears of a Tiger
& The kidnapping of Christina Lattimore.

[soEXCLUSIVE]

My teacher's advice is, "You can use SparkNotes all you want, but we'll be talking about the character's personalities and traits and less about the story."

I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird, but that's just because I lost the second book. >.> It's really good so far though.

[ktsou11]

i usually read them unless i am completely uninterested in it. we read five books and i didnt read two of them.

[mahokaida]

I'm reading To Kill a Mockingbird, but that's just because I lost the second book. >.> It's really good so far though.

I love To Kill a Mockingbird. It is an excellent novel; one of the best ever written in my opinion.

I always read every book I'm assigned. I normally like any book that is assigned, however. I only use sparknotes to brush up on what I read before a test.

For my AP English class I had to read Caucasia and Black, White, and Jewish. My teacher strayed from anything too old and stuck to more modern books, which was cool - I usually only read old, classic novels so this was something fresh.

[iROCKYOURSOCKS]

right now im starting to read Beowulf for my ap english class and reading some Anglo Saxon language its pretty cool!

[Smoogrish]

We're not assigned anything, buuuut. I still haven't written my second book report. I'm saving it until the night before school starts.

[xoxo_proud]

Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd and the Glass Menagerie by Tennesse Williams. I didnt like that book. I had to force myself to read it.