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!