schools ruins the fun of reading, kind of. |
schools ruins the fun of reading, kind of. |
Oct 25 2005, 06:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 4,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,115 |
I bet half of you reading this are all "i don't like to read", or "me? books?"
but i bet you do like books. I think it's school that's making you read boring books, book that aren't of your interest, so therefore that's "hating reading". i loathe the books we read in school. it's nothing that i like. nothing that interests me. but i love to read, don't get me wrong. i have a bookshelf full of books. but yeah, i hate the books at school. so what books have you read (recently-- last year/this year) in school that you HATED-- fell asleep on that boring. and what books did you LIKE reading? i'm currently reading the odyssey and we just finished this mythology book. i hate mythology, or anything ancient. it's so boring that it took me two hours to read a chapter (they're book I, II, III, etc. instead of chpaters) and take notes. we read huckleberry finn last year and it was so boring. I read the Giver last year, and that was the only book I probably liked. |
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Oct 25 2005, 06:10 PM
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Lauren loves YOU. Group: Member Posts: 2,357 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 32,793 |
Oy. Where do I begin?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It's highly overrated, in my opinion. I think the only reason why Mark Twain made such an anticlimactic ending was so poor helpless students like me would have to read it in schools and discuss it to death, thus ensuring his literary immortality. A Separate Peace Words can not describe how incredibly boring this book was. I feel it can best be described with smilies: The Old Man and the Sea Another painfully overrated piece. Whenever I can't sleep, I just pull out this book, read a few pages, and I sleep like a baby for the rest of the night. |
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Oct 25 2005, 07:26 PM
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Don't wake ghostie. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,546 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 2,405 |
Woah. I love all those books. I can't think of any that a school as asked me to read that I didn't like...
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Oct 25 2005, 07:50 PM
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A.K.A. Simplicityxx Group: Member Posts: 1,878 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,813 |
The only book that the school forced me to read and that i liked, is the "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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Oct 25 2005, 08:02 PM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
In 6th grade I was forced to read books about survival like The Hatchet. OMG. snoozefest.
From that point onwards, the books teachers made us read were actually quite interesting. |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:36 PM
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Can't have the hand without the cock. Group: Member Posts: 2,481 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 50,622 |
To me, I like reading. However, when reading mandatory books for school, I don't exactly loathe it. I just became too lazy to read it. We've just finished covering Lord of the Flies, if I read it on my own time, I think I would've enjoyed it. But since it's for school, I only read the chapters when I had to.
BUTTT in 6th grade there was one book I really didn't like, Esperanza Rising? or something like that. Eck eck eck. My teacher hacked at that book with analyzations, essays, webs, and whatnot. |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:43 PM
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Wow, i dont know whats going on... Group: Member Posts: 1,439 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,977 |
ha, the odyssey, what about the illiad, you read that yet?
Also,what about things like, Antigone and Gilgamesh? The stupidest book I've ever had to read was Gone with the wind. |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,191 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 23,660 |
Yeah. I have to admit that some of the stories I read in my class are kind of interesting, but when we have to analyze and write essay about it, that's when I lose interest.
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Oct 25 2005, 08:48 PM
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i'm such a sucker sometimes. Group: Member Posts: 441 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 151,732 |
We had to read The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle this year. So dull. But the one book I did enjoy was The Giver last year.
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Oct 25 2005, 08:49 PM
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No Day But Today. Group: Member Posts: 1,405 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 99,184 |
OMG
Le Morte D'Arthur needs to DIE. The book should be renamed Le Morte De My Brain!!!! That book was horrible. And so was MYTHOLOGY. I hated that book with a passion. I remember one day I was actually reading it because we had a quiz the next day and there was one guy who pretended he was Zeus. That was probably the best part of the whole book. OOOOH, and I HATED the Cay. I had to read that in 5th, 6th, and 7th grade. I just did not like it at all. I did, however, like To Kill A Mockingbird and A Separate Peace. :) |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:52 PM
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Too slow. Group: Member Posts: 2,730 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,320 |
Yeah..I like reading, but not the books/stories they make us read in school.
Well I read "The most dangerous game" I hate it. This school yeah I haven't read any books that the teachers didn't assign to me. |
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Oct 25 2005, 08:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 6,953 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 52,702 |
hmm..in school
romeo and juliet the only book i have read this year in summer classes that i liked |
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*tweeak* |
Oct 25 2005, 08:57 PM
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Yeah, that's what I thought the past two years. I'm better now, though
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Oct 25 2005, 10:09 PM
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Major Cox is here Group: Member Posts: 66 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 53,859 |
i now hate all shakespeare plays and crap like that, espically Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. They suck for me now.
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Oct 25 2005, 10:26 PM
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ladybugs are hot <3 Group: Member Posts: 1,169 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 93,802 |
ugh my skool is making me read romeo and juliet >.< and i hate the language its just so confusing, and inorder for me to actually understand it i bought the spark notes book its like a whole translation thingy lol and the teacher doesn't even know cuz we're supposed tuh use the skool books. =) i look horror books though
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Oct 25 2005, 10:43 PM
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hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
Yeah, I know what you mean. The book we read so far this year was Beowulf, and it wasn't too bad once you understood the scheme of the poem. We're reading "The Canterbury Tales" next, so I'll see how that goes.
I absolutely hated reading: Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies. I enjoyed reading Catcher in the Rye. |
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Oct 25 2005, 10:47 PM
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You can't keep running from what you're trying to find. Group: Official Member Posts: 5,030 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 54,096 |
probably the only books i've HATED from school would be 'the autobiography of miss jane pittman' and 'shane'. but just because school makes you read books doesnt mean they're the ONLY books you can read. you can read other books out of school, and read the assigned ones to get credit
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Oct 25 2005, 10:53 PM
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define our lives for us. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 11,656 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 43,293 |
Yeah.. Now that you say it, I guess it's true.
.. hi jenny! The Great Gilly Hopkins, Julie and the wolves, Chitty chitty Bang Bang, were all incredibly BORING books. I think I got some of the title wrongs. The only book I seemed to enjoy reading last year was Shiloh. |
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Oct 25 2005, 11:16 PM
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Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
Animal Farm, I am just too lazy to figure out the whole meaning behind this allegory.
Odyssey, it is so damn long and boring, epics are hard to understand. |
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Oct 25 2005, 11:18 PM
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L!ckitySplit Group: Member Posts: 4,325 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 129,329 |
QUOTE(yummy_delight @ Oct 25 2005, 7:10 PM) Oy. Where do I begin? The Old Man and the Sea Another painfully overrated piece. Whenever I can't sleep, I just pull out this book, read a few pages, and I sleep like a baby for the rest of the night. oh god yes, i read that book back in Freshman year. my teacher Mr. Reed made it sound all interesting so im like "hmm well, erm thats seems like a um enjoyable peice" so i check it out, start readin' it 3 chapters later..... "Mr. Reed you tell a web of LIES!" hemingway probably shot himself because he read his own books too much |
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Apr 4 2006, 10:42 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
Moved to Books
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Apr 4 2006, 11:28 PM
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Are You Kidding? Group: Member Posts: 1,714 Joined: Sep 2005 Member No: 237,747 |
I agree school does ruin reading. Cuz reading can be really fun.
HATED: To Kill a Mocking Bird - I didnt get the book so therefore it was boring. This one book about Anne Frank - Really boring. I think everyone in my class was falling asleep. LIKED: The Outsiders - I finish the book b4 the class finished it. It was a awesome book. I love the action. The book was better then the movie thought. This book made me want 2 read more. I felt like i wasnt reading a lot and i was missing something. So now i been reading more. |
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Apr 5 2006, 12:03 AM
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Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
I agree school does ruin reading. Cuz reading can be really fun. HATED: To Kill a Mocking Bird - I didnt get the book so therefore it was boring. This one book about Anne Frank - Really boring. I think everyone in my class was falling asleep. LIKED: The Outsiders - I finish the book b4 the class finished it. It was a awesome book. I love the action. The book was better then the movie thought. This book made me want 2 read more. I felt like i wasnt reading a lot and i was missing something. So now i been reading more. Ditto everything except for Anne Frank. I loved that...well I guess my class is doing a play adaption instead of the book. I have to agree 200% with To Kill a Mockingbird. I don't get it at all. The Outsiders is awesome! I absolutely loved that. |
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Apr 5 2006, 08:21 AM
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say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
I like reading a lot, it's just that answering questions on it is a pain in the ass. <_<
Hmm... I can't think of any school-recommended books that I don't like but read it again afterwards... |
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*disco infiltrator* |
Apr 5 2006, 03:27 PM
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THE ODYSSEY. What the hell. I freaking hated the Odyssey. I couldn't even read it. I read (skimmed) the first four books of it and then just stopped.
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