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Post by Isa on Apr 9, 2007 6:21:30 GMT -5
Yeah, reading books for school can be such a painful experience if you don't have a good teacher! Which is really sad because analyzing and discussing a book in class can be so much fun if the teacher knows how to do it right.
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Post by Michelle on Apr 9, 2007 11:25:44 GMT -5
But I had an amazing teacher when I read Heart of Darkness. I loved every other book that year and the discussions were always really good. I honestly think it was just the book.
I thought F451 was ok. I didn't love it, but I don't hate it. I like the message.
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Post by Lu on Apr 9, 2007 12:01:19 GMT -5
That's true, Jefie! But sometimes having a good teacher and an amazing discussion in class don't help so much...I had both about The Sorrows Of Young Werther but I hated that book and I still don't like it!
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Post by rory2babe on Apr 9, 2007 12:53:06 GMT -5
Oh absolutely! I think I'm going to try to read it again outside of school after I finish all my other books that I'm reading and see what I think of it. If I change my mind then I'll sure make it known that I was wrong. I guess it wasnt that bad but then it wasnt good.
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Post by bookaddict on Apr 9, 2007 13:24:07 GMT -5
I had a horrible teacher for a class on Margaret Atwood and because of him I hate Atwood. I definately need to give her another chance. He butchered her books for me. I need to give her a fair chance and read some of her stuff again.
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Post by Kristie on Apr 9, 2007 13:44:22 GMT -5
Most of the books I had to read for school were okay, some were great. There were two I really liked: Rocket Boys and The Kite Runner. But, there was that unfortunate run in with Catcher in the Rye that I didn't like. I don't really like Shakespeare, but we had to read Romeo and Juliet (as does about every school in the US) and Hamlet. Hamlet was okay and funny. I liked the edition we had which had the notes for better understanding the old English. I liked the whole story of how Hamlet played out, but I was bored with reading it.
I don't really like analyzing books for school, to be honest. I love to read books for pleasure and I don't usually analyze them a whole lot, so when I'm made to do that I feel like I can't enjoy it as I should. That's why I wouldn't be an English Lit major in college. That and I don't think the major is taken as a serious endeavor by lots of people. People are always like, "What are you gonna do with that degree?" Sorry for the rambling...
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Post by Isa on Apr 9, 2007 14:02:46 GMT -5
"What are you gonna do with that degree?", if I had a penny for everytime someone asked me that question...
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Post by Kristie on Apr 9, 2007 14:16:33 GMT -5
Yeah, and lots of people even think that if you get a degree in history it's nothing. Apparently it doesn't matter what you major in in college because you only learn something "practical" if it's in the math and/or science field. I wish more people didn't think that way...
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Post by Isa on Apr 9, 2007 14:21:26 GMT -5
So do I!
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Post by Kristie on Apr 9, 2007 14:36:41 GMT -5
No one appreciates the arts anymore. And history isn't even an art. In the US, it's stressed to try to keep up with the Chinese and Japanese in math and science. True we're lagging, but we don't have to be the best at everything...
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Post by Michelle on Apr 9, 2007 14:43:21 GMT -5
You can go to law school with any degree
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Post by Isa on Apr 9, 2007 18:09:21 GMT -5
No one appreciates the arts anymore. And history isn't even an art. In the US, it's stressed to try to keep up with the Chinese and Japanese in math and science. True we're lagging, but we don't have to be the best at everything... Especially when society's demands have resulted in Japan having the highest suicide rate in the world - surely you don't want to beat that! But I agree, arts and social sciences are not considered useful in today's society - which is why I think it's important that more people read books like Fahrenheit 451. Because without arts, I think the line between a man and a machine becomes blurry.
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Post by rory2babe on Apr 9, 2007 22:30:25 GMT -5
I had a horrible teacher for a class on Margaret Atwood and because of him I hate Atwood. I definately need to give her another chance. He butchered her books for me. I need to give her a fair chance and read some of her stuff again. I'm currently reading "Alias Grace" and I absolutely love it. It would be a good idea to give it another chance. Though I'm reading it for school but I got to choose the book myself.
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Post by Lu on Apr 10, 2007 8:01:56 GMT -5
Yeah, and lots of people even think that if you get a degree in history it's nothing. Apparently it doesn't matter what you major in in college because you only learn something "practical" if it's in the math and/or science field. I wish more people didn't think that way... I have a great respect for people who have a degree in history, I think that it is a fascinating subject, very very interesting. I'd like it to be teached better at school, that was only my experience but most of my history teachers seemed to make you hate the subject. I had to read Fraulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler for school (with the same teacher who made us read The Sorrows of young Werther) and I hated it!
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Post by Isa on Apr 10, 2007 8:04:59 GMT -5
To be fair, I don't think any teacher could make you like The Sorrows of Young Werther, what a terrible, terrible book!! lol
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