High school

[Sir Ollie]

Ah, I remember doing that...
I'm seeing Othello on Thursday and Lenny Henry is playing as him
Gonna be three hours long though. Ugggh.

Lenny Henry ahh thats random i wouldn't think a guy like him would do something serious, and three hours oooooo lucky

 

[Nimbus]

Well, generally, you are not going to realate to "old stuff". Unfortunatly, "old stuff" is ideal for examining your understanding of cultural context.

 

[TheDustyBanana]

Most books I had to read in high school were boring/pretentious/or just plain crap. They're also usually outdated. But luckily I was good at BSing my way through the texts/quizzes/exams. All I can say is "good luck" with those sorts of books.

 

[Goldbling]

At least you dont live in Texas, I had to, and have to read alot of boring books, but im in ninth, so they give me a couple of choises, but next year... pray for me

 

[HannesPascal]

Ha ha I'm reading Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett)in my English classes and I think I'm in High School (it's the thing after elementary school isn't it?)

 

[Rhaisington]

I know this will sound whiny but i don't care...I'm in high school and i just finished The Great Gatsby. Can anyone tell me why i have to read this books i can in no way relate?

Sorry that the High School Musical annual 2009 isn't on the syllabus, but that's what happens when the education system is obsessed with teaching you things rather than pandering to you.

I agree, the system totally sucks.

I've done the "high five" the "air five" but is there an "internet five"? If there is, I want to "internet five" you my friend.

 

[Lukeje]

I did
I have it on my iPod and the teacher borrowed it to play it one lesson.
Such a nerd... xD

Hey! Listening to Kate Bush isn't nerdy! [small]much...[/small]

 

[EeveeElectro]

I did
I have it on my iPod and the teacher borrowed it to play it one lesson.
Such a nerd... xD

Hey! Listening to Kate Bush isn't nerdy! [small]much...[/small]

Forum sing-a-long?

It's me, oh Cathy! I've come home!

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

pfff...

It seems some people still believe high school is about education.

Sure it makes you a well rounded person, but anyone still recall the information you where tested on the finals?

Faint inklings? Now if that was only thing they tested you on then I wouldn't be complaining.

I don't think any of the specific stuff you learn is really important, but they all apply to your academic potential and work ethic.

What their really doing is training you to be an able bodied, law abiding, hardworking citizen that will be a benefit to society through hard work.

 

[hxcfreak]

Ah, AP English Lit, how I fondly remember you crushing any enjoyment I could possibly have in anything labelled 'classic literature'. The month spent dissecting To Kill a Mockingbird line by line will forever be remebered by me as 'To Kill To Kill a Mockingbird'. The Great Gatsby was but a passing, foregettable blip compared to that wonderous month.

If you thought Gatsby was hard to get through without being diagnosed narcoleptic, try reading Bless Me, Ultima. I read War and Peace over a summer and enjoyed it far, far more than any book whose meanings were forced upon me in an 'educational' manner.

 

[captainwolfos]

I had to read Of Mice and Men, and though many people would agree that it's a brilliant book reflecting on the history of the Wall Street Crash, I really didn't like it.
But then I don't really like Steinbeck's style.

I like the history, though.

...What was I saying?

 

[hxcfreak]

Awww, poor you.
That book is fucking awesome by the way.

why?

 

[hxcfreak]

Do you have an exam on it?
I recently read Wuthering Heights which I have no relation to, but I had an English exam about it. It's a great book, though.
Unless you read it in your own time. But it's good to read books that are a little different.

not yet but i'm the first one done since i read most of it in Saturday dentition a three hour wast of everyone's life

 

[Brotherofwill]

Awww, poor you.
That book is fucking awesome by the way.

why?

You will find out one day, padawan

 

[hxcfreak]

Awww, poor you.
That book is fucking awesome by the way.

why?

You will find out one day, padawan

lol i don't plan on reading it ever again or anything that should be on the lifetime movie network...yeah i went there

 

[CRAVE CASE 55]

I didnt have to read that we had to read to kill a mokingbird which is a decent book

 

[Brotherofwill]

Awww, poor you.
That book is fucking awesome by the way.

why?

You will find out one day, padawan

lol i don't plan on reading it ever again or anything that should be on the lifetime movie network...yeah i went there

Ok, well why didn't you like it? Maybe we can find the root of your problem there.
It really helps to read books multiple times if you had some problems with them

 

[hxcfreak]

Awww, poor you.
That book is fucking awesome by the way.

why?

You will find out one day, padawan

lol i don't plan on reading it ever again or anything that should be on the lifetime movie network...yeah i went there

Ok, well why didn't you like it? Maybe we can find the root of your problem there.
It really helps to read books multiple times if you had some problems with them

it was really boring love affairs don't interest me in the slightest and that was the main conflict throughout the book

 

[Pseudonym2]

The Great Gatsby was a very influential book, so even if you didn't like it, you still need it to understand more recent works. I thought it had a great writing style but was OK because I could identify with it. One of friends from a previous school was basically Daisy. We got to read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in the same class so that made up for it, especially since I had already read a book on it and wrote an analysis of it.

I did have to read one book that was so bad the teacher apologized for having to make us read it. It can't even remember the title but it took place during the Civil War in the South. It had a bad case of historical revisionism and it took the Angela?s Ashes approach of not having a any quotation marks. Only in this case, it made it impossible to figure out if the character was thinking to herself or talking. The most obnoxious scene was when she needs a hat, so walks out side and someone accidentally dropped a hat out the window right on her head.

 

[Jerious1154]

We had to read The Odyssey freshman year and that was just torture. Going in, I already sort of knew the exciting parts of the story- like with the cyclops and the mermaids and such, so I expected it to be like that. That whole section of the story takes up 70 pages of a 450 page book. The rest of it is about feasts.