It’s not the length of the book that matters, but your compulsion to turn the pages.
I hated being told what to read as a child. I get it: give the students a wide variety of styles so they can become more well-rounded and can decide what to read later in life. but it bored the Dickens out of me.
Don’t worry, Paige. When you’re in your 60s, none of that will have mattered. You won’t use most of the crap your learned in school. Heck, social media has proven that you won’t even use English class ‘learning’.
I remember being assigned to read Brave New World in high school, still have not finished it. Got a C-, just by asking classmates questions. Yet finished To Kill A Mockingbird and The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy in a couple hours.
As a history teacher, I rarely assigned longer readings but when I did (“1984”), I would post a running, daily “how much you need to read/day” to complete the assignment in the month plus given. Some students liked it, others not so much.
The only assigned book I enjoyed reading was “Kon Tiki” by Thor Heyerdahl. I just never understood how a translation of a book by an Norwegian Anthropologist could qualify as "English literature…
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
can it, Jason
GeorgeInAZ over 1 year ago
I still ponder how I thought 93 pages was a big deal in my youth while today it’s no biggie. Same with writing.
knutdl over 1 year ago
280/3 = ?,?
seanfear over 1 year ago
you can always give him a math book whenever he needs to (on the head)
mindjob over 1 year ago
Jason can provide the crib notes
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 1 year ago
If she’d try reading instead of crying, she could do the whole book in a day.
jslabotnik over 1 year ago
See, kids, math can be fun
apoch003 over 1 year ago
I never understand these events in which Page or Peter are clearly responsible for their own outcomes and then blame Jason.
dflak over 1 year ago
It’s not the length of the book that matters, but your compulsion to turn the pages.
I hated being told what to read as a child. I get it: give the students a wide variety of styles so they can become more well-rounded and can decide what to read later in life. but it bored the Dickens out of me.
Lee26 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Don’t worry, Paige. When you’re in your 60s, none of that will have mattered. You won’t use most of the crap your learned in school. Heck, social media has proven that you won’t even use English class ‘learning’.
RobinHood over 1 year ago
I remember being assigned to read Brave New World in high school, still have not finished it. Got a C-, just by asking classmates questions. Yet finished To Kill A Mockingbird and The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy in a couple hours.
hk Premium Member over 1 year ago
Geez, that book wouldn’t last me more than a couple of days. I love to read, always have. I read at least one book per week, sometimes more.
Robert4170 over 1 year ago
I could easily read the 280 pages in one day.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Read the room, Jason. Happy Thanksgiving.
EnlilEnkiEa over 1 year ago
He’s helping her right now.
Fennec! at the Disco over 1 year ago
I wonder what the book is? (Maybe I’ve read it.)
Havel over 1 year ago
As a history teacher, I rarely assigned longer readings but when I did (“1984”), I would post a running, daily “how much you need to read/day” to complete the assignment in the month plus given. Some students liked it, others not so much.
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
I read for fun, but not fast. I doubt I ever did more than 50 pages a day.
Arghhgarrr Premium Member over 1 year ago
Can you ever finish .3 repeating pages?
JP Steve Premium Member over 1 year ago
The only assigned book I enjoyed reading was “Kon Tiki” by Thor Heyerdahl. I just never understood how a translation of a book by an Norwegian Anthropologist could qualify as "English literature…
tcayer over 1 year ago
And you could have read ten pages in the time it took to have this conversation…
smokycattab over 1 year ago
No Cliffs Notes? I used them for the books I read in honors English