High School Students: Summer reading assignment?

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Originally posted by: yankeesfan
What book(s) did you have to read?

I have to read "The Eyre Affair," by Jasper Fforde. I don't quite understand the logic behind forcing students to read a book that in no way is a classic or something I will remember even one MONTH later.

Well, if you don't remember it one month later, then that seems like a personal problem.
On the other hand, if you don't come away as bettering yourself after reading the book, then that could be a personal problem again, or a problem with how the lesson regarding the book was set up. The book may not be the actual focus of the lesson, rather a tool to help teach what ever class requires it.

Think about physics class, for example. You learn a lot of physics concepts and such, but in order to do any of the quantitative problems, you need to know math. Its not a math class, but you use the math as a tool to solve the physics problem.

 

[tami]

it's your birthday and you're thinking about summer assignments? :Q

 

[computeerrgghh]

Inferno, Cry the Beloved Country, and the Little Prince +5 essays on each... damn AP Lit

 

[yankeesfan]

Originally posted by: tami
it's your birthday and you're thinking about summer assignments? :Q

My bookshelves are right in front of my computer.