Monday, May 14, 2012
Readicide
I think that they should let us read but what we want to read not what the ciriculum wants us to read. I think we should get rid of one story and add one that people like but not Twilight, Twilight we should burn... all of them. But we should get hold of some more entertaining books and not books that we as students couldn't care less about. Ones like some of Stephen Kings books or maybe some other book that is well written yes but fun to read. I don't think that we shouldn't read I think that we should read. But we should read something more entertaing or something about our time leave historic books for history class. Ditch To kill a mockingbird and put in The Gunslinger no one cares about how a girl's brother got his arm broken. No one cares about the fake Odyssey which was written in greek times. Dont forget what happened no but its just not as revelant. I dont like Literary Fiction and Genre would work a lot better. Dont get me wrong i like some of the school books but at the same time i think that there are a lot better books about examples of good plot work and how the books are written than those written more than half a century ago. I like To Kill a Mockingbird its so far the best book you HAVE to read but yet at the same time it is outdated since it was written by a woman in the great depression. So in recap we should read some books that are old or that are boring but at the same time we should read something better or at least more current.
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I agree with you that we should read some classics and some newer books.
ReplyDeleteYour post confused me because you started out with no classics and ended with both. Personally I believe you are wrong with ditching classics because where else are you going to read the books that influenced todays culture? Everyone just about read the hunger games on their own but everyone just about would NOT read the Odyssey on their own. We need classics in english to expand our books not make us enjoy it. That's the point of best sellers.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of The Stephen King books the only problem is one of the reasons the school keeps the books it does is because everything we read must be 'school appropriate' or approved by the parents.
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should be able to choose half the books we read so that people can still read what they want to read.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea about how Twilight should burn, Stephanie Meyer cant write worth anything, cant develop characters worth anything and has only succeeded in creating a tween fiction novel that makes little girls want a wolf human or a man that glitters.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good point that we need books that are well written but are fun to read so kids will want to read
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