ajblakejr
Age quod agis
This past weekend, I was tossed back into High School English.
I pondered, what everyone remembered "having to read" for class.
Please post those memories or nightmares.
Then, I wondered, what do high school teachers assign now?
If you know the answer, and it is not Harry Potter, please post.
And if you participate, please keep College Lit for another thread.
The inspiration for this thread:
This past weekend, To Kill a Mockingbird, celebrated 50 yrs.
This book started my hobby of collecting quotes and pulled me away from Judy Blume books.
What do you recall reading?
I pondered, what everyone remembered "having to read" for class.
Please post those memories or nightmares.
Then, I wondered, what do high school teachers assign now?
If you know the answer, and it is not Harry Potter, please post.
And if you participate, please keep College Lit for another thread.
The inspiration for this thread:
This past weekend, To Kill a Mockingbird, celebrated 50 yrs.
Atticus Finch: I remember when my daddy gave me that gun. He told me that I should never point it at anything in the house; and that he'd rather I'd shoot at tin cans in the backyard. But he said that sooner or later he supposed the temptation to go after birds would be too much, and that I could shoot all the blue jays I wanted - if I could hit 'em; but to remember it was a sin to kill a mockingbird.
Jem :Why?
Atticus Finch: Well, I reckon because mockingbirds don't do anything but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat people's gardens, don't nest in the corncrib, they don't do one thing but just sing their hearts out for us.
This book started my hobby of collecting quotes and pulled me away from Judy Blume books.
What do you recall reading?