tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post1103095142905920346..comments2024-01-30T17:24:27.175-05:00Comments on Paperback Princess: Paperback's Pondering's: Required Reading for Schoolpaperbackprincesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-4871941385595086512015-10-16T07:33:28.733-04:002015-10-16T07:33:28.733-04:00The Shakespeare plays shake me up the most!! You m...The Shakespeare plays shake me up the most!! You made a good point! I would personally not have any trouble with reading maybe a classical and a more relatable novel ,because that makes things more diverse, but in a school where not a lot of people like to read at all, I'm not sure how that would go down lol! paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-68237725524972392042015-10-16T06:11:18.749-04:002015-10-16T06:11:18.749-04:00I totally agree with you, and that required readin...I totally agree with you, and that required reading can be such a pain sometimes. Especially with reading Shakespeare plays because they are so hard to understand sometimes. <br /><br />I don't completely agree with letting YA being studied in school because literally EVERYONE reads YA. It's easy to understand and yes very relatable. There's a reason why schools let students read classics and heavy novels -- simply because they're hard to understand and are often underappreciated, since most teens nowadays read YA all the time. Classics shouldn't be neglected. Like Jane Austen books, they were published in the 1800's, and if it weren't for school, they wouldn't have been appreciated as much as they do now. :) Which is a good thing, if you think about it, no matter how hard it is to read it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-77850134545626286872015-10-14T15:32:30.907-04:002015-10-14T15:32:30.907-04:00That's also true. Even I'm not that excite...That's also true. Even I'm not that excited to read when there's homework to go along with it! Hopefully my reading experiences will be better. paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-86855538867207252042015-10-14T15:31:21.287-04:002015-10-14T15:31:21.287-04:00It's great that you had a positive experience!...It's great that you had a positive experience! I plan on taking any English course I can get my hands on, so hopefully I'll get to learn some cool stuff :)paperbackprincesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446601964387517150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-2588992001318434032015-10-14T12:06:18.961-04:002015-10-14T12:06:18.961-04:00For the most part I did not like the books I read ...For the most part I did not like the books I read in high school, except for when I was in AP Literature because they were more exciting and pertained to things I actually liked. I agree with you, if the books were more along the lines of what teenagers like to read, then more people would actually like required reading. Part of it might just be that teens don't like being told what to do and be given homework, especially reading which takes up time they might want to spend doing something else.Sierra @ The Nerdgirl Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988689551994156529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717251772632628978.post-551060436977397182015-10-14T10:51:04.683-04:002015-10-14T10:51:04.683-04:00I mostly loved the required reading I had for scho...I mostly loved the required reading I had for school. I took a lot of English classes in high school (I even got to design my own independent study, so I picked the reading material), and was an English major in college with a concentration in East European and Asian literature (which meant I got to read a lot of really cool stuff). I got introduced to The Secret History, wrote a paper on The Ring trilogy, and read a lot of classics I might not have otherwise. :)The Bookkeeper's Apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078501638449951856noreply@blogger.com