I agree with Redicide because in school we read a lot of books that I find pointless. Last trimester I was in English 1a and we read Romeo and Juliet for a majority of the trimester and then our final was on argument writing. This didn’t make much sense to me. Even though the topic was on Romeo and Juliet I still didn’t like how we wasted most of our time reading and deciphering the story. I don’t think that genre fiction is less “worthy” than literary fiction because as new books come out, more and more of them fall under the category of genre fiction. I think that we should not reach literary fiction so exclusively. Honestly English and reading in school has ruined any book for me. I hate reading books that are assigned to us because then I know that I’m going to have to study it and remember important parts and take a test when all I really want to do it read the book for pleasure. I know we have to read at some point but I wish it was more enjoyable. More genre fiction should be added because kids are reading those books on their own, like The Hunger Games, almost everyone read these books, yet did our English teachers talk about them? Romeo and Juliet is the classic love story but its dated way past our time. I understand that they have to reach them and there are some important lessons but can’t we teach them a different way? I would be okay with swapping out the classics because the newer books are more genre fiction, like Twilight, The Hunger Games etc. I think that in an English class today we should read things like The Hunger Games and books that are extremely popular among the high school. I don’t think that reading Romeo and Juliet is preparing us for future jobs and life ahead of school. A friend of my dad’s asked me what I was doing in English and I told him Romeo and Juliet and he said that after we read it I will never use it again and I thought, why do I need to read it then? We should want kids to read books because 1. It boosts your IQ but it also is fun if you can’t find the right book. If I like a book imp sucked in like I’m actually in the book and I would read all day if I could but don’t get the chance to read often because not that many classes give you a chance to read.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Post 6: Redicide
I agree with Redicide because in school we read a lot of books that I find pointless. Last trimester I was in English 1a and we read Romeo and Juliet for a majority of the trimester and then our final was on argument writing. This didn’t make much sense to me. Even though the topic was on Romeo and Juliet I still didn’t like how we wasted most of our time reading and deciphering the story. I don’t think that genre fiction is less “worthy” than literary fiction because as new books come out, more and more of them fall under the category of genre fiction. I think that we should not reach literary fiction so exclusively. Honestly English and reading in school has ruined any book for me. I hate reading books that are assigned to us because then I know that I’m going to have to study it and remember important parts and take a test when all I really want to do it read the book for pleasure. I know we have to read at some point but I wish it was more enjoyable. More genre fiction should be added because kids are reading those books on their own, like The Hunger Games, almost everyone read these books, yet did our English teachers talk about them? Romeo and Juliet is the classic love story but its dated way past our time. I understand that they have to reach them and there are some important lessons but can’t we teach them a different way? I would be okay with swapping out the classics because the newer books are more genre fiction, like Twilight, The Hunger Games etc. I think that in an English class today we should read things like The Hunger Games and books that are extremely popular among the high school. I don’t think that reading Romeo and Juliet is preparing us for future jobs and life ahead of school. A friend of my dad’s asked me what I was doing in English and I told him Romeo and Juliet and he said that after we read it I will never use it again and I thought, why do I need to read it then? We should want kids to read books because 1. It boosts your IQ but it also is fun if you can’t find the right book. If I like a book imp sucked in like I’m actually in the book and I would read all day if I could but don’t get the chance to read often because not that many classes give you a chance to read.
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i agree that over reading is tupid, the books we have to read in school are over examined and then the final has almost nothing to do with.
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