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Required Reading: Which book from your school days
do you remember reading & enjoying? Is there a book published now
that you'd like to see in today's curriculum for kids?
I do have an answer for this question, but there is a catch...
My favorite book that I remember being required to read in high school was...
The catch is, I don't really remember caring about it when I read it all those years ago. I re-read it, oh man, it must have been three or four years ago now, and I LOVED it! That is when it became one of my favorite books, I only wish I had appreciated it when I first read it.
***OH, I just remembered, when I was a senior in high school we had to read the first chapter of The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, and I loved it so much I did go out and buy the book and devoured it!***
Now, as far as what I think should be required reading, I'm going to say pretty much anything by John Green or David Levithan.
They are both such amazingly talented writers, plus all of there books involve a messages of accepting others but also accepting yourself for who you are. But if I had to pick just one, I would be hopelessly optimistic and pick...
8 comments:
Great answer! I'm loving Boy Meets Boy (I'm about halfway through it right now), and I agree - wouldn't it be nice to see that as a requirement in high school classrooms? But you're right, it'll be a long time until we see that, especially where we live!
I never "had" to read Mockingbird in school, but I enjoyed it when I finally read it... only a few years back.
I can see how it would be a good one for class discussion.
I like your choice. I think there are so many realistic "issues" books that would be so wonderful to expose to a classroom full of kid. Happy Reading!
Hopefully there's more than one "kid" in that classroom!! *proofread*
I never really appreciated that book until I was much older too! I remember liking it but not really understanding the moral and social impact it had until I was older.
I think allowing kids to read books by Levithan or Green would be a great idea. They both write novels that leave readers with a lot of things to discuss!
I will have to reread TKAM... my mom made me listen to the audio when I was probably or so and I didn't like it.
I pray for the day that a book called Boy Meets Boy can be put into the school curriculum. It makes me so sad when I think of all the drama something like that would make today.
Seriously, can I just stop time so I can catch up on all the Green and Levithan books I need to read?
Boy Meets Boy would be WONDERFUL to add to a curriculum! I would fully support that.
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