Meanwhile, in the Frazziverse, Caulfield, who is Joe’s age, is spending his summer rereading Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, and Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
I wonder how old this strip is. He seems to be calling a video store. I just checked online, and there is a Magic Mongo, and an episode featuring his hat, that is the closest I could get.
There is never a pop-quiz or any follow up on these reading lists. My guess is that they are suggestions only. Read whatever you want, but please DO read.
Our church used to have an after school program. There was a bank of computers for the students to use to do their homework, and there was a fifteen minute slot where everything was turned off and the kids had to read a book. In the middle of the summer, Hubby ran into one of the students in the library, and the boy shrugged. “You guys made me read, and it turned out I liked it.”
A class I took in high school prohibited reports on books that had been adapted into movies. One student ignored the order and did his report on Old Yeller anyway.
There are too many kids, and adults alike, who will never understand that movies based on books are not the same thing, not a substitute, not a replacement or a ‘fix.’ Anyone who tries to hand in a book report based on ‘the movie,’ and chooses a movie that dramatically changed the story from the book, will find this out, though.
The “Leave It To Beaver” episode where the Beaver has to do a report on The Three Musketeers and then watches the Ritz Brothers version of the movie comes to mine. For younger readers try to imagine a book report based on Cheech and Chong’s version of The Corscian Brothers.
I did look to see whether some books I want to read but haven’t yet that we were looking at deselecting at home are available on CD at the library. All but one. So they’re going to the sale room – at the library. I typically have about half an hour a day to read books, and two hours to listen to someone else read them.
Mr Nobody over 5 years ago
Meanwhile, in the Frazziverse, Caulfield, who is Joe’s age, is spending his summer rereading Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, and Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
Jeff0811 over 5 years ago
I wonder how old this strip is. He seems to be calling a video store. I just checked online, and there is a Magic Mongo, and an episode featuring his hat, that is the closest I could get.
dge714 over 5 years ago
horrors!
JudyHendrickson over 5 years ago
you mean people still do this??
dlkrueger33 over 5 years ago
There is never a pop-quiz or any follow up on these reading lists. My guess is that they are suggestions only. Read whatever you want, but please DO read.
jagedlo over 5 years ago
Nice try, Joe…now get up and go find the books!
Dani Rice over 5 years ago
Our church used to have an after school program. There was a bank of computers for the students to use to do their homework, and there was a fifteen minute slot where everything was turned off and the kids had to read a book. In the middle of the summer, Hubby ran into one of the students in the library, and the boy shrugged. “You guys made me read, and it turned out I liked it.”
Ermine Notyours over 5 years ago
A class I took in high school prohibited reports on books that had been adapted into movies. One student ignored the order and did his report on Old Yeller anyway.
scottartist creator over 5 years ago
There are too many kids, and adults alike, who will never understand that movies based on books are not the same thing, not a substitute, not a replacement or a ‘fix.’ Anyone who tries to hand in a book report based on ‘the movie,’ and chooses a movie that dramatically changed the story from the book, will find this out, though.
sergioandrade Premium Member over 5 years ago
The “Leave It To Beaver” episode where the Beaver has to do a report on The Three Musketeers and then watches the Ritz Brothers version of the movie comes to mine. For younger readers try to imagine a book report based on Cheech and Chong’s version of The Corscian Brothers.
gcarlson over 5 years ago
I did look to see whether some books I want to read but haven’t yet that we were looking at deselecting at home are available on CD at the library. All but one. So they’re going to the sale room – at the library. I typically have about half an hour a day to read books, and two hours to listen to someone else read them.
baraktorvan over 5 years ago
I love reading, but before he gives up, perhaps hit up Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu?
InquireWithin over 5 years ago
Try the CliffsNotes.