I loved reading but always hated book reports because I felt like I had to take someone else’s work and try to analyze a bunch of minor details. Deconstructing the story that way seemed to take away some of the magic. Book reports aren’t all bad now, of course, but back then…yeesh.
I wasn’t keen on doing the reports, although English was one of my best subjects. Ultimately the reports seem to me as subjective as a review is.-—————————————Still, it’s a useful assignment, so far as teaching analytical thinking- which is in short supply these days. But reading the books was more fun than writing the reports.-——————————————- I sometimes wonder if that’s part of why many people don’t enjoy reading as adults. Can it be they still can’t separate opening a book from the idea that they’re being ‘made to,’ and judged for it?
T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas almost 9 years ago
I loved reading but always hated book reports because I felt like I had to take someone else’s work and try to analyze a bunch of minor details. Deconstructing the story that way seemed to take away some of the magic. Book reports aren’t all bad now, of course, but back then…yeesh.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 9 years ago
I wasn’t keen on doing the reports, although English was one of my best subjects. Ultimately the reports seem to me as subjective as a review is.-—————————————Still, it’s a useful assignment, so far as teaching analytical thinking- which is in short supply these days. But reading the books was more fun than writing the reports.-——————————————- I sometimes wonder if that’s part of why many people don’t enjoy reading as adults. Can it be they still can’t separate opening a book from the idea that they’re being ‘made to,’ and judged for it?
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Agreed Maria.