This was me in school. I could read Hamlet or Of Mice and Men, but not the assigned material. I think the fact that it was assigned made me not want to.
Reminds me of when my first grade teacher demoted me half a grade for reading ahead in Dick and Jane. Of course, I was promoted back to 1A the next day. This was the teacher who some years later got fired for locking a kid in the closet, forgot he s in there, and went out to lunch.
As a senior in HS, I skipped ahead and did all the spanish assignments for the rest of the term over spring break so that I wouldn’t be bothered by it for the rest of the year.
Even in the underfunded Arizona school where I work, books are chosen for students based on their reading levels. You have kids side by side in the same second grade class, one reading “The Cat in the Hat” and and the other reading “Harry Potter”.
He can read whatever he wants on his own time. When it comes to class, you read what the teacher assigns. You don’t have to like it. Kids like Caulfield had better learn that school (and life, for that matter) doesn’t exist to cater to them.
Bilan over 7 years ago
Huh? Didn’t Einstein say that EastOfEden=M*CChazTheChooChoo² ?
Kind&Kinder over 7 years ago
Things don’t always add up, Caulfield. Certainly not the way you want them to.
cabalonrye over 7 years ago
Chaz the choo choo? How old is that boy?
whiteheron over 7 years ago
In more ways than one, this doesn’t add up.
Ignatz Premium Member over 7 years ago
This was me in school. I could read Hamlet or Of Mice and Men, but not the assigned material. I think the fact that it was assigned made me not want to.
comicboyz over 7 years ago
She should have upped the ante and spot quizzed him on points from the book as well as asked for a book report in two days
comicboyz over 7 years ago
Esquared does not equal MCcubed
magicwalnut over 7 years ago
Reminds me of when my first grade teacher demoted me half a grade for reading ahead in Dick and Jane. Of course, I was promoted back to 1A the next day. This was the teacher who some years later got fired for locking a kid in the closet, forgot he s in there, and went out to lunch.
comicboyz over 7 years ago
As a senior in HS, I skipped ahead and did all the spanish assignments for the rest of the term over spring break so that I wouldn’t be bothered by it for the rest of the year.
pshapley over 7 years ago
Even in the underfunded Arizona school where I work, books are chosen for students based on their reading levels. You have kids side by side in the same second grade class, one reading “The Cat in the Hat” and and the other reading “Harry Potter”.
JoeMartinFan Premium Member over 7 years ago
He can read whatever he wants on his own time. When it comes to class, you read what the teacher assigns. You don’t have to like it. Kids like Caulfield had better learn that school (and life, for that matter) doesn’t exist to cater to them.
unfair.de 8 months ago
What kind of literature will Caulfield enjoy when he is in high school?