Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for May 12, 2022

Got it covered

When broome was young the books were hand written and only had a cover, but no fly leaf.

Broomie did book reports using hieroglyphics??

Book reports kill any pleasure in reading.

I speak from experience.

Broomie is not a good role model.

Many the book report that was written by reading the dust jacket. In fact, a couple times I copied that word for word. The teacher knew that a fifth or sixth grader wouldn’t write like that.

Actually using a pencil and paper to write the report…interesting!

When Broomie was in school, they had scrolls, not books. I guess at 1500 years and counting, her memory is failing.

When my grandfather was a child, his parents bought a 1910 edition of The Book of Knowledge, which contains precis of most classic works, written at a child’s level. I managed to gain a pretty good grasp of The Iliad, and most of Shakespeare’s plays reading those articles. Wrote some mighty fine reports, too. (Listen, I read it, didn’t I?)

For an autobiography just read the about the author section instead of buying the book.

Can’t name a single book I had to write a report. HATED doing everyone of them.

The guy who got the best grades in my English class told me he just read the Classic Comics versions for his book reports.

“F”.

I was and am a serious reader but book reports, no

That’s what Cliff notes was for, and you didn’t have to buy the book.

Done that…didn’t get away with it

I feel like an over-achiever. I read the first chapter (some times even two), a middle chapter, then skimmed the last chapter to see who was still alive.

Nerwin, if your teacher is worth her pay, this is not going to work!

Book reports are probably the main reason that I don’t read “literature” these days. I never liked having to analyze whatever the author meant. I read for pleasure, mostly, and for current events/history.