navybrandt Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I almost became one of those adults that never read. Most of the required reading in High School bored me to tears. While Anne of Green Gables (for example) might be an excellent work, I don't find it interesting. Forcing someone to read something they don't like is not the way to foster a love of reading. We homeschool and my wife makes our kids read for at least a half-hour per day (in addition to school work) any thing they want. That gets them into reading something they like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedcomic Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Also 40 and with kids. *Waves back to Mrs. K.* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromptj Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'm in the UK equivalent of junior year of high school and started reading Brandon all the way back in 2009. I still remember the Timewasters guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted June 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 @Venture MIstborn @Winter Cloud I am also in middle school, for now. Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phattemer Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 We should form a Guild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traceria Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I am in the older (not old, older) crowd along with Kaymyth, maxal, navybrandt (?), Mrs. K and Fedcomic. 34 solid years on this earth. Also, when I read it in high school, I actually liked The Stranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) I'm 7 months older than Brandon I believe! Which makes me anxious as I hope I'm still around for the end of SA! It also makes me unusual for the forum demographic: female, forty and with children of my own. *waves to the other parents* Hi For the longest time, I thought I was the only one with kids around here I guess it makes two us, unusual female readers, though I am still in my thirties. Over here, my oldest is starting school next fall. She can't wait to learn how to read.. Poor thing. I have not told her yet they don't teach reading in kindergarden I almost became one of those adults that never read. Most of the required reading in High School bored me to tears. While Anne of Green Gables (for example) might be an excellent work, I don't find it interesting. Forcing someone to read something they don't like is not the way to foster a love of reading. We homeschool and my wife makes our kids read for at least a half-hour per day (in addition to school work) any thing they want. That gets them into reading something they like. Well.... Ann of Green Cables is an amazing books... for teenage girls... I can see why a teenage boy would not like it Also 40 and with kids. *Waves back to Mrs. K.* Hi parents I am in the older (not old, older) crowd along with Kaymyth, maxal, navybrandt (?), Mrs. K and Fedcomic. 34 solid years on this earth. Also, when I read it in high school, I actually liked The Stranger. Pfff we are not old.. At work, I am still considered young 30 is the new 20 and 40 is the new 25 Besides, I would NEVER go back to 10 years ago. Gee. No. Niet. Nada. Life is much better now Edited June 3, 2015 by maxal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Does taking college classes while still technically in high school count? Because that's what I'm doing next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 (edited) 10+ years of pretty much nonstop "college" for me, now at nights, but still 6 hours a week. Edited June 3, 2015 by dayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 I am in the older (not old, older) crowd along with Kaymyth, maxal, navybrandt (?), Mrs. K and Fedcomic. 34 solid years on this earth. Also, when I read it in high school, I actually liked The Stranger. 40 with 4 kids - two of them adults, *Waves back at the "old wise people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonskin Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Does working in a College count as "being in college" ? No? then my fortysomething and I have to join the not so "wise people" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acatnamedkaren Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I will be in 10th grade next year. (Not as genius as the people in this post, if anyone wants to know.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder Posted June 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Tenth grade sounds fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybrandt Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I will be in 10th grade next year. (Not as genius as the people in this post, if anyone wants to know.) Don't let anyone tell you you're not smart. There is something you can do better than Einstein - you just have to find it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I swear Einstein actually never attended his university maths lectures anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Tenth grade sounds fun.brb while I go die of laughterHigh school, in general, is nothing to look forward to. Enjoy middle school while you can. Because its easy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Depending on the school senior year can be really lax or a nightmare. The other years are generally hell though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I've heard that too. I'm actually looking forward to senior year but because I'll probably be taking all AP/college classes I'll probably eat my words later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natc Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Due to my high school's policy on study hall in senior year we were actually allowed to do whatever and even up and go home if we had no class during a point in time (though if we were still here we gotta stick to the school rules). I skipped an entire day each week on my last semester, and when I'm not in class there's usually someone trying to play cards or board games somewhere because we were all bored and a teacher actually kept his collection on a shelf for loan. That probably doesn't normally happen. And AP/college classes require full attention or you will likely be screwed. Though what most schools do once AP exams end I have no idea. We had documentary videos to go through. I'm also pretty sure normal AP Biology lab demonstrations don't involve the spontaneous combustion of Australian gummy bears. But I don't know for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknowingly Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 When i first Joined this site i was 14 (8th Grade in South Africa) But now I am 18 and about to Matriculate(Graduate) I Should actually be studying now, but whatever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acatnamedkaren Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 brb while I go die of laughter High school, in general, is nothing to look forward to. Enjoy middle school while you can. Because its easy. True. Although classes (at least for me) are easy, but its nothing to look forward to. And yes I am scared of 10th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sun tzaro Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I almost became one of those adults that never read. Most of the required reading in High School bored me to tears. While Anne of Green Gables (for example) might be an excellent work, I don't find it interesting. Forcing someone to read something they don't like is not the way to foster a love of reading. We homeschool and my wife makes our kids read for at least a half-hour per day (in addition to school work) any thing they want. That gets them into reading something they like. The problem is that schools don't assign the interesting classics. They need more authors like Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky writes exciting novels like Crime and Punishment (axe murder) and The Brothers Karamazov (love triangles and murder)... there are so many great classics out there, and in high school they just feed kids the boring ones and, unsurprisingly, kids sparknote all of them. And classics certainly are important. There's nothing quite like reading a book written a hundred years ago in a different country and a different culture and realizing how human nature doesn't change. Heck, classic authors have written fun things too. I picked up a Steinbeck anthology a year or two back and read In Dubious Battle, where a rather violent revolt is staged on an apple farm. It was like reading a thriller. Edited June 11, 2015 by sun tzaro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Moving this to General Discussion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amrynn Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Highschool age here, though I started in 8th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Enjoy middle school while you can. Because its easy. It is not. I am just laughing at this. (Emphasis mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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