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Originally Posted by JDK1962
A book is "good" or "bad" for an individual at a particular time and in light of what experiences they've had and what they've read before.
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Agreed. Try re-reading a clasic from high school. You might be surprised by a new-found appreciation. Don't pick a book you absolutely hated, of course. Nothing will make me touch Moby Dick again, but there have been others that astonished me. How did I miss the depth, the richness, of this book on the first go-around? I think we were too young and inexperienced to fully comprehend some of the literature we read in high school.
Hated it: Herman Melville. Loved it: John Steinbeck.
I'd like to hear your opinions on this one: Shakespeare in high school. Elizabethan English for teenagers? It wasn't so bad for me in college, but I think high school is too early. I wonder if I'll never love Shakespeare because it was forced upon me too soon.
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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors
An hour later, they told me I could go. My reply? "One sec, almost at the end of the chapter." There was a groan from the administrator - the one who'd given me the detention - as he realized that he had essentially done nothing but provided me a nice chair to hang out in.
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LMAO