When do you have time to read?

[Anonymous]

SAH and I don't anymore. I have about 6 books that I'm 70 pages into. I need to find time to fit it in.

[Anonymous]

English teacher who has a hard time finding books that are written well!

I often catch up over the summer. During the school year, however, reading for pleasure is not an option!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:English teacher who has a hard time finding books that are written well!

I often catch up over the summer. During the school year, however, reading for pleasure is not an option!

You're kidding, right? There are literally thousands of well-written books out there. You should know that if you're an English teacher. And I don't buy that you don't have time to read during the school year. I was a high school music teacher for 5 years doing tons of outside school time activities (marching, musicals, contests, etc.) and I still read a lot. It may not be your priority, but you can find time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English teacher who has a hard time finding books that are written well!

I often catch up over the summer. During the school year, however, reading for pleasure is not an option!

You're kidding, right? There are literally thousands of well-written books out there. You should know that if you're an English teacher. And I don't buy that you don't have time to read during the school year. I was a high school music teacher for 5 years doing tons of outside school time activities (marching, musicals, contests, etc.) and I still read a lot. It may not be your priority, but you can find time.

Sorry, that post sounds meaner than I meant it to be. It just rubbed me the wrong way that an English teacher couldn't find well-written books or time to read. I take back the stuff that implied you aren't busy during the school year, because I know how much teachers work and I appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Before bed. It relaxes me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:English teacher who has a hard time finding books that are written well!

I often catch up over the summer. During the school year, however, reading for pleasure is not an option!

You're kidding, right? There are literally thousands of well-written books out there. You should know that if you're an English teacher. And I don't buy that you don't have time to read during the school year. I was a high school music teacher for 5 years doing tons of outside school time activities (marching, musicals, contests, etc.) and I still read a lot. It may not be your priority, but you can find time.

Sorry, that post sounds meaner than I meant it to be. It just rubbed me the wrong way that an English teacher couldn't find well-written books or time to read. I take back the stuff that implied you aren't busy during the school year, because I know how much teachers work and I appreciate it.

Wow - thanks

But I'm still a bit baffled by your first post. I love reading, but with my experience, I do find that most books are poorly written. (I read The Glass Castle and was blown away by her style. I also read Perfume by Suskind - absolutely brilliant translation.)

Furthermore, teaching literature is very methodical. While I instruct students in literary style, the methods used to accomplish this are just that - methods. It's rare for me to just lose myself in an essay by Virginia Woolf b/c as I read, I'm searching for metaphors, I'm analyzing word choice, and I'm examining syntax, which is extremely complex. At the lower end with my 9th graders, imagine having to teach them the basics of plot first before even attempting to examine writing style.

So, after 10 months of analysis at an intense level, burnout sets in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SAHM with three kids. Read at night and sometimes at the dinner table -- barbaric, I know. Deserve imminent flames.

Next you'll tell us that the dinner you're feeding your kids -- while you're barbarically reading -- isn't organic!! There's a special place in hell for people like you.

[Anonymous]

On the Metro. Also on weekend mornings after I tell my 5-year old to get dressed and clean up so we can go to the grocery store. I typically get a good hour to myself after that to read, while he ignores me and continues to play.
(Also, once a week at the dinner table, while I allow DS to watch TV while eating dinner.)

[Anonymous]

I get in bed well before I'm ready to fall asleep and read for at least 1/2 hour. I also bring my kindle with me everywhere, so I can get in a little reading while waiting at the doctor's office, getting my oil changed, waiting for school to let out, getting a pedicure (not that that happens too often), etc. Also on weekends my DH and I switch off sleeping in, and on my morning to sleep I often wake up but lie in bed reading.

[Anonymous]

I read when I'm brushing my teeth, drying off from the shower, eating alone, or waiting anywhere. I always have a book in my bag and a book in the car in case I get stuck waiting for someone or something. I love reading, if it's not apparent.

[Anonymous]

I'm a WOHM and I read on the metro, during my 15 minute ride every afternoon (typically read the free papers in the morning).

Ocasionally will read at lunch during work, and sometimes during the kids' nap/quiet time on weekends. Typically before bed I read magazines I can just flip through because if I'm afraid I'll stay up too late if I get into my book.

[Anonymous]

If it wasn't for my long commute from the end of the line to downtown DC, I wouldn't have any time at all, but it works out just fine that way!

[Anonymous]

If it weren't for my computer and my DVR.... Alas, my TV habit killed my book habit LONG ago. I used to read the newspaper every morning and afternoon when I commuted by public trasnportation, but now that I am in my car to commute. Oh, well! I read a lot of articles on the internet - does that count?

[Anonymous]

Get rid of cable and you'll be amazed at how much time you have for reading. I am a single mother with a full time job and I read 10-15 books a month. Kindle on the Metro and real books in bed most nights. I guess that's a benefit of no husband! That and my toilet seat is always where it should be at 3 am...

[Anonymous]

Metro. I finally broke and got a Kindle. Makes it much easier. Before, I could only read on the Metro if it wasn't too crowded, my book wasn't too bulky, I didn't need an extra hand to hold my work bag, etc. Now, I get at least 20 pages in a day.