Recommend books to read before heading off to college

[Anonymous]

Pick one author and get a few books by them: Dostoevsky, Woolf, Faulkner, Conrad, Atwood, Toni Morrison, Calvino, Twain, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The St. John’s College Seminar reading list:

https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/classes/seminar/annapolis-undergraduate-readings

Me: Checks off all colleges who have summer reading lists

[Anonymous]

Missoula by Jon Krakauer

It makes clear how easy it is to get into really unfortunate situations with consent and lack thereof, especially when alcohol or other drugs are involved. I think most kids would benefit from reading it. It is also well written and the legal aspects are very interesting.

[Anonymous]

If you have a girl, I recommend “The Her Campus Guide to College Life.” It has advice that parents would be comfortable with, yet written in a voice that kids will believe. My daughter read it quite a bit the summer before college. It might be especially good for inexperienced kids who are nervous, but won’t admit that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The St. John’s College Seminar reading list:

https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/classes/seminar/annapolis-undergraduate-readings

Me: Checks off all colleges who have summer reading lists

Agree!! No thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The St. John’s College Seminar reading list:

https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/classes/seminar/annapolis-undergraduate-readings

Me: Checks off all colleges who have summer reading lists

SEMINAR. Not summer.

Speaking of reading...

[Anonymous]

These kids are 18 years old. Give them an F’ing break

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These kids are 18 years old. Give them an F’ing break

These kids are 18 years old. Give them an opportunity to read something other than their school assignments or their phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kids are 18 years old. Give them an F’ing break

These kids are 18 years old. Give them an opportunity to read something other than their school assignments or their phones.

Why are you moms such helicopters? Let them read whatever the heck they want this summer without Mommy’s input.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Kid is a voracious reader. Was asking only for suggestions ppl might make and why. Suggestions to pass along. I already passed along a suggestion from elsewhere called something like “ 20’s, the defining decade” and have been hearing how kid wholly rejects the authors assertions ‘do x, y, z equals happiness’. These are only suggestions to make to someone starting a new phase of life and development. Not a graded assignment with a test at the end.
Also already suggested Motorcycle maintenance Zen book but kid only got so far finding its start too slow. Will share specific suggestions taken from this thread. Thanks for providing suggestions.

[Anonymous]

I read every day, hundreds of books per year, and yet reading was the LAST thing on my mind the summer after senior year.

[Anonymous]

I don't have a book, but I have a movie..."Taken." If you have a girl. I think part of keeping females safe is having them recognize that just because, for example, they SHOULD be allowed to do the same things that males do, doesn't mean that they can without risk. And young females that are unprotected are targets. And also, how incredibly immoral and evil some people can be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These kids are 18 years old. Give them an F’ing break

These kids are 18 years old. Give them an opportunity to read something other than their school assignments or their phones.

Why are you moms such helicopters? Let them read whatever the heck they want this summer without Mommy’s input.

When I graduated I was given an inspiring book or two (Hilarious Twain autobiography was one). The original post is along those lines. No one but you assumed this was a mother forcing reading on her senior. You, PP, are helicoptering this thread as I'm sure you do on multiple threads. Maybe you ought to pick up one of these books for some summer reading of your own and take a break from nit-picking posters' responses on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read every day, hundreds of books per year, and yet reading was the LAST thing on my mind the summer after senior year.

+1

[Anonymous]

What Good Students Do. Oxford University Press