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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in MCPS.  They do definitely read at least a few full books on English class.  I wish it was more — it seems like it’s one full book per quarter plus then poems and short stories built around that.  This quarter my 10tj grader is reading Circe.  Last year he read Life of Pi as the last book but I can’t remember what else.  I think they are decent books but I do wish they were reading more like 6-8 books a year and mixing in some older ones — maybe 1 19th century and a couple 20th century.  It does seem like there is a preference for stuff that came out in the 21st century.

I think the colleges are getting what they asked for.  They want kids that have endless extracurriculars, travel teams, competitive clubs that do regional/national competitions, kids that do tons of volunteer work or internships.  Exactly when do they think kids are gojng to have time to just read novels?  I read tons of novels growing up because my only extracurriculars were a couple clubs that met occasionally and did 1-2 events a year.  [/quote]

PP makes a great point about kids not having time for reading.[/quote]

They don't have time because their parents make them do all of these ridiculous activities. Your kid can get into a ton of schools without all of that bit parents are so nervous that they just do what everyone else does. If I tell you my kid only did a once a month activity and worked in the summer and got in everywhere, people will say that's a lie. It isn't but you've all bought into the lie that your kid won't get in anywhere without all of these activities. Why are you so insecure?[/quote] What's was the once a month activity? Private school? Where is "everywhere"? How many of the 10 commonapp EC slots did they leave blank?[/quote]

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