Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Schools and Education General Discussion
Reply to ""Lord of the Flies" - in TENTH grade?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked in a 3rd grade class in which a girl student was reading The Help during her free reading time. Teachers thought it was a bit odd but she got it from her parents so nobody objected. I am totally in favor of kids reading what they want, including adult books, but even I thought this was a bit much.[/quote] I read Flowers in the Attic around that age. Reading isn't the same as comprehension. Sometimes you need life experiences to understand the undercurrent.[/quote] I agree. I actually think that pushing certain books on kids before they have the life experience to really “get it” just serves to make them dislike the book and guarantees they’ll never get anything out of it (because why would you read it as an adult when you remember hating it as a teen?) I think Walden is a perfect example of a book that is utterly wasted on high schoolers.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
