I’m not sure, but the teenager may slowly be moving into another genre.
He finished Night.
Under duress, I must add.
He finished it nonetheless.
Turns out one of his classmates had already read it, so that it gave it a bit of “cache,” other than just a reading requirement imposed by his mom.
Now he has to read Maus…
which he says he's not into, even though it’s a graphic novel.
Then again, if a classmate recommended it, he’d be all over it.
He did ask though for The Catcher in the Rye,
but I’m embarrassed to admit that the “reason” he asked for it: because it was mentioned on “South Park.”
Yes. My son has started to watch South Park.
Animal Farm is on the list because one of his classmates told him “you absolutely must read Animal Farm” and the Legal Dude added 1984 to the pile.
I’m not sure if he’s moving away from the likes of Darren Shan and the Demonata series, but one can only hope he’s starting to venture forth and expand his horizons.
Oh yeah, The Life of Pi is the book he chose to read and discuss at school.
Yesterday the teachers “hawked” their chosen "reading fare" for breakout reading groups.
The kids got to name their top three choices.
He finished Night.
Under duress, I must add.
He finished it nonetheless.
Turns out one of his classmates had already read it, so that it gave it a bit of “cache,” other than just a reading requirement imposed by his mom.
Now he has to read Maus…
which he says he's not into, even though it’s a graphic novel.
Then again, if a classmate recommended it, he’d be all over it.
He did ask though for The Catcher in the Rye,
but I’m embarrassed to admit that the “reason” he asked for it: because it was mentioned on “South Park.”
Yes. My son has started to watch South Park.
Animal Farm is on the list because one of his classmates told him “you absolutely must read Animal Farm” and the Legal Dude added 1984 to the pile.
I’m not sure if he’s moving away from the likes of Darren Shan and the Demonata series, but one can only hope he’s starting to venture forth and expand his horizons.
Oh yeah, The Life of Pi is the book he chose to read and discuss at school.
Yesterday the teachers “hawked” their chosen "reading fare" for breakout reading groups.
The kids got to name their top three choices.
The teenager got his first pick, The Life of Pi.
Should be interesting…
Should be interesting…
You should let him watch the "Great Expectations" episode of South Park. It's a classic (really). Who knows, maybe he'll start reading Dickens.
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