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Old 04.11.2006, 12:21 AM   #21
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oh gack, you are awful!! children's books??? that's it, i'm sending you to boarding school...
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Old 04.11.2006, 01:47 AM   #22
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If you can't read any book that was adapted into a film that certainly cuts out a lot of books, both classic and modern.
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Old 04.11.2006, 02:12 AM   #23
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Well, I was going to recommend Siddhartha by Hesse as well. It's short and it's good. But Kafka is good too...although your teacher might bitch that it's a short story or something. She sounds picky.
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Old 04.11.2006, 08:29 AM   #24
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i think your teacher is a fucking retard who has to bluff her knowledge of literature

i know the type. they are stupid and insecure and they compensate by acting all authoritarian and stupid. breakfast at tiffany's a movie? A BOOK FIRST!!

fucking morons!

technique: kiss her ass. DO NOT contradict her or you will elicit greater insecurity and therefore greater anger. don't waste your time trying to prove how much more you've read (you probably have). instead tell her (without being too obvious) how much her class has helped you discover new books, or some other shit like that.

i hope she does not alienate you from good books. in any case some of those recommendations are short stories so it might not be sufficient. brothers karamazov on the other hand is quite long. notes from the underground might do.

so if she needs a fiction book that hasn't been made into a movie it might be hard to find these days. clockwork orange is an amazing little book you can read in a couple of hours. but then.. blah blah... under 150 pages: yes, get notes from the underground. ok bye.
You are totally right. Although, I haven't really read that much. Either way I really haven't learned a single thing in that class. I guess I'll ask her today whether or not The Metamorphosis is good. if that is turned down I'll move on to the Double (that one is shorter) and then Notes from the Undground.
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Old 04.11.2006, 01:14 PM   #25
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She is an idiot is she doesn't let you read The Metamorphosis.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:38 PM   #26
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She is an idiot is she doesn't let you read The Metamorphosis.
Here is how our 'converstation' went:

Me: Can I read "the Metamorphosis"?
Her: The metamorphosis of what?
Me: It is just called "The Metamorphosis".
Her: What's that?
Me: It is by Franz Kafka.
Her: How long is it?
Me: 50 something pages
Her: No.
Me: Why?
Her: I forgot to tell you it needs to be 150-200 pages.
Me: You never told us that.
Her: Sorry.

Looks like I'll be reading Notes from the Underground.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:39 PM   #27
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Notes From the Underground is great anway. Don't get to upset.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:41 PM   #28
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Okay, here is the scoop...

We have to read a book in English class for a powerpoint project. My teacher said it has to be ficition. And I ask her if In Cold Blood is okay to use because it is written like a ficition book, the only difference being it actually happened. She said no. I ask "Why? Is it really going to make a difference on the project?" She fails to give me an answer the first time I ask. She just ignored me, after I had got her attention and asked. The second time she say "Capote spent a lot of time researching it" and I say "Yeah, and how does it make a difference" And she says "I'm not gonna discuss it now, I asked for fiction." I say "Can I do Breakfast at Tiffany's?" and she says "No that was a movie" (a 'requirement' than she left out to me) I hadn't seen the movie and she still refused.

She hates me, I swear. At the smallest things she says I am disrespectful and says go outside. Ex. students were making noises (not me though), she tells us to quiet down and I say don't wory we are getting our work done (which we were) and she gets all angry at me. I can't stand her.


Anyway I need a book. Recommendations? Preferably short (No more that 150 pages) and suitable for 9th grade. Thanks,



Try my personal favorite...the bible!
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:45 PM   #29
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How did you get that thing to say "I love Hitler" on it?
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:47 PM   #30
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Notes From the Underground is great anway. Don't get to upset.
I'm not upset, I just wanted to read the shorter book this week because I'm a little busy.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:50 PM   #31
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Here is how our 'converstation' went:

Me: Can I read "the Metamorphosis"?
Her: The metamorphosis of what?
Me: It is just called "The Metamorphosis".
Her: What's that?
Me: It is by Franz Kafka.

That is pathetic....seriously. I'll come teach yr class
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:51 PM   #32
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How did you get that thing to say "I love Hitler" on it?


It's a secret! It's really simple actually.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:52 PM   #33
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It was. I had to stop myself from saying "Aren't you an English teacher?". I'd be happy to get a new teacher. Any new teacher.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:56 PM   #34
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I mean, it's pretty much a staple in any high school English/Literature curriculum.
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Old 04.11.2006, 03:58 PM   #35
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How did you get that thing to say "I love Hitler" on it?

It is really easy.

1)Become a bloody cunt.

2)That's it!
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Old 04.11.2006, 04:05 PM   #36
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I mean, it's pretty much a staple in any high school English/Literature curriculum.
And it isn't like she doesn't have any time to do any reading on her own. Or so it seems. She always goes on and on about how she is divorced and doesn't have kids.
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Old 04.11.2006, 04:10 PM   #37
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not letting you read a shorter book is understandable, but all the other shit is well uh shit
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Old 04.11.2006, 04:12 PM   #38
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not letting you read a shorter book is understandable, but all the other shit is well uh shit
Yeah, I can understand that, but I still wanted to read the Metamorphosis first.
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Old 04.11.2006, 05:02 PM   #39
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This was required reading when I was growing up

 


Still is

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Old 04.11.2006, 05:04 PM   #40
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Laf. I've read Mein Kampf. Weird as all hell.
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