Sex & Shenanigans


I don't recognize most of the covers, but, bottom left and bottom right are Stephen King's Duma Key, and Lord of the Flies, respectively?? SHIT picks?? I wouldnt trust that shopkeep to pick out picture books..

I see Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, which I have not read, but the series with Kerri Washington and…I think Reese Witherspoon(?) was pretty good. I see Twilight by Stephenie Meyer…nuff said there. I see Fourth Wing, which is the 1st book in a series that I’ve seen quite a few Litsters mention starting the 3rd installment last week.
So with the help of the interwebz, I’ve also identified Atomic Habits by James Clear, Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke, Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, The Witches: Salem 1692 by Stacy Schiff. Can’t tell what the other 3 are.
 
Haven't watched the film. I wasn't convinced that it would be able to capture what I'd imagined reading it.
It’s very cool visually, and they managed to capture the spirit of the book, but entirely changed the challenges themselves, and probably swapped out some of the pop culture references based on which licensing agreements the could or could not acquire. They changed Artemis’ story significantly too.
 
Nope, not a trope. It's obnoxious. Why can't I just enjoy the story. And, why am I penalized if I don't get the same things out if the book as the instructor?
You wanna talk obnoxious? When I was a younger wolf, I had a professor in my first year or so of college.
History professor. New phD. The man would stand there and lecture for 45 minutes while we took notes.

That was the extent of his teaching. There was a textbook we were expected to read, of course. Fine. About 100 pages or so a week. Also fine.
In theory.

90% of our grade was 3 “exams”. Each exam was 5 short answer essay questions on important topics from his lectures and the reading, and we’d be able to pick from a list of topics to answer these questions. Thing was, they were our analysis of what these topics meant, their significance to the period of time and the events. Somewhat subjective.

His grading, as I found out, was also subjective. This pompous, holier-than-thou asshole, when I confronted him with questions about his grading, basically said “tough shit, my forehead is miles higher than yours in this subject, deal with it.”
I found out the next year he was no longer employed there.
 
You wanna talk obnoxious? When I was a younger wolf, I had a professor in my first year or so of college.
History professor. New phD. The man would stand there and lecture for 45 minutes while we took notes.

That was the extent of his teaching. There was a textbook we were expected to read, of course. Fine. About 100 pages or so a week. Also fine.
In theory.

90% of our grade was 3 “exams”. Each exam was 5 short answer essay questions on important topics from his lectures and the reading, and we’d be able to pick from a list of topics to answer these questions. Thing was, they were our analysis of what these topics meant, their significance to the period of time and the events. Somewhat subjective.

His grading, as I found out, was also subjective. This pompous, holier-than-thou asshole, when I confronted him with questions about his grading, basically said “tough shit, my forehead is miles higher than yours in this subject, deal with it.”
Teachers, especially grade school and later on, English teachers, are in a position to instill a lifelong love or hate of reading, among other subjects. I really wish teachers were better compensated to attract more, passionate and competent educators
 
Teachers, especially grade school and later on, English teachers, are in a position to instill a lifelong love or hate of reading, among other subjects. I really wish teachers were better compensated to attract more, passionate and competent educators
Agreed. Thankfully, my early teachers were those, except for one odd one, and she was a good lesson in standing up for myself, which, while not English, was still useful, even if I was in 7th grade 😂
There was all kinds of interesting books read for class, and all of them in middle school had bookshelves in their classrooms for silent reading on Fridays.
My eighth grade English teacher wasn’t a great teacher. But he loved us kids. We could tell both of those things right away. And he introduced us to The Hobbit, and elves, and Sindarin (starting with the Elvish alphabet).
He also got us into the theater to see The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring four days before it released.
I’m still thanking that man to this day.
 
There are way worse positions to b in, for sure…
oh for sure man for sure.

love this docu' to bits. it's beautiful. just watching a handful of legends, sitting around, doing their thing, and crafting and polishing songs i'd be singing myself 60 years on. it's zen and humbling and awe inspiring.
 
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