Summer reading assignments - fake annotating

saskskierHow long is this 'very long' novel?

cobra_commanderIf you can't be bothered to read a book you will have a tough time in life. Start with this book and then read another one each week. Life will get easier.

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Chubz.Who the fuck has summer reading projects..?

saskskierIt does't sound like you deserve to be on an honours track program...

shin-bangWell if you're on the honors track and are taking ap stuff it's pretty mandatory. I have one every year since freshman year :(

LonelyI call bs!!!! There's no frshman ap!! Op is fake!!

shin-bangDng it m8 U cot mee

saskskierIt does't sound like you deserve to be on an honours track program...

shin-bangNeither does your spelling. And you have to do a summer project for normal English anyways so what's the point.

yangumane'honours' is how you spell it in the UK

SupremeDeityWhat book?

saskskierTo be fair, I missed an 'n' in doesn't, but whatever. Misspelling a word on an internet forum is pretty far down the list of things that concern me.

CaptainObvious.

OP's reading level is advanced for his age.

yangumane'honours' is how you spell it in the UK

DeebieSkeebiesRegardless, honors programs (and education for that matter) are a joke here if these are the wonderful studious examples provided to us.

yangumanecool

DeebieSkeebiesthnx.

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cobra_commanderIf you can't be bothered to read a book you will have a tough time in life. Start with this book and then read another one each week. Life will get easier.

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theabortionatorIdk, I have trouble reading. Not actually trouble reading, but reading through books. Learning issues.

I actually love reading and prefer the imagery in my had to that of movies etc. But it's tough sometimes. I got a lot better at it, but I still have to re read everything multiple times to get it to stick in my head.

On these assignments when I was in 6-8th grade. I used to find books, read the back of it. Then write a summarized version of my own story. Actually enjoyed it a lot. It was for an english class and even though I wasn't reading the books, I was dabbling in creative writing.

I'd like to get back into reading though. Was looking for a couple books in my house the other day. Love that feeling of being excited to pick up a book because you cant wait to find out what happens next. Of being so tired you can't see but trying to slam out a few more pages.

theabortionatorIdk, I have trouble reading. Not actually trouble reading, but reading through books. Learning issues.

I actually love reading and prefer the imagery in my had to that of movies etc. But it's tough sometimes. I got a lot better at it, but I still have to re read everything multiple times to get it to stick in my head.

On these assignments when I was in 6-8th grade. I used to find books, read the back of it. Then write a summarized version of my own story. Actually enjoyed it a lot. It was for an english class and even though I wasn't reading the books, I was dabbling in creative writing.

I'd like to get back into reading though. Was looking for a couple books in my house the other day. Love that feeling of being excited to pick up a book because you cant wait to find out what happens next. Of being so tired you can't see but trying to slam out a few more pages.

.lenconI have the same issue. I honestly think I might need some medication cause I'm easily distracted in school. It's just hard for me to sit down and give someone my full attention of their choice

OregonDeadWe all have this issue which is why we gravitate to skiing and spend so much time checking NS. Nothing wrong with you though. You probably don't have any trouble focusing when you are skiing or doing something you like to focus on. Skiing is fun and a lot of the rest is f'd. There is a big problem with people trying to tell people to take speed so they can fit in and finish more f'd tasks for the man. Try to think of another strategy to get through your BS assignment or whatever then go have fun.

.lenconHonestly even when doing tricks for skiing I have to focus real hard. Like not a whole lot comes "naturally" you know? I love so it's maybe not easier to focus but I feel like is more worth my time

eheathIf this is too much work, wait til you go to college dude. High school is a joke.

CliffyByrookay so here's how i see it. there are two outcomes to faking annotating.

1) you annotate a bunch of random shit and put some words and phrases here and there, but the teacher knows straight away what you've done because none of what you've done has any actual relevance.

2) you annotate a bunch of random shit and put some words and phrases here and there, and the teacher thinks you actually put some thought into it. however you'll still get a low grade and the teacher will think you're a retard because none of what you've done is actually relevant.

or you could just stop being a little bitch and read the fucking book.

shin-bangLiterally all she will do is grab the book, do the little speed flip thing to see if I've marked the book up. Even if she calls me out I'll be like, well at that time I thought this sentence was important to the theme of the book. She also told us to write our immediate thoughts after reading and I've written some pretty majestic responses

shin-bangNot too much work, I just can't stand the book.

shin-bangNot too much work, I just can't stand the book.

shin-bangNot too much work, I just can't stand the book.

mirozOkay, serious post time. Sorry for being a weiner before.

Likely the teacher in charge of your education is better read, wiser, and smarter than you are. This, along with their teaching certifications, makes them qualified to tell you what to do. They're not doing it because they think it will bore you. They do it because they want you to get something from the activity.

In this case, that activity is reading, and the material is something you don't like. In this instance, you have two paths presented before you. The first is that you can trust your teacher and his/her judgement, suck it up and read the book, and try your best to learn from it. I can tell you from experience, some of the most important things you'll learn from are things that suck to read. It doesn't matter if you don't like it or not. That's no reason to not learn about or try something. If someone (qualified to do so) tells you to do something for your benefit, why would you say no based on something as trivial as "I don't wanna." That's whiny and wasteful.

The second is that you disregard your teacher's good intentions and hopes for your education and fake some bullshit because you don't have the nuts to stand up and say "I didn't read this." You'll be wasting your time and your teacher's time.

You clearly understand that you're expected to read this book because you're willing to fake work (big no-no IMO) in order to make it look like you did. However, realize that this is meant to help you, not punish you, and that you need to trust the planning, experience, and intentions of your teacher. There are plenty of reasons to question an instructor, but laziness or lack of interest are not included.

shin-bang#Rekt I totally get what you're saying, and really the teacher is doing it because of the cirriculum not out for good intentions. But I really get where you're coming from. I've actually manned up last couple couple times in English and read the book. I do have to say 2 out of the 3 books were still terrible, but I did learn something from "warriors don't cry".

I say yours was the 2nd best response next to borty, but it's too late to read the book now, but a couple people have actually made me feel bad about it and I'll try to read every book that I'm assigned from now on.

.lenconI have the same issue. I honestly think I might need some medication cause I'm easily distracted in school. It's just hard for me to sit down and give someone my full attention of their choice

theabortionatorMaybe so maybe not. They would probably throw you under the ADHD spectrum and hit you with those. Maybe that'd be good, maybe it wouldn't, but they're so quick to jump on that train.

The Onion did an "article" about youthful tendency disorder.

http://www.theonion.com/article/more-us-children-being-diagnosed-with-youthful-ten-248


Idk, I got diagnosed with ADHD and other shit. Misdiagnosed imo looking back but whatever. My dad tried to keep me out of that spot which I can understand, but as much as I wasn't put on meds of any kind earlier, I was struggling pretty hard in school at times.

Early on enough it wasn't bad because you didn't have much homework etc. You could tune out everything, not study for anything, never do anything at home and still do awesome.

I'm no doctor and their wouldn't be any point of getting a diagnosis now or even years ago when I figured things out, but pretty sure I have aspergers. Autistic traits for days. But me and everyone else got scooped up under the wing of ADHD.

Idk what I'm saying. I just hate the way if you're a kid and you're depressed you have ADHD, if you have a stomach ache you have ADHD, if you did bad on a test if you have ADHD, if you have ADHD you might have ADHD lol.

If you're drinking, drank errytime I said adhd.

I guess if you don't need it you can just sell it.

.lenconI've come to realize a lot of people take anti anxiety pills and stuff and to be honest that kind of pisses me off. People are practically taking performance enhancing drugs for school.

CliffyByroI get what you're saying but have you ever considered some of those people might legitimately need medication?