Were/Are you the type of student to read the book or read the summaries?
Poll - Total Votes: 11
I read the book
I read summaries
I just wing it based off class discussions
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I always read the book!
22-25, M
Mamapolo2016 · F
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BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
@Mamapolo2016 I took a world literature course for fun last semester and discovered magical realism for the first time. It's a very interesting genre. I had a lot of fun reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't heard of the book. It's not something you see in novels very much.
Mamapolo2016 · F
@BlackBloodDemon It's very good.
Mamapolo2016 · F
@BlackBloodDemon Check out The House of the Spirits by Isabella Allende and The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Both considered magical realism.
REMsleep · 41-45, F
I am have obsessive and perfectionist tendcies so I would vow to read the whole book of every class twice.
I would start making a color coded outline of all important material and key words in each chapter.
I would summarize each definition or concept that I looked up and then stay up half the night doing this for each class.
So I was always stuck way behind whatever the teacher was talking about because I was in the weeds.
By end of semester I would be frustrated that my notes were not completed and I would have taken tests on things that I never heard of because I was obsessing over some key words from last month.
Yea I know.......
I would start making a color coded outline of all important material and key words in each chapter.
I would summarize each definition or concept that I looked up and then stay up half the night doing this for each class.
So I was always stuck way behind whatever the teacher was talking about because I was in the weeds.
By end of semester I would be frustrated that my notes were not completed and I would have taken tests on things that I never heard of because I was obsessing over some key words from last month.
Yea I know.......
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
@REMsleep
I do this too whenever I annotate. Every color has a purpose!
I feel kind of bad for you though. You do all of this studying/analyzing and don't have enough time to get it all done. Your dedication as a reader is what every literature teacher wants to see in all their students. A for effort! (:
I would start making a color coded outline of all important material and key words in each chapter.
I do this too whenever I annotate. Every color has a purpose!
I feel kind of bad for you though. You do all of this studying/analyzing and don't have enough time to get it all done. Your dedication as a reader is what every literature teacher wants to see in all their students. A for effort! (:
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@BlackBloodDemon Aww thank you. Yes I would be so mad to spend so much effort and have very erratic grades.
Sometimes I would get an A due to innate ability or hitting the jackpot and being tested on something that I had actually completed.
Then Sometimes a C- or rarely D because I got overwhelmed and totally dropped the ball.
I used to look at the A students and how much they studied and I assumed that they just worked harder than me.
I was kinda included in the "smart group" due to my articulation in classes but my erratic grades were always a mystery.
I was so dumb never understanding why I couldn't finish. Even in college I did this.
Sometimes I would get an A due to innate ability or hitting the jackpot and being tested on something that I had actually completed.
Then Sometimes a C- or rarely D because I got overwhelmed and totally dropped the ball.
I used to look at the A students and how much they studied and I assumed that they just worked harder than me.
I was kinda included in the "smart group" due to my articulation in classes but my erratic grades were always a mystery.
I was so dumb never understanding why I couldn't finish. Even in college I did this.
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@BlackBloodDemon Well...I was a Heinlein fan back then. "Stranger in a Strange Land" was the first sci fi book I ever read. Eventually, I think, I read them all...🤣
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
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@BlackBloodDemon I took books with me everywhere I went, and didn't protect them. They ended up stained with food, drink spills and dish washing liquid. One day, I went to take my copy of To Kill a Mockingbird off the shelf and the pages all cascaded out at my feet. These days, you should see my cookbooks -- talk about well loved. They're coated with more flour and eggs than a fried chicken. 😁
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
Fertilization · 36-40, F
SwampFlower · 31-35, F
I read the book until I got to college. The advice was then "don't spend more than two hours reading anything."
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Depends on the subject/teacher/grade.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
If I read then I read as much as I could. I never felt okay with cheating like my friends did. Also some of the books were good once you read them properly.
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
@MartinTheFirst Do you think not reading the book is cheating? Or do you mean you would try to copy off a peer's test/paper?
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
@BlackBloodDemon I think reading the summary and then saying you read the book is cheating.
BlackBloodDemon · 22-25, M
@MartinTheFirst Oh, that's what you mean. Yea, I can agree with that.