tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post4069406712433419819..comments2024-02-05T20:50:25.209-05:00Comments on Quantum Theology: Summer readingMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-17879547925607438612013-07-08T16:26:49.299-04:002013-07-08T16:26:49.299-04:00I'm afraid I can help with your confirmation b...I'm afraid I can help with your confirmation basis on this one. It didn't strike me as well-formed either. But I suppose if what you have in your head was purple prose and formal nested sentences, mostly 1800s, it was a wind of freshness. Perhaps it changed what came after so we can't see the ripple it made? I don't know. My reading lists are my own. (over at my pesbo blog. http://pagehalffull.com/pesbo)Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05251168248457758117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-44920201871506851162013-07-05T22:59:18.488-04:002013-07-05T22:59:18.488-04:00Sigh....who does rigidity benefit?Sigh....who does rigidity benefit?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-44486098903377301052013-07-05T22:56:55.650-04:002013-07-05T22:56:55.650-04:00It makes such a difference to have some context, I...It makes such a difference to have some context, I read All Quiet without any background and was puzzled more than tortured (probably because I had just picked it up, my town library was VERY small!). And I"m glad to hear that not every school does this...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-78568242473316307582013-07-05T22:55:39.797-04:002013-07-05T22:55:39.797-04:00Chris will be glad to know he's know the only ...Chris will be glad to know he's know the only one! And you absolutely would recognize one or two of those books :) Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-7838950031041882712013-07-05T20:18:46.428-04:002013-07-05T20:18:46.428-04:00I had to laugh at the mention of Gatsby. That was ...I had to laugh at the mention of Gatsby. That was one of the books I disagreed with my teacher about way back when. <br /><br />As for summer reading, I recognize at least one of the books on your self-selected list! :)Denisehttp://picturinggod.ignatianspirituality.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-4963862813248262652013-07-05T18:25:17.045-04:002013-07-05T18:25:17.045-04:00I totally agree with your thoughts on summer readi...I totally agree with your thoughts on summer reading -- and I'm a high school English teacher! In fact, our department has a policy not to assign it, period, for the reasons you cited in your post. <br /><br />I remember being in high school and having to read "All Quiet on the Western Front" as a summer reading book. I, of course, knew nothing about WWI and the whole book meant absolutely nothing to me. I also remember having to read "The Grapes of Wrath" a summer later, and it was torturous. Now, of course, I have come to love both books ... but the mere fact of being forced to read them during summer vacation, without the benefit of classroom scaffolding and discussion, was awful. Let's not do that to great literature! Ginny@RandomActsofMomnesshttp://randomactsofmomness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7565601.post-82261992310963404542013-07-05T13:05:29.783-04:002013-07-05T13:05:29.783-04:00Interesting. One of our sons is a dyslexic reader....Interesting. One of our sons is a dyslexic reader. But thanks to extensive remediation has become a voracious reader. He chafes at the summer reading lists - says they are out of date. He asked for a variation and was told no. Already, two weeks into his summer vacation, he has read three (not on reading list) books and is in the middle of about four more...Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021781602272064901noreply@blogger.com