The Mayor ,'End of Days'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I think your best bet is being honest with her about the way you feel about the book, and why, but then let her read it if she insists.
If it upsets her, do you think she'll come to you to talk about it? Or can you at least suggest that she do so if she wants to discuss the book?
Yeah, I think Amy's got the right idea here.
I think the English teachers just presume that everybody is miserable in high school and need literature that validates that. But Emmett is not by nature miserable.
Eh, I suspect it's more about trying to teach critical thinking skills and analysis inside a relatively easy to understand framework than a presumption of misery, from what I dimly recall from my high school literature days. Our lit and history classes also kind of dovetailed, but more in a regional than thematic way. (That was all about IB structure, though--would've been nice if they'd aligned them.)
That said, they should totes magotes be reading Garcia Marquez, damn it. Back in my day, we did!
with a kid, it seems worthwhile to know your kid's sensitivities at a given age (at this point, I'm not talking about Casper or any specific kid, just the idea of monitoring what media your kid consumes) and make that judgment call of "Hey, this might upset you; do you want to pass on it for now and maybe give it a shot later?"
This. I read Helter Skelter when I was in 8th grade. Gave me nightmares all winter.
Yeah, I think I will have The Divergent Talk tomorrow. I guess this is the epitome of tween-dom, having a kid who wants to read Little House on the Prairie (and yes, we've had a talk about what "Indian Territory" means) and Divergent at the same time.
That said, they should totes magotes be reading Garcia Marquez, damn it. Back in my day, we did!
Heh. We had to read Garcia Marquez....in Spanish Lit class. In Spanish.
Yeah, Sara's there, too. She still plays with her dolls, but she wants to play with makeup at the same time.
Yeah, Sara's there, too. She still plays with her dolls, but she wants to play with makeup at the same time.
Hey, some of us didn't grow out of that stage.
Bad example! Sorry.
No, it's a great example! I'm just really amused by it, because after I get home from my job interview today, I am going to play with the doll I was given for my birthday.
How do you feel about violent YA novels?