I had the Odyssey in 9th grade as well.
Bunch of wanna blessed-bes. Nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she's a sister to the dark ones.
Willow ,'Bring On The Night'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
Jesse - Apr 07, 2009 11:36:06 am PDT #8689 of 28431
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Barb - Apr 07, 2009 11:48:18 am PDT #8690 of 28431
“Not dead yet!”
Due to basic slackeriness and allowing his grades to go to a Place They Should Not Be, Nate's having to do work over Spring Break. All things considered, he's handling it pretty well, especially since it's reading stuff. His Language Arts teacher assigned what she calls a "genre bingo" sheet which is basically a 5x5 grid with everything from biography to science fiction to newspapers as reading. Completing two rows gets an A, completing all five rows gets extra credit. I am, of course, making him do all five rows for the aforementioned slackeriness. However, I've also used it as opportunity to introduce him to stuff that I don't think most other sixth graders are going to have on their sheets. For his short story, I handed him a collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald, for a play, I gave him a choice between Brighton Beach Memoirs and Pygmalion (he took Shaw), for biography I picked up iWoz, about Steve Wozniak, and for science fiction, Lewis gave him Ender's Game.
I'm fairly certain I'll get an email from his teacher.
Sparky1 - Apr 07, 2009 11:51:40 am PDT #8691 of 28431
Librarian Warlord
I'm fairly certain I'll get an email from his teacher.
And it will say, "can I borrow some of these books?"
sj - Apr 07, 2009 11:55:50 am PDT #8692 of 28431
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm fairly certain I'll get an email from his teacher.
It should be a note of extreme praise of your parenting skills.
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 11:56:37 am PDT #8693 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would like to point out that The Odyssey is stupid, and The Iliad is much better.
Polter-Cow - Apr 07, 2009 12:00:52 pm PDT #8694 of 28431
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Odyssey is fun! There are monsters and witches and Sirens and adventures and sheep and pigs.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 07, 2009 12:01:46 pm PDT #8695 of 28431
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Plus, once you read the Odyssey, you are better equipped to read Ulysses in college!
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 12:05:04 pm PDT #8696 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
There are monsters and witches and Sirens and adventures and sheep and pigs.
But Odysseus is such a jerk.
javachik - Apr 07, 2009 12:11:42 pm PDT #8697 of 28431
Our wings are not tired.
java - do you have any Shakespeare ones? If the library doesn't take them, I'm sure CJ would love them.
I think so. I'll take a look when I get home!
Scrappy - Apr 07, 2009 12:19:38 pm PDT #8698 of 28431
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVED this book when I was a kid and it engendered a fascination with mythology. I still have a copy! [link]