I didn't take it as snotty. Not only is it a good idea to send out reading lists to avoid parental issues, it also can help get the parents involved in their kid's education. Always better to keep the parents informed on what's going on in the classroom all the way around.
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
ChiKat - Aug 18, 2006 8:13:25 am PDT #3414 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
bon bon - Aug 18, 2006 8:13:36 am PDT #3415 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The American Philosophical Association (not to be confused with the REAL APA) uses the Chicago Manual of Style in it's publications.
This is a good suggestion. Well, Bob Bob's eccentric advisor is far less helpful and enthusiastic than his other advisor, the best living historian of ethics. So we will ignore him. (But still a little curious about the two periods thing.)
Strega, go to wikipedia or lj and hit the random button. Make your book about the first five results and you're golden!
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 8:15:12 am PDT #3416 of 10001
What is even happening?
Do you get the reading list ahead of time?
I don't, but my kids are all elementary age, and I haven't objected to anything they've seen or had read to them, at school. I suspect we do get a list, in middle school, but am not positive.
For me, reading is different than film. It can be more potent in some ways, because the imagination is unlimited, yet I'd be slower to object to a book than I would to a film.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2006 8:16:10 am PDT #3417 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Always better to keep the parents informed on what's going on in the classroom all the way around.
For sure.
It's funny, I have no childhood memory of having any interactions with my parents around school, other than parent-teacher meetings. I know that can't be right.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 18, 2006 8:16:27 am PDT #3418 of 10001
What is even happening?
Jesse, I read your question as expressing interest, not snot.
Jesse - Aug 18, 2006 8:16:51 am PDT #3419 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Phew, thanks.
tommyrot - Aug 18, 2006 8:18:50 am PDT #3420 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Cool:
The title Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Antidisestablishmentarianism has a 41.4% chance of being a bestselling title!
Strega - Aug 18, 2006 8:20:35 am PDT #3421 of 10001
Like, Signs point to "Rumors of the Death of Irony Have Been Greatly Exaggerated"?
Pretty much, yep. Though that one might not really support a whole book. Ooh, the topic-generator should have pulldown lists where you can say how long it's supposed to be. And also menus to indicate if it's fiction or nonfiction, humors, essays, whatever. Then you hit a button and it gives you some things to actually talk about. E-brainstorm!
Jars - Aug 18, 2006 8:26:15 am PDT #3422 of 10001
I'm fairly certain my parents never had any idea what books I was reading in school or what films I watched. I remember watching Delicatessan and La Haine in French class when I was 14 or so, and I'd guess they were both either 15 or 18 certs in Ireland. But I went to a fairly hippy school.
Fred Pete - Aug 18, 2006 8:35:35 am PDT #3423 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
The title The Bridges of Madison County has a 41.4% chance of being a bestselling title!
The title The DaVinci Code has a 35.9% chance of being a bestselling title!
Hmmmmm.
Also, I'd wouldn't show high school freshmen an R movie without giving notice to parents. I'd have to think hard before showing them a PG-13 movie without notice. But "emotional kidnaping"???????