Posted on Sep 8, 2015
Who has read a book simply because everyone else you know read it in High School literature except you?
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This has happened to me numerous times which in turn makes me wonder at the level of education my schools were offering. I went to school on base in Camp Lejeune from 1996-2001 for grades 6-10. I never had to read the classics and so sought them out as an adult. I believe I may appreciate them more now than I would have then anyhow. But still, why was it not even offered in the curriculum when other run down public school friends had to read them or "got" to read them maybe?
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Well, you can't read them all. My schools had us read a few of the classics, as summer reading "options", and I got through a few more on SAC alert duty. Right now, I've almost finished "Catch 22", which some would consider a classic. I recommend it to anybody who has deployed and seen the insanity of war.
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I've sometimes read books either because they are brought up a lot as classics, though lately I read books because they sound interesting. Some of the classics are just really hard to get into(especially Russian books, which for some reason just fail to grab me. Maybe Crime and Punishment will change my mind...).
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I have. Everyone I knew had read Catcher in the rye except for me. I finally read it after watchin Mel Gibson in Conspiracy theory. When the comment was made that nearly all mentally disturbed killers read it or was fascinated by it, I finally decided to see why all my friends had took the time to read it. Kind of made me feel like I was the only sane one in my group of friends, lol. It was a good book, but the storyline was not what I expected, lol.
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PO1 Cameron Rhyne
I read Catcher because of the same reasons you did, though I don't think I liked it as much. I appreciate the fact that Holden Caulfield is supposed to be a whiny little twerp but that still doesn't make him any more likable. I think I probably would have liked it a lot better if I had read it in high school.
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Cpl James Waycasie
PO1 Cameron Rhyne - It was ok. We can say we have read it now. Most of my reading is of a Biblical nature now.
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I read Catcher for that same reason, feeling left out because everyone else had read it. I thought it was excruciatingly boring, one of those that you can't imagine how it got so famous.
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Cpl James Waycasie
CPT (Join to see) - It doesn't deserve to be famous, lol. I have read some worse, but I have read waaaaaayyyy better Sir
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