<p>Romeo and Juliet was horrible. Never liked romance books in the first place anyway.</p>
<p>I’ve read Beowulf in 8th grade. Recommended. It is awesome. Too awesome however. But good indeed. It’s not that long either.</p>
<p>My English class was easy if the teacher like you. If not, your best grade could be a 92 IF you worked your ass off.</p>
<p>@rokr: Only a 92??? The teacher liked you I reckon. My parents would kill me if I made a B. I see what they do to my sister (she’s only going to 6th grade) and I would hate to see what would happen to me.</p>
<p>@evan yea, and unfortunately she didn’t like me. To this day I wonder why. I was one of the few in the whole 9th grade class who got an A (a- technically) that weren’t liked by the teacher.
The ones she appreciated ofc got 98, 96
Around 8 kids got an A or A- out of 105 in that class lol.</p>
<p>To make this more clear: For our midterm essays, we had to fill out a checklist and if we didn’t she would take 2 pts from your grade. Guess what? A kid she doesn’t like didn’t fill out the checklist. BAM. 2 pts off.
NOW, a kid that she likes didn’t fill the checklist? No problem, 100. No points taken off. The kid even came up to me laughing that he didn’t fill the checklist and didn’t get any points off.</p>
<p>This enraged me so much I could barely look at her.</p>
<p>@rokr: A checklist? WOW!!! I wish we could do checklists for midterms where I live. For a rural school district, the workload is harder than most of my friends’ who live in bigger cities. We do so much to get ready for the state tests and then about 50% more (for most Honors classes). We have 75-100 easy question tests and about 4 short answer questions for a midterm and then a final has 100 super hard questions.</p>
<p>Our English final was hellish. We had to first write an essay analyzing a short story (three weeks prior to the exam, worth 1/4 of the grade), then take a 25 question ‘Honors Assessment’ that was SO RIDICULOUSLY HARD (worth another 1/4)! It contained what seemed like AP Lit level questions. The last half of the grade was determined by a 150 question test that was focused on the literary works we had read through the year. Admittedly, this part was extremely easy. </p>
<p>To get an idea of how hard the Honors Assessment was and how easy the 150 question literary test was, it took me over an hour to finish the HA (only 25 questions!), while the 150 question part only took me 40 minutes. It was so stressful.</p>
<p>My english class teacher was a dick. He only gave around 2-3 students above a 90% (including me). However he grades like a *****. He gave me a 92% -_____-</p>
<p>His excuse… “This is an honors class”</p>
<p>And I got a higher grade in an AP class…</p>
<p>-________-</p>
<p>The ultimate war of classical book lovers: Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre? DUN DUN DUN.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m an Emily fan over Charlotte any day. Jane Eyre was so mind-numbingly BORING that it took me nearly a year to struggle through. W.H., though, was great fun! Such twisted characters. Plus, it had an air of the magical where I thought Jane Eyre just had…dusty air. What do you guys think who’ve read both?</p>
<p>^I haven’t read either of those. I’m planning to read Wuthering Heights, though.</p>
<p>Anyone heard of Clockwork Angel? I just started reading it, and it has a very strong beginning.</p>
<p>Just finished The Great Gatsby. Loved it. :)</p>
<p>I full-heartedly agree with those who have advised paying special attention to subtleties; they can truly make a novel.</p>
<p>Gosh, you all are way ahead of me in terms of reading classics. I’ve only read Great Expectations and Romeo & Juliet. I’ve read some Poe (The Raven, The Telltale Heart, others) and that’s about it. I’ve only read the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe from the Narnia series (that’s the only one that’s interesting to me). I’m planning on reading The Great Gatsby, Beowulf, Wuthering Heights, and Pride & Prejudice before I get out of high school. </p>
<p>@nothingto: Isn’t that the new Mortal Instruments book? I haven’t read any of them (City of Bones, whatever the other 2 are called). </p>
<p>Does anybody here have a Kindle? I just bought one and it is amazing! 
It is totally worth $114 (WiFi w/ Special Offers) and it is lighter than most paperbacks (even with a leather case). I’m currently reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (page 315 of 620 in a 2 1/2 days is a record for me) and I have The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Giver on it too.</p>
<p>^ Thank you for the link to the article!</p>
<p>How many of you are taking the PSAT this fall? I’m taking it for the first time, though I know some people in the class of 2014 have already taken it.</p>
<p>I want to, really badly. I’m moving to Canada though, so I don’t know if my school has registration…</p>
<p>I actually have a Nook Color. Not as great as the Kindle when it just comes to plain book-reading, but, like the Kindle, it’s a fantastic to have nonetheless. I’m not too keen on carrying books around now.</p>
<p>@franz: Everyone at my high school is required to take the PSAT. Thus, I took it last year and will be taking it this fall. It’s a great idea, and I think it has boosted our school’s average SAT scores.</p>
<p>I’ll be taking it. At my school, the PSAT is optional for sophomores, but required for juniors.</p>
<p>I’ve taken the PSAT twice. I took it in 8th grade (143) and last year (160). I’m not taking it again because I am taking the SAT in October. I took the SAT in June and got an 1810, which is higher than I thought I would get. </p>
<p>@anaychi: eReaders are awesome arent they? I was looking at the Nook Color, but the price was a little steep for me and I knew I wouldn’t be reading anything with color in it. The Kindle does justice for what I need.</p>
<p>@evanb1996 e-readers are one of those inventions that will be remembered by our generation during its rise to popularity. Also, one thing about the Nook Color that got me is that it ran Android, and with proper modifications, I got it running standard Android application, ergo transforming it into a full-fledged tablet and retaining its great reading abilities.</p>
<p>@anaychi: I forgot that the Nook Color had Android. I just wanted a simple e-reader and I love my Kindle. My mom is thinking about buying her one now, since it is super light and most of the ebooks are not as expensive as the printed ones. One of my friends had the regular Nook before they made it all touch screen and he got me hooked on it.</p>