Comments on: Reading Between the Lies http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:37:16 -0500 hourly 1 By: Crimson Wife http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-5903 Crimson Wife Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:52:05 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2202#comment-5903 I've never exactly lied about reading a book but there were a few titles I was assigned to read that I simply couldn't get through and resorted to Cliff Notes. "Beowulf" I even tried twice (once in high school and once in college) but it literally put me to sleep. There's a much longer list of classics I'm a bit embarrassed that I have not yet gotten around to reading but nobody ever assigned them to me. I’ve never exactly lied about reading a book but there were a few titles I was assigned to read that I simply couldn’t get through and resorted to Cliff Notes. “Beowulf” I even tried twice (once in high school and once in college) but it literally put me to sleep.

There’s a much longer list of classics I’m a bit embarrassed that I have not yet gotten around to reading but nobody ever assigned them to me.

]]> By: Robert Pondiscio http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-5889 Robert Pondiscio Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:51:01 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2202#comment-5889 I've read Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and actually enjoyed it. Ulysses? Started and never finshed. But will I get back to it between now and the day I die? Yes I said yes I will Yes. I’ve read Joyce’s Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and actually enjoyed it. Ulysses? Started and never finshed. But will I get back to it between now and the day I die? Yes I said yes I will Yes.

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-5888 Rachel Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:45:51 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2202#comment-5888 I've really have read Middlemarch (twice actually, once in college and again when I was stuck in bed with the flu), Vanity Fair, and War and Peace. But I got stuck in the middle of a Brief History of Time, and haven't even tried Ulysses... I’ve really have read Middlemarch (twice actually, once in college and again when I was stuck in bed with the flu), Vanity Fair, and War and Peace. But I got stuck in the middle of a Brief History of Time, and haven’t even tried Ulysses…

]]> By: Ms. Miller http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-5883 Ms. Miller Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:07:35 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2202#comment-5883 "Joe College" by Tom Perrotta has a subplot about the protagonist's inability to complete "Middlemarch." “Joe College” by Tom Perrotta has a subplot about the protagonist’s inability to complete “Middlemarch.”

]]> By: Claus http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/10/reading-between-the-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-5882 Claus Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:05:09 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2202#comment-5882 No need to read Vanity Fair, really. But Middlemarch! It's too good to pass up! No need to read Vanity Fair, really. But Middlemarch! It’s too good to pass up!

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