MIch elle Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Has your student's university assigned a common reading book for this summer? If so what is it? Ready Player One is ds' book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle in AL Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Honors students are reading Unbowed. I wonder how this reading is incorporated into classwork. At dd's school there is no universal honors class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 My dd's school has a universal reading for all freshmen. They also require freshman seminar. Picking Cotton http://www.amazon.com/Picking-Cotton-Memoir-Injustice-Redemption/dp/B0030EG11K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339507164&sr=8-1 I read it and it was actually a good book. It was about a woman who was raped and mistakenly identified a man (with the last name of Cotton) as the rapist. After about 10 years, the man who was falsely accused was able to get DNA testing done that proved he wasn't the rapist. Cotton and the woman ended up becoming friends. The actual rapist looked very much like Cotton. All of this information is on the back of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Mich elle ~ My daughter was assigned the same book! Well, that's because she is going to the same school as your son haha. I read that book about a year ago and really enjoyed it. I am hoping my daughter will want to tackle the essay and try for a chance at meeting the author! Regardless, I think it is pretty cool that he is coming to the campus to discuss the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susann Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 DD is reading "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" -great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 My sons had to read a book about a student who used or brought drugs into a foreign country (I can't remember which) and wound up in jail there. They said it was really depressing but I can see why the school makes all incoming freshman read it and I approve. Not exactly great literature but practical. This school really tries to prepare their students for their future life. Nan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 My sons had to read a book about a student who used or brought drugs into a foreign country (I can't remember which) and wound up in jail there. They said it was really depressing but I can see why the school makes all incoming freshman read it and I approve. Not exactly great literature but practical. This school really tries to prepare their students for their future life.Nan Was it Midnight Express by Billy Hayes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 No, I think it was Brother One Cell. I could be wrong, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 DD gets to read Sand County Almanac, she is not amused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonCat Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 DS is reading "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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