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Discussion: The Highschooler's Club
Member Since: 6/25/2010
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Originally posted by Mezik
I really hate To Kill a Mocking Bird..
Haven't even read pass Chapter 20 and now I'm doing my essay on the victims of stereotyping in the story. I hate it when the teachers assign the most boring, time consuming, lifeless books for the class to read.  |
To Kill a Mocking Bird is good and so ****ing simple too read.  Books that I hated were Ethan Frome and Idylls of the King.
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Originally posted by lakersfan44
Seriously! I wish we could read The Hunger Games for lit class, cuz I know future kids will be. That would be amazing to analyze.
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The regular English kids at my school read the Hunger Games for class. 
But seriously, it's a simple book, and not much to it beneath the what's written. I don't think it should be.
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Member Since: 9/4/2011
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This year is my last year in high school. At first I was so happy that I won't see these people ever again but then I realised that it's also the last year I'll be with my friends. 
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Member Since: 5/22/2011
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Originally posted by lakersfan44
Seriously! I wish we could read The Hunger Games for lit class, cuz I know future kids will be. That would be amazing to analyze.
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I did the Hunger Games for my Grade.11 English, I did well on those assignments because I actually enjoyed the book.
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Originally posted by potentbreakupsong
We read that book last year, I had to write an essay on the themes.  I got a B- 
It was actually a pretty good essay though, my teacher was just the hardest grader of writing ever |
I'm not worried about marks because I did a slideshow on discrimination in the book and got a 95% on it.
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Originally posted by Dancehall Queen
To Kill a Mocking Bird is good and so ****ing simple too read. Books that I hated were Ethan Frome and Idylls of the King. |
I want more books like Night, The Pianist and The Giver to be given as assignments.
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Member Since: 5/28/2010
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Originally posted by Dancehall Queen
Just do the work. No matter how pointless and repetitive, do everything. Just do all of the work. My dumb ass didn't listen. And those effing essays and the DBQ will be the death of me on the AP exam. I can write, but I'll get warn out/bored after the first one.
I loved French and then they cut French II and III at my school. |
My World Studies teacher made us practice DBQs in class for preparation for the US History AP exam. And I'll try to do all the work.
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Member Since: 5/28/2010
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Any extracurriculars y'all do? I do Cross Country, Law Club, Student Council and I'm on the Debate team. 
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Member Since: 9/4/2011
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Originally posted by Deuces.
Any extracurriculars y'all do? I do Cross Country, Law Club, Student Council and I'm on the Debate team. |
Badminton, also used to play rugby.
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Member Since: 10/28/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mezik
I really hate To Kill a Mocking Bird..
Haven't even read pass Chapter 20 and now I'm doing my essay on the victims of stereotyping in the story. I hate it when the teachers assign the most boring, time consuming, lifeless books for the class to read. |
TKAMB is a CLASSIC novel with beautiful symbolism and quite an interesting storyline and you're a flop for saying that.
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Member Since: 11/8/2011
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Originally posted by Dancehall Queen
To Kill a Mocking Bird is good and so ****ing simple too read. Books that I hated were Ethan Frome and Idylls of the King.
The regular English kids at my school read the Hunger Games for class.
But seriously, it's a simple book, and not much to it beneath the what's written. I don't think it should be. |
Watchu talkin' bout, Ethan Frome was
And the Hunger Games may be simple in writing style, but the ideas underneath it leaves a lot of room for analyzing the politics of the world, human nature and ****.
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Member Since: 10/28/2011
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Originally posted by Deuces.
Any extracurriculars y'all do? I do Cross Country, Law Club, Student Council and I'm on the Debate team. |
I'm a dancer. I am planning on doing Drama and Choir next year.
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Member Since: 5/22/2011
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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
TKAMB is a CLASSIC novel with beautiful symbolism and quite an interesting storyline and you're a flop for saying that. |
Night & The Pianist >>>>>>
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Member Since: 9/4/2011
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the short stories were doing this year is a snooze fest.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
Posts: 34,052
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
I was in the Gifted program. Which was a bitch. |
You should've just asked to be taken out of it. That's what I did.
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Member Since: 6/13/2011
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I just finished studying for my English 2 (H) End of Course.
I'll be taking it tomorrow and then Algebra 2 Friday.
I have barely touched my review guides for this week for the Algebra test.. 
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Originally posted by Deuces.
Any extracurriculars y'all do? I do Cross Country, Law Club, Student Council and I'm on the Debate team. |
Band, Beta Club, FBLA, Stu Co, and the Art Club.
I wish I could've done yearbook this year. My designing skills could've been put to a good use. 
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Member Since: 6/25/2010
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Originally posted by Mezik
I want more books like Night, The Pianist and The Giver to be given as assignments.
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I never read the first two, but The Giver is great.
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Originally posted by lakersfan44
Watchu talkin' bout, Ethan Frome was
And the Hunger Games may be simple in writing style, but the ideas underneath it leaves a lot of room for analyzing the politics of the world, human nature and ****. |
I despised Ethan Frome. God I didn't read any of it. I haven't read most of the books assigned to me this year. I didn't read The Scarlet Letter at all, the parts I read were good though. I'll read it when I have time. I am reading The Great Gatsby right now though, I'm enjoying it.
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Member Since: 5/28/2010
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We are reading the book Black Boy by Richard Wright.
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Member Since: 11/8/2011
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Originally posted by Dancehall Queen
My outcast self related so much to Holden freshmen year.  And I saw my self in Ester. |
My creep English teacher basically ruined that book for me. He talked about that line when Holden was with Antolini.
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What it was, it was Mr. Antolini's hand. What he was doing was, he was sitting on the
floor right next to the couch, in the dark and all, and he was sort of petting me or patting
me on the goddam head.
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What it was, it was Mr. Antolini's hand.... he was sort of petting me or patting
me on the goddam head.
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masturbation
My teacher is a sick bastard.
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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Originally posted by potentbreakupsong
You should've just asked to be taken out of it. That's what I did. |
My only friends were in the Gifted program, I would have suffered even more from social issues if I had been taken out of it.
Looking back, I'm glad I did it because it helped me immensely to prepare for college; but on the other hand, it was four years of pure hell. The curriculum wasn't even that hard (save for science), but we went so quickly with everything. Like I distinctly remember that the non-Gifted kids were given 2 ~40 page packets for History a month (each packet also came with something like 10 analysis questions), while us Gifted kids had 2 a week, 8 a month.
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Member Since: 6/25/2010
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Originally posted by KoreanDream
My only friends were in the Gifted program, I would have suffered even more from social issues if I had been taken out of it.
Looking back, I'm glad I did it because it helped me immensely to prepare for college; but on the other hand, it was four years of pure hell. The curriculum wasn't even that hard (save for science), but we went so quickly with everything. Like I distinctly remember that the non-Gifted kids were given 2 ~40 page packets for History a month (each packet also came with something like 10 analysis questions), while us Gifted kids had 2 a week, 8 a month.
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You lying ****. You told me you had NO FRIENDS AT ALL. Have you told me anything that's true?
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Member Since: 2/6/2012
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Originally posted by Dancehall Queen
Oh god, 'swag' earlier this year was the most unbearable **** ever for me. Like okay, you got a math problem right, so much swag. |
Omg, all of my friends say this crap. "Swag" "YOLO" etc. I feel ashamed around them Their tumblr pages are even more embarassing
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