Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
Nope, that was the grade 11 book for "General English". I was in the "Advanced" stream. I think we read The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel instead.

Now there's a writer who could rip your heart out, step on it a few times, and put a pretty bow on it before handing it back to you. His The Pigman made be literally bawl in grade 9 English class ... and I'd already read it the year before.

Flowers for Algernon (Charly) made the whole class cry. I forget if that was grade 9 or 10.

I completed grades 9-13 in four years, rather than five, and taking one spare along the way, I ended up with 31 credits. Of those, six were in English, six were in History, and five were in French. No wonder I wasn't qualified for anything other than journalism or teaching. Turns out, I didn't really want to do either. I should have said to heck with it all and worked for Disney. Problem is that was 85, and my love affair with WDW didn't start until 91. :joyfull:

Did Bradbury ever write stories about time machines? That's what I need.
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The funny thing about reading is that it is an acquired taste, I think. I have a 15 year old grandson that I do a lot of things with. We play golf, I take him to batting practice, go to just about all his basketball and baseball games. The boy is smart as hell, and picked up on my families skill at sarcasm. In other words, I love the boy, but, he is completely tunnel visioned. He remembers every name of every player in the NBA, NFL, and his favorite Baseball teams. But doesn't want to expand his vision to things other then sports.

His mother spends every single moment she has, which is limited, with her head stuck in a book. He won't read anything more complex then those written for a 10 year old. I have talked to him, I don't remember how many times, that if he wants to expand his world and his knowledge I would recommend reading more. He just says it's all boring. I can relate to that. I cannot tell you how many James Bond Novels I used for book reports through most of my high school years.

My father used to belong to one of those book clubs so popular in the 60's. One of the books he had ordered, when I was a junior in high school, was one titled, "Wind From The Carolina's" by Robert Wilder. It's not even in print anymore and was never a big seller, but, for some reason that I cannot explain, I started to read it. I must have been very bored that day. For the first time ever, I was able to put myself in the scenes. It was a semi-historical novel about a family that lived in So. Carolina during the Revolutionary War. They were strong British supporters. Long story short, he was very wealthy and had his entire plantation, mansion and all, packed up and shipped to Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas. The novel covers five generations of the family and the trials and tribulations that they faced and eventually, generations later, ended up back in So. Carolina.

For the first time ever, I was able to mentally picture the story, put myself in it as an outside observer, and couldn't put it down. I had finally learned how to read a novel. I have read that book so many times that I had to do an extensive search on eBay to find another copy, my original had started to fall apart. I had to learn what my daughter just took to instantly, but, it opened up a whole new world for me. I have my favorites now, mostly 'who done it's' and 'biographies', but, I still read everyday. I wish I could find a way to get him to try a different way of reading, but, I suppose there is still time, he will be a Sophomore this year. He has another year to get to the point of being as great as his Grandfather! ;):joyfull:
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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Andrew C said:
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Nope. :hilarious:

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Oh my word - these were SO good. I ate a little less than half, and immediately regretted handing them over to Mike. We're coming back just to have these again!

Mike got the chicken fried steak Slam ... plus the bigger half of my pancakes, and my hash browns.
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We are both quite full. And happy. Sooooo happy.
 

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