Thursday, September 2, 2010
Blog 2: Resistance
I love to read, and always have. I especially enjoy fantasy and science fiction because it allows us to be more creative and use our imagination to build a world around what the author has given us. I have read some of the books on our reading list, but many of them I have never read because they did not catch my interest. With some of the books, I am not sure they should be considered "children's" literature. I did not read any of the books on our list until I was in my late teens, and would not give them to my young cousins until they are a few years older. I am hoping to understand why they fall into this category. I know a lot of what I feel can be considered preconcieved notions, somthing we will cover in our blog, and i hope to overcome this in our class.
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When you write your "anticipating" posts, be sure to mention why you may not have read some of the books before, if the reason is because they didn't catch your interest. I would be curious to hear what about them seemed unappealing or simply not compelling.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure the books we will be reading in class are considered "children's" literature either. Though, some people believe teenagers are still children.
ReplyDeleteI will be sure to include why or why not I have read each book in my "anticipating" posts for each book.
ReplyDeleteI think that some of the book we are reading would be appropriate for teenagers. I believe that when you turn 10, you become a tween and leave the "child" title behind. It allows kids to feel like they have graduated up to being with the big kids. Also, once you stop treating kids like young children, they usually grow up to meet your expectations of them.