you are a Canadian, therefore they can tell you they know you've read Canadian authors.
That's probably it. A polite way of saying, "Ah-hah! you sucker, we know they made you read "Two Solitudes" in high school."
The Annie Dillard book is called Give it All, Give in Now: One of the Few Things I Know About Writing (http://www.amazon.com/Give-All-Now-Things-Writing/dp/159962060X/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1238160731&sr=8-10). I also got another book called A Life in Time and Space (http://www.amazon.ca/Life-Time-Space-Biography-Tennant/dp/1844546365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238160805&sr=8-1") by Nigel Goodall - a biography of David Tennant.
I was disgusted by The Handmaid's Tale,
I wasn't exactly disgusted, just depressed by it.
I have a deep problem with forcing anyone to read something this sexually atypical -- not everyone can deal, especially not at age 18 or 19. Yet still the practice continues. Feh! (And so says the person who read Stranger in a Strange Land at twelve, and is happy to have done so.)
I don't think 18 is too young. I think if you are taking English at a university level, you should be prepared to deal with any literature. Which doesn't mean I see the value of reading it; just that one should be prepared, because that's how you learn to 'deal'.
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Date: 2009-03-27 01:35 pm (UTC)That's probably it. A polite way of saying, "Ah-hah! you sucker, we know they made you read "Two Solitudes" in high school."
The Annie Dillard book is called Give it All, Give in Now: One of the Few Things I Know About Writing (http://www.amazon.com/Give-All-Now-Things-Writing/dp/159962060X/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1238160731&sr=8-10). I also got another book called A Life in Time and Space (http://www.amazon.ca/Life-Time-Space-Biography-Tennant/dp/1844546365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238160805&sr=8-1") by Nigel Goodall - a biography of David Tennant.
I was disgusted by The Handmaid's Tale,
I wasn't exactly disgusted, just depressed by it.
I have a deep problem with forcing anyone to read something this sexually atypical -- not everyone can deal, especially not at age 18 or 19. Yet still the practice continues. Feh! (And so says the person who read Stranger in a Strange Land at twelve, and is happy to have done so.)
I don't think 18 is too young. I think if you are taking English at a university level, you should be prepared to deal with any literature. Which doesn't mean I see the value of reading it; just that one should be prepared, because that's how you learn to 'deal'.