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[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Nenalata wrote...

I can't decide what I'm more terrified of: being in the top twenty, or not being in the top twenty. If nothing else, the anticipation is doing nothing for my productivity.

I know this won't happen, but the more this builds up, the more worried I am that once the tension reaches its peak, someone'll shout THEY WERE ALL GOOD! EVERYBODY WINS! /confetti/ and I'll melt into a puddle from the anticlimatic result.

*offers cool beverage*

Well, he said on Twitter he's read "over 100", and added while he hasn't liked them all he can see the hard work/love that went into them, which is nice. I mean, even my favourite writers don't produce gems all the time, but I can still appreciate what they've done.

@davidgaider David Gaider
[...] it's obvious many people poured love into their writing-- whether I like it or not. I'd hate to be capricious.

(In response to a suggestion that he be snarky with his feedback.)

[CuriousArtemis]

ColorMeSuprised wrote...

I'm kind of curious. In Germany we have a certain teaching plan which regulates which books teachers have to discuss with the pupils in which grade. Is there something like that in other countries, too?

Antigone, Faust, Nathan the Wise, The Catcher in the Ray, Romeo and Juliet, The perks of being a wallflower, the Pig man,  The Reader, The Graduate, Man of Straw and many, many (many, many more)... They are all part of this schedule. There are far too many books I had to suffer through, to be honest. I hope students in other countries have to suffer the same way I did!

Reading Lists are generally determined in the US by individual school boards (the governing body for a school district, which could include, for example, from 1-5 high schools, depending on the size of the city or parish/county).  Private schools (not funded by the government) determine their own reading lists.

We have a situation occuring in one of our states right now (Arizona) wherein an entire program of study has been outlawed and certain books are being put on a "Do Not Teach" list.  It's one of the unfortunate consequences of having small government over big government in this instance; smaller governments have a greater tendency to be socially conservative and oftentimes outright racist and bigoted.

Modifié par motomotogirl, 29 janvier 2012 - 02:43 .

[Dasque]

I'm dealing with the pressure the only way a responsible, experienced adult can.

I'm cracking a bottle of wine and getting tanked.

[Tryynity]

ColorMeSuprised wrote...

The Sarendoctrinator wrote...

I really enjoyed Antigone. I read it, but haven't seen a play. A friend of mine read Faust and told me a little bit about it. I didn't have the chance to read it myself, at the time.

I'm kind of curious. In Germany we have a certain teaching plan which regulates which books teachers have to discuss with the pupils in which grade. Is there something like that in other countries, too?

Antigone, Faust, Nathan the Wise, The Catcher in the Ray, Romeo and Juliet, The perks of being a wallflower, the Pig man,  The Reader, The Graduate, Man of Straw and many, many (many, many more)... They are all part of this schedule. There are far too many books I had to suffer through, to be honest. I hope students in other countries have to suffer the same way I did!

Nenalata wrote...

ColorMeSuprised wrote...
So... DG will have to go through 400 interviews? Oh lucky him! ../../../images/forum/emoticons/joyful.png

All at the same time, using Skype Video.

Oh lucky us!

I think he wouldn't even understand half of what we are yelling to be heard other the others.

Nenalata wrote..
Oh,
I didn't mean to come off as "Uncouth, illiterate buffoon! How dare you
ignorantly slander Shakespeare's good name!"  Sorry if I did!

Don't worry. You did not.

I'm pretty honest with what I think and don't beat around the bush (much), which is why I probably get seen as rude. It's a habit of mine which made me more enemies than friends... so if it sounded like I was angry or defiant, I was not, I was just honest. XD

Yes I remember - Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies, there were more but I forget now.  I think there was Shakspeare thrown in, but I totally skipped over those.   I did my book reviews by watching the movies I think or just didnt hand it in 

I know - the shame

[Nenalata]

ColorMeSuprised wrote...

The Sarendoctrinator wrote...

I really enjoyed Antigone. I read it, but haven't seen a play. A friend of mine read Faust and told me a little bit about it. I didn't have the chance to read it myself, at the time.

I'm kind of curious. In Germany we have a certain teaching plan which regulates which books teachers have to discuss with the pupils in which grade. Is there something like that in other countries, too?

Antigone, Faust, Nathan the Wise, The Catcher in the Ray, Romeo and Juliet, The perks of being a wallflower, the Pig man,  The Reader, The Graduate, Man of Straw and many, many (many, many more)... They are all part of this schedule. There are far too many books I had to suffer through, to be honest. I hope students in other countries have to suffer the same way I did!

I loved Catcher in the Rye! Um, for me (United States), in my former school district, there was a curriculum that the school board made, yes, but I don't think it was quite so strict as that. In my experience, "reading" is not exactly a priority of many Americans, so we went through maybe...five books a year?

I switched to a private school early on in high school, and while there's still a basic curriculum, it's pretty malleable. We read a lot more, too, which was nice. Not sure how it is in other districts, though. I'd expect it to be the same as my experience, but I might be wrong.

ColorMeSuprised wrote...

I'm pretty honest with what I think and don't beat around the bush (much), which is why I probably get seen as rude. It's a habit of mine which made me more enemies than friends... so if it sounded like I was angry or defiant, I was not, I was just honest. XD

Not at all, actually! I'm just terrified of sharing my opinion over the Internet, so as soon as I see a lack of an exclamation point, I get nervous and feel the need to apologise.

[tklivory]

Dasque wrote...

I'm dealing with the pressure the only way a responsible, experienced adult can.

I'm cracking a bottle of wine and getting tanked.

I like the way you think.

[Nenalata]

Shadow of Light Dragon wrote...

Well, he said on Twitter he's read "over 100", and added while he hasn't liked them all
he can see the hard work/love that went into them, which is nice.
I mean, even my favourite writers don't produce gems all the time, but
I can still appreciate what they've done.

I gotta say, when I saw that Tweet, I felt a surge of...envy, maybe? I 'm betting (Bluff roll: Failure) hoping that it must feel pretty good, seeing how devoted a horde of people are to your world and word babies.

I don't envy all the fics he has to sift through, though

motomotogirl wrote...

We have a situation occuring in one of our states right now (Arizona) wherein an entire program of study has been outlawed and certain books are being put on a "Do Not Teach" list.  It's one of the unfortunate consequences of having small government over big government in this instance; smaller governments have a greater tendency to be socially conservative and oftentimes outright racist and bigoted.

I heard about that. The silliest books are being put on it, too. I heard a rumour that the Oxford Dictionary was on that list, but that sounds like exaggeration.

[Corker]

"I have my top five, and my winner. Well done, everyone. Those were some difficult choices."

[JRain]

HE just tweeted he's got the top five and the winner.

[Talaith_900]

Corker wrote...

"I have my top five, and my winner. Well done, everyone. Those were some difficult choices."

Let the mass Kermit flails commence!

[Shadow of Light Dragon]

Just saw it. The Tweet, not the winners.

[CuriousArtemis]

Nenalata wrote...

I heard about that. The silliest books are being put on it, too. I heard a rumour that the Oxford Dictionary was on that list, but that sounds like exaggeration.

Don't want to get too into politics, but basically anything that was not "YAY YAY WHITE PEOPLE ARE AWESOME" was put on the list.  (And I say this as a white person.)

I can PM you the list if you're interested.

[Corker]

"Well, I'll relay my choices to Chris & Jessica on Monday. So sometime after that, I expect."

[Nenalata]

Literally just saw it. I am going to read those stories so hard.

[BlazePT]

Nervous twitch here...

[Sandtigress]

He also just said he's not going to tell Chris Priestly and Jessica Merizan who the winners are until Monday, so we'll have to wait until sometime after then!

[Nenalata]

motomotogirl wrote...

Nenalata wrote...

I heard about that. The silliest books are being put on it, too. I heard a rumour that the Oxford Dictionary was on that list, but that sounds like exaggeration.

Don't want to get too into politics, but basically anything that was not "YAY YAY WHITE PEOPLE ARE AWESOME" was put on the list.  (And I say this as a white person.)

I can PM you the list if you're interested.

Arizona? Really? Oh, my.

Please do! I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Aenne]

I just saw the tweet too! Now I'm really nervous! But at least we will find out soon!

[Thargorichiban]

Sandtigress wrote...

He also just said he's not going to tell Chris Priestly and Jessica Merizan who the winners are until Monday, so we'll have to wait until sometime after then!

Well he's giving them the weekend, which is nice for them. Now that we know what sort of timeframe we are dealing with at least there is no expectation of an announcement for tomorrow.

[ColorMeSuprised]

motomotogirl wrote...
Reading Lists are generally determined in the US by individual school boards (the governing body for a school district, which could include, for example, from 1-5 high schools, depending on the size of the city or parish/county).  Private schools (not funded by the government) determine their own reading lists.

We have a situation occuring in one of our states right now (Arizona) wherein an entire program of study has been outlawed and certain books are being put on a "Do Not Teach" list.  It's one of the unfortunate consequences of having small government over big government in this instance; smaller governments have a greater tendency to be socially conservative and oftentimes outright racist and bigoted.

So it's more a local decision. Well, we have a central exam in Germany, which is why the teaching plans have to be alike in the different federal states. I guess in a big country like the US it's not possible to do that, but it does look like a big disadvantage. I mean, even in Germany some schools may decide which book they would like to skip but there are still the ones which are ABSOLUTELY MUST DO!!! Death in Venice was one of the books I was lucky I could opt out. Though a friend of mine had to read it. She never fell faster asleep and after the exam she actually burnt the book.

I have to add that we both treasure books, so it must have been really, really bad for her.

Diary of Anne Frank and The Wave are of course absolutely must do.

(I so hate the Diary of AF...)

Tryynity wrote...
Yes I remember - Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies, there were more but I forget now.  I think there was Shakspeare thrown in, but I totally skipped over those.   I did my book reviews by watching the movies I think or just didnt hand it in ../../../images/forum/emoticons/tongue.png

I know - the shame ../../../images/forum/emoticons/blushing.png

Oh, Animal Farm and 1984 I read out of my own. We had to watch Animal Farm in school but not to read it because it was probably too difficult for Grade 5 to understand. Lord of Flies we watched the movie as well in school.

But watching the movie wasn't always helpful. Effie Briest for example is in the end completely different in movie and book. Our teacher loved to ask this question about the end in the exam papers because it showed whether or not one read the book.

Modifié par ColorMeSuprised, 29 janvier 2012 - 03:06 .

[JRain]

Downside: I'll be stewing for the next 36 hours minimum.

Upside: I can relax and not feel the need to be constantly near a computer (even though I usually am) to refresh, check email, Twitter, etc.

The waiting will still be hard, but at least I know how long I'm waiting this time

[ColorMeSuprised]

WHOAH! Just saw it! Which day is today in Canada? Saturday? I have no idea when it comes to time delay!

Wah, so on (my) Thuesday I will know who won? I'm so excited. I wish you all good luck here. I never said that before but now it seems so real.

motomotogirl wrote...
I can PM you the list if you're interested.

Me too, me too!

Nenalata wrote...
I loved Catcher in the Rye! Um, for me (United States), in my former school district, there was a curriculum that the school board made, yes, but I don't think it was quite so strict as that. In my experience, "reading" is not exactly a priority of many Americans, so we went through maybe...five books a year?

Yeah, well, they were not all bad books. But sometimes I really had to wonder...

Modifié par ColorMeSuprised, 29 janvier 2012 - 03:05 .

[Muirin]

David Gaider just tweeted that he has his top five and the winner. He'll relay the choices to Jessica and Chris on Monday, so we'll know some time on or after Monday

[BrennaCeDria]

 https://twitter.com/#!/davidgaider

OMG Monday or later????

[Firky]

Whoa.

Also, I'm gunna miss this thread. It's been fun having something in common and exciting to chat about. As well as people's little asides that have come up in passing.

Good luck, all. Thanks to writers for reading them all.