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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:59 pm
aretoo Boy, that pinball's addictive... ^_^
Ladi: I hope all will be well for you soon... sad
Omni: Well, my dictionary defines an "Uncle Tom" as a black man who is excessively obedient or servile, so I guess they consider him a sell-out, perhaps. *shrug* Harriet Beacher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom as a representation of Jesus and his actions paralleled Jesus's.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:02 am
Kals is questing again!I use "Uncle Tom" as an insult because I HAVE an Uncle Tom and he's a total jerk/loser/waste of DNA. It has nothing to do with the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which I haven't read but have a general idea of.
I'm not sure what a "college" reading level is. My first year university English classes involved some of the same assigned readings that I had in high school, back as far as grade 9. We also had to read Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Rohinton Mistry's "Such a Long Journey", the play "A Man for All Seasons", and... uh... I don't remember if there was any Shakespeare beyond the obligatory sonnet. I took a Shakespeare course in my third year, so I don't really remember if I studied any of his plays outside that class, especially since it would have been with the same prof. In one of my senior level English classes, Modernist Literature, I studied Arthur Millar's "Death of a Salesman" which was the same play I wrote my provincial examination essay on in order to graduate from high school. Check sig for details!
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:03 am
True... but it's never quite escaped the politics of the time it was written and set in.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:07 am
Language evolves in certain ways sometimes, you can't escape it. I mean no matter how much they get it wrong its the way it is and its not like you can educate all of America... even if you did still wouldn't change the language that kind of stuff takes time lots and lots of time
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:12 am
I get to read Maus for an upper division history class. It's totally not college level reading but it sure is good for the course. Depressing though because the holocaust always depresses me.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:19 am
Omnileech I get to read Maus for an upper division history class. It's totally not college level reading but it sure is good for the course. Depressing though because the holocaust always depresses me. True, beautifully done, though. Have you tried Howard Cruse's "Stuck Rubber Baby"? DC's "Watchmen" is an incredibly layered and dense story, too, and quite a satisfying read. It's also being turned into a movie, and while I am eager to see it on the big screen, I'm apprehensive what they're going to be removing, as they're not doing it in the Lord of the Rings style. smile (Art Speigelman also did a 9/11 tribute called "In The Shadow of No Towers, if you're at all inclined.)
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:34 am
Kalstolyn Kals is questing again!Considering that the average American reads at a grade 7 level and the average Gaian types about 7 million internetz below you, you're doing pretty well, Ladi. ^.^
My father didn't learn to read until well into his adult life. I could read better than he could when I was 7. It would take him a year or more to read a novel. Now he can read a novel in two or three weeks and he can have an understandable conversation with me over MSN. He got his GED when I was in grade 9 or 10. He wrote a technical manual for the mill he used to work in. I am incredibly proud of him. Check sig for details! er... well it would probably take me afew months to finish a book/novel, had i ever finished one. redface i'm a very slow reader. and i had (and still sometimes have) a really hard time reading things in one sitting, especially if i'm not interested in it. ...but since being in university i've been exposed to alot of people being able to read fast and the pressure of having to learn to read faster and focus... i'm at the point now where i can get through a chapter in one night if i absolutely need to for school, even if i remember very little. XD ...i wonder what level my reading is at? sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:53 am
Kals is questing again!meh no reason to be embarrassed. Comprehension is more important than speed, and it's one of those things where the more you do it the better you'll get. I highly recommend reading for pleasure. It can and will change your life if you make the effort to do it. Check sig for details!
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:52 pm
I feel like running around and kicking the world with spike covered steel toed boots.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:20 pm
Good afternoon ATG! ^_^ *huggles all around*
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:31 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:33 pm
O hai thar Penny! *huggles* How are you?
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:38 pm
Meh... I'm okay. Apparently the reason Allie told him I wasn't there was because Sheryl was telling Allie her theory about the two of us while he walked by. Now I have to wait for her to reply with the whole story.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:41 pm
Ah, alrighty then. Oh I have an appointment now.. much love Penny! *huggles goodbye*
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:44 pm
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