Post #6: Readicide

Is readicide a problem in schools?



Yes I think readicide is a problem in schools because if they are creating more ways for children to hate reading then kids aren’t going to like what they are learning and they feel like the teacher is lecturing them. Also it will create children to not try as hard because they don’t really care as much on what they are learning about. They will only read in the class to get a good score on a test or to memorize for class not for enjoyment. They are forcing books on us that most people wouldn’t really want to read. Let’s be honest if you had an assignment in class and they gave you two books to choose from, you would most likely choose the book that has more interest to you. Not the book that the teacher would want to assign. When choosing the book you have more freedom than being forced to read a certain book. The teachers are creating children to become like test takers not actually readers. As schools have started removing good books from children and replacing them with drill and learning skill worksheets and chopped up reading books by making them take notes on books, they have begun to lose focus on the learning of reading. By trying to make tests, quizzes on them isn’t going to create love for reading. They are only getting a main understanding of the information, but not going into depth. Like in trimester one when I had to analyze the story of Romeo and Juliet. At first I was quiet excited and was somewhat interested in what the story was about. I really wanted just to learn about the story not look at every single line in that story. But when I found out that we had to analyze each section of the book I was done. To be honest I don’t really care what this line means or what the meaning of that line means. I bet there isn’t even a deeper meaning to every line and whatever the author wrote is probably what he meant. Simple as that!

Blog Post #5: Adapting The Book Thief

 Some challenges that a film maker would have when adapting my book is that they would have to have a different perspective on the book since it is told by death or the story would partly be narrated in a way. I think it would be difficult because people wouldn't understand that death is telling the story unless they read the book and it would be difficult for them. 3 scenes that are essential to keep are when Liesel is riding in the car to go live with her new foster parents Hans and Rosa Hubberman. They would have to keep this scene because it is the start of the story and how she meets her new parents is important because she doesn't have her real parents and this is where the plot starts in the book . Another scene that they would have to keep is when Max comes to live with them and when Hans Hubberman has a flash back and is telling the story on how he got his accordion and how Max's father saved his life. The reason they would have to keep this scene because this is when the conflict in the book starts because they are trying to hide a Jew in their house which is against the law at the time and is very dangerous. And how he is telling a little background on Max so people know how he connects to Hans Hubberman. A third scene that they would have to keep is when she has her first Christmas with her foster parents and gets 2 books from her papa. This is important to keep because this is one of my favorite scenes in the book and I love the reaction that she has when she opens the books. She wasn't even expecting too much from them but getting a gift from them shows how much they love her and how she has adapted to living with them. 2 parts in the book that I would get rid of when adapting the film is when Liesel and Rudy join this gang to steal food for the group. I would get rid of this scene because it is not very important and also the stealing doesn't really last that long. The leader of group ends up leaving them so its not too important.  Another scene that I would get rid of is when Liesel is delivering laundry to Rosa's customers and Rudy comes alone and they find a coin on the group. They end up spending the coin on candy. The reason I would get rid of this scene is because  the coin didn't really symbolize anything and it was just a little detail in the story not too big.