tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post8380800167322886918..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: A Cockroach Ate My Book ReportPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-21237725717104442542010-02-12T15:40:27.284-05:002010-02-12T15:40:27.284-05:00I never had a problem with book reports, but I do ...I never had a problem with book reports, but I do know someone who managed to write a lot of book reports on non-existent books both for his own homework and for the other kids. The teachers were always impressed but never got around to reading those books themselves, I guess.<br /> He became a writer.<br />Jeanne K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-50601683384374057372010-02-12T03:03:08.083-05:002010-02-12T03:03:08.083-05:00When he was a senior in high school, my brother re...When he was a senior in high school, my brother read *one page* in the last chapter of The Painted Bird and got an A on his report. As I remember, that page had a lot of grisly action and description.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-43035111299343228382010-02-11T22:24:52.372-05:002010-02-11T22:24:52.372-05:00Can we count college? I have a bachelor's in E...Can we count college? I have a bachelor's in English Lit - basically one, long, drawn-out book report. Ahem. I not only wrote papers without reading the books, I took tests on books I hadn't read - and aced them. I led discussions on stories I'd barely cracked the pages on. And whenever I was out of ideas for a paper, I just dug out one of my old high school papers, polished it a bit, and submitted it. No problem. Why yes, I was not thrilled with school, how can you tell? I did have a couple teachers I thought worth working for, but the rest of it...meh. I do get the occasional kid at the library doing a book report, usually being forcibly dragged to my desk by a parent. And then there's the kids whose greek myth unit project was to create a board game with mythical characters. Whatever.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096787155616041727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-29108199745072969972010-02-11T16:58:39.267-05:002010-02-11T16:58:39.267-05:00Beverly Cleary's Ramona Quimby, Age 8 has the ...Beverly Cleary's <i>Ramona Quimby, Age 8</i> has the book report scene in which Ramona is supposed to sell the book, TV-commercial style, and dresses in a cat mask to imitate the Meow Mix ad. A great example of the total disconnect between reading a book and doing a book report on it.grrlpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755649595417118072noreply@blogger.com