Comments on: Students Enjoy Reading

By: Ms Rachy

Ms Rachy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:19:13 +0000

Here’s how my 18 year-old self would have answered

Non-fiction, bibliographies, poetry (too many of each to mention in such a short space)

I also remember filling out a similar questionnaire in second year Uni in a history course, the questions included who is your favourite band, I answered with Zbiegniew Preisner, needless to say I am still friends with this lecturer to this day.

By: Alfina the Vague

Alfina the Vague — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:49:32 +0000

Suomichris - I love the inclusion of your Wo-Men’s studies stuff and Gay stuff. The kids here just wouldn’t hear of it!

KWH - Oh, indeed. The heavy presence of Christian lit, etc. is frightening to me, too — especially because I only included a few mentions of it here, but in the pile of 120 surveys I looked over, it came up at least 20 times. Ack.

B - “Stories and stuff.” Awesome! A bookstore would be a great place for that person to be working!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:07:09 +0000

Oh, I know the bibliographies weren’t meant as such, I have students too. It’s sad sometimes.
I was once in a dusty old bookstore in downtown Saint Louis, piles of books on tables and the floor and the stairs to the second floor, where there was more dust and books. It was run by an old man with the help of what seemed to be a collection of his less able relatives. I asked one of them where the hardcover fiction was, and he asked “You mean stories and stuff?”
In his defense, I’m pretty sure he’d never been a college student.

By: kilowatthour

kilowatthour — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:49:07 +0000

i am completely weirded out by all the bibles and christian things. christian living books? what the hell are those? actually, no. i don’t want to know.

By: suomichris

suomichris — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:35:22 +0000

Also, my list:

“Sci-fi (but only the shit written by actual physicists), the crap we have to read in my Wo-men’s Studies class, Don Quixote (in the original–wtf is going on?). Gay stuff.”