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Today's "For Better or Worse" is so true! This thread brings to mind my son Greg's seventh grade English teacher to whom I remain grateful. Ms. Nall required her students to read 4 books per month for an A, 3 books for a B, and so on. No book reports of any kind ever! The books had to be GOOD books, award winners or authored by Ms. Nall's featured author(s) of the month. At the time, I was an elementary school teacher and an assigner of book reports. I thought it was quite odd. "How will she know if kids are really reading the books?" I asked. A parent had to sign the monthly reading log, and I certainly wasn't going to sign if I didn't see him reading the books, but I wasn't sure about those other parents! Ms. Nall, it seems, knew something I didn't. Was I ever surprised when Greg, who had never much liked books, discovered he loved books! He's been an avid reader ever since... If any of our DoDEA librarians knows Ms. Nall (Kaiserslautern Middle School,) please tell her, "Thanks!" and maybe forward this to her :-) Cindy Maciog, LMS, IT Montclair Elementary Scholl Dumfries, VA 22026 maciogcw@pwcs.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "JProctor" <joproctor@COX.NET> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [LM_NET] HUMOR...(reality?) of book reports >I heard someone say once that this is the difference between teachers and >librarians - teachers want you to analyze a book to death, librarians just >want you to enjoy it. It's the reason I disliked most literature classes - >didn't mind the reading, hated the analyzing. Sometimes a tree is just a >tree. > Joanne -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------