Sometimes pupils leave me speechless..

[Fnaar]

....looks like you already have

I wondered why I was sitting on a stool

 

[stuee147]

I was talking about when I was a kid to a 24 year old and they had never heard of Robinson cruso or huckleberry fin when I asked what books she read at school I was told they had never had to read a book or do a report about it

 

[MacB]

I was talking about when I was a kid to a 24 year old and they had never heard of Robinson cruso or huckleberry fin when I asked what books she read at school I was told they had never had to read a book or do a report about it

My kids love the LOTR films but ask them to read the books

 

[green1]

My kids love the LOTR films but ask them to read the books

I tried to read lots once... I got 2 paragraphs in and tossed it in the bin. First time I've ever thrown book out that didn't have pages falling out.

 

[Fnaar]

My kids love the LOTR films but ask them to read the books

OK then. Hey, MacB's kids. Can you read the LOTR books, please?

 

[Beebo]

I tried to read lots once... I got 2 paragraphs in and tossed it in the bin. First time I've ever thrown book out that didn't have pages falling out.

me too, the Hobbit is an easy read for any kids, but LOTR is slow going and I couldnt be arsed.

 

[w00hoo_kent]

At least you'll recognise chunks of the first one from the films (you think helmet debates can get heated, just put Jackson back in the bin where he belongs and slowly walk away...)

 

[vernon]

I was talking about when I was a kid to a 24 year old and they had never heard of Robinson cruso or huckleberry fin when I asked what books she read at school I was told they had never had to read a book or do a report about it

Some kids need a long runway to take off. My older son developed an aversion to reading through a poorly administered reading scheme at primary school. He's now an avid reader of pretty challenging literature both fiction and non-fiction - a 'book for pleasure' free gap of eleven years