“Pulls readers in with an ironic, breezy portrait of sinister high school competitiveness. Deft and extraordinarily accomplished.” SchoolReaderHigh SchoolAccomplishedIronicPortraitsSinisterCompetitivenessBreezy Author:Michael Cadnum
“You know, I don't think a lot about why one book connects with its readers and another doesn't. Probably because I don't want to start thinking, "Am I popular?" I spent way too much time thinking about that in high school.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantBookSchoolToo MuchReaderHigh School Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Try not to be too angry or disappointed with your fellow Americans. Most of them don't care about politics as much as the majority of my readers, and the education they have received about it from the government's public school system is nothing more than a septic tank full of warmed-over self-serving statist lies and leftist propaganda.” SelfGovernmentCareSchoolLyingReaderFellowsAngryMajorityDon't CarePropagandaServingDisappointedPublic SchoolTanksLeftistsSchool SystemSelf Serving Author:L. Neil Smith
“I loved history in my school days, and I have always been a voracious reader. But in India, you end up doing MBA, engineering or medicine.” EndsSchoolReaderIndiaMedicineEngineeringMbaSchool Days Author:Amish Tripathi
“I spent many years in grad school in English, so I've read a lot in a variety of genres. But adventure fantasy is my bread and butter as a reader, and probably always will be. So it's only natural that I came to that genre as a writer.” YearsSchoolNaturalFantasyAdventureReaderBreadVarietyGenreGradBread And ButterGrad School Author:Saladin Ahmed
“The number one reason I write is to come to schools and see my readers. I would do it for free.” WritingReasonSchoolNumbersReader Author:Frank Murphy
“One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and reading, we can discuss topics that are a little touchy, a bit embarrassing, and feel less alone in the process. Feeling consumed by memories from high school. Feeling wimpy. Feeling time-obsessed. Yearning for our fathers. Wishing we were taller, or shorter, or less average. To name just a few.” FeelsWritingLittlesFeelingsSchoolReadingFatherOpportunityNamesWishBitsProcessMemoriesWonderfulOne ThingReaderHigh SchoolAverageObsessedPrivacyYearningTopicsEmbarrassingConsumedOur FatherWriting And ReadingConfidentialTouchy Author:Ralph Keyes
“I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough for me to stay interested in things long enough, I've read, probably, since college maybe 10 books, which is disgusting.” LongBookEnoughSchoolReadingCollegeReaderToughDisgusting Author:Bruce Dern
“The BBC's aim, along with schools, libraries and literacy groups, to involve more people in reading groups is an exciting idea and one that I hope will keep readers all over the UK exploring and sharing the wonderful world of books.” PeopleWorldBookIdeasSchoolReadingWonderfulGroupsReaderExcitingAimLibraryExploringLiteracySchool LibraryWonderful World Author:Tessa Jowell
“News is like the tilefish which appears in great schools off the Atlantic Coast some years and then vanishes, no one knows whither or for how long. Newspapers might employ these periods searching for the breeding grounds of news, but they prefer to fill up with stories about Kurdled Kurds or Calvin Coolidge, until the banks close or a Hitler marches, when they are as surprised as their readers.” KnowsYearsLongStoriesMightSchoolReaderPeriodsNewsNewspapersMarchCoastBreedingKurdsGreat Schools Author:A. J. Liebling
“I myself discovered many authors through school reading lists and through school anthologies. The positives are: young readers can find the world opening up to them through books they study. The negatives may include bad experiences kids have - if they don't like the book or the teacher, or the way the book is taught.” IfsWorldWayMayBookKidsSchoolYoungReadingStudyTeacherTaughtReaderListsOpeningOpening UpAnthologyBad Experiences Author:Margaret Atwood
“I meet a lot of readers who first encountered my work in school. And I can only assume there is another group who would run away very fast if they saw me coming, for exactly the same reason. Reading is individual, and not all tastes are alike.” IfsFirstsI CanReasonRunningSchoolReadingIndividualSawsGroupsReaderTasteAssumingRunning Away Author:Margaret Atwood
“WWII is something contemporary readers already know a lot about. If our schools are doing their jobs, they know about the invasion of Normandy, the Hitler Youth, the Holocaust, and at least a few of the horrors of the Eastern Front.” IfsKnowsSchoolJobsFrontsYouthReaderHorrorContemporaryHolocaustEasternInvasionWwiiNormandyHitler Youth Author:Anthony Doerr
“I don't think we need a critic to negotiate with the audience. People say, "Who are you writing for?" I'm writing for myself but my audience is anybody who knows how to read. I think a story should engage anybody who knows how to read. And I hope that my stories do, maybe on a different level for more sophisticated readers than, say, a high school kid, but still a story has got to grab you. That's why we read it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldWritingStillsDifferentStoriesKidsSchoolLevelsAudienceKnow HowReaderHigh SchoolCriticsSophisticatedDifferent Levels Author:T.C. Boyle
“Novels are routinely denigrated when characters are not found to be likable. Is Raskolnikov likable? Is King Lear? The plethora of such naive readers testifies to a failure of imagination - the capacity to see into unfamiliar lives, motives, feelings - and this failure must, at least in part, be the failure of the teaching of literature in the schools.” CharacterFeelingsSchoolFoundLiteratureImaginationNovelTeachingReaderKingsCapacityMotiveNaiveUnfamiliarLearRaskolnikov Author:Cynthia Ozick
“I was always a slow reader, from the very beginning. I remember in first grade our teacher divided us into groups, and I was definitely in the slow group. She didn't call it that, but everybody in the class knew. But I still loved reading. Being a slow reader affected my grades in school, but it didn't affect my love for reading. I still loved going to the library, and I still loved reading books.” FirstsStillsBookSchoolRememberReadingClassTeacherGroupsReaderLibraryGradesAffectedDividedReading BooksGrades In School Author:Gene Luen Yang
“I've always liked language and been a big reader. I always loved books as objects. My favorite time of year as a child was September when we'd go buy all kinds of notebooks and pens and markers for school. I think I wanted to be a writer just so I'd be able to fill up all those pages.” ThinkingYearsKindChildrenBookBigsAbleWantedSchoolLanguageObjectsReaderPagesMy FavoriteAll KindsPensSeptemberNotebookMarkers Author:Elaine Equi
“What I'm really addicted to is getting people to understand that if their kids aren't competent readers coming out of middle school, it's really going to be hard for them in high school.” PeopleIfsHardKidsSchoolMiddleReaderHigh SchoolComing OutCompetentMiddle School Author:James Patterson
“There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and 'we have more important problems than education' attitudes.” NeedsImportantStatesProblemGovernmentSchoolAttitudeReaderModelsTerrificReluctantState GovernmentSchool System Author:James Patterson