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Weird how many people admit to such shortcomings as "I would fail because I can't relate" when it comes to a reading assignment. Your brain isn't working right if you can't fight your way out of THAT paper bag. College, what college should be, clearly isn't for you.
I must be a way more intelligent person since I could not only read something but FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WRITE ABOUT IT TOO. And guys, I'm not a genius so you must be way down the pole.
I was reading Updike when I was a teenager with no life experience and pretty sheltered, and while I didn't like Rabbit Run that much either, I did like some of his other stuff.
An yes, you do have to deal with things that make you uncomfortable sometimes. Actually, you shouldn't be that uncomfortable with much in college anyway. THIS IS NOT PORN.
Where did the idea that things don't have to ever be challenged come from? Tumblr?
I'm Jewish. I've read both. Guess what? I'm still Jewish.
Reading something doesn't mean you automatically agree with it.
WEIRD!
I read Leon Uris's Exodus, and stayed Lutheran. You'd have thought I'd have immediately been indoctrinated into Zionism, merely by cracking the spine on that one.
In other news, I also read Siddhartha, and did not become a Hindu or a Buddhist. Later in life, I read the entire Harry Potter series, and am not, to my dismay, and surely to that of those around me, now a boy wizard.
weird how many people admit to such shortcomings as "i would fail because i can't relate" when it comes to a reading assignment. Your brain isn't working right if you can't fight your way out of that paper bag. College, what college should be, clearly isn't for you.
I must be a way more intelligent person since i could not only read something but figure out a way to write about it too. And guys, i'm not a genius so you must be way down the pole.
If you are going to college then you should read the required reading materials for that class. Just because you read it, does not mean that you feel the same way the writer or author did, about the subject matter. But in order to learn and to expand your universe you need to read the required material (If the class that has such offensive reading material to you, is not the correct one there are usually several other classes that can be taken instead which will count toward your degree in that area.)
Books aren't evil. They are your friend! Embrace them! Read them! Don't be afraid of them!
I was also assigned "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand, which I consider to be poorly written neo-fascist drivel. There was a point to the assignment. However much I hated it, I sucked it up and read it.
If people want to go to colleges where everyone agrees with them, there are many choices on the Christian right - Liberty, Oral Roberts, Regent - etc.
There is also an "add drop" period where, if their is something that you don't like on the syllabus, the student can change courses.
Reading a book with which you disagree does not infect you. In fact, it broadens your general knowledge base and can open your mind - or further confirm your beliefs. It also helps to know "what the other side thinks" when engaging in debate.
I read Leon Uris's Exodus, and stayed Lutheran. You'd have thought I'd have immediately been indoctrinated into Zionism, merely by cracking the spine on that one.
In other news, I also read Siddhartha, and did not become a Hindu or a Buddhist. Later in life, I read the entire Harry Potter series, and am not, to my dismay, and surely to that of those around me, now a boy wizard.
Some people think that people are so easily influenced.
I'm sorry but this has gotten to be ridiculous. College has become this world of special snowflakes who think everything should be all about them and their feelings and their beliefs and their rights. Screw the rest of the University and their best interests, cater to me!
It's college, you're not required to attend, you're not required to take a specific course with a professor or subject you don't like. It's great that you don't agree with this book, so don't read it. Stop making a social justice cause out of EVERYTHING!
Hah, demanding that particular books be removed from the required (or, worse, even simply SUGGESTED) curriculum is pretty much the antithesis of "social justice!"
I'd have hands down opted out of any and all math electives.
But, then, I wouldn't have graduated, because I wouldn't have been fulfilling requirements. See how consequences work?
Me too!
People are not seeing the bigger picture.
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