After trying to read on the 3 hour ride from NYC to Albany on the Greyhound bus, Shanoa finally decides to read the book seriously. The first time it was just a glance over. She didn't really retain any information that she would be able to regurgitate in her literature class like she normally did because unlike the books and stories in the past this book was difficult. This book had footnotes out the WAZOO and she couldn't for the life of her figure out why they were there. It wasn't like she had actually read any of these books in her life. She's only a 19 year old girl in her second year of college. What did her professor expect of her? Sure she's heard of some of these books but how was she to know if the Zampano character was pulling any of these references out of his butt.
Needless to say Shanoa skipped the majority of the footnotes. Unless it was typed in courier new it was of no value to her and she could care less about where such quotes and references could be found. She read and read turning the book and when she realized that she was ripping the book in an effort to read upside down and backwards, she skipped those sections too. The people on the train looking at her as though she had never held a book or even seen one for that matter was enough for her to get up and leave the book on the F train going to Queens, but then she realized once again that she is a college student who was not going to let hard earned money go to waste.
In the end she will probably re-gift the book for christmas to one of her cousins who will enjoy such madness. Maybe they'll think the ripped pages makes the book vintage.
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- Shanoa
- I'm a worker bee by day, student by night. I like getting caught in the rain and anything that can hold my attention for more than 2 minutes. Yes. That's all you get. TWO.
2 comments:
i love the last line of that blog: "maybe they'll think the ripped pages makes the book vintage". Hysterical!
"She's only a 19 year old girl in her second year of college. What did her professor expect of her?" Ah...great question and one that I have been talking a lot about with some colleagues here at my conference. Was this book too hard for second year students? Am I asking too much? I think the answer is obvious when you look at thses posts--I see a lot of hard struggles with great revelations. you ARE DOING IT! I know this was a tough read but many of you were up to the task so congrats!
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