Monday, June 21, 2010

Summer Reading

It was a nice July day at family camp. The birds were chirping, the children playing, the old people by their campers playing cards and eating prunes, and I was doing my reading log and vocab list for Catch-22. DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU! I had planned on reading five chapters of C-22 every day and I definitely didn't. Instead, I sat on the dryer during the week leading up to camp and forced myself to read about 50 pages per day so that I could finish to book before I left and then I did the reading log during camp. I hated that book. Heck, I still hate that book. Hopefully I will never have to read it again. BUT, I also didn't want to admit that I didn't completely understand the book. You're in a class with a bunch of really intelligent people, that's why it's AP. Talk to each other, it helps a lot. Also, for those of you who haven't started Catch yet, if you tend to read structured books where the time-line is evident, throw that idea out the window. After I was about halfway through the book someone said something about thinking of it like a movie with flash backs and flash forwards, I started doing that and it was a lot easier to read. As a side note, I have my own summer reading because I'm a member of the Lee Honors College at WMU (apparently it can not bee escaped). Good Luck!
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  1. SCCJune 22, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    Thanks to Andrea for her insights on the summer reading. And no, she was not paid to say these things. The best resource for current AP students is last year's class as they have been through it all and can give you advice based on their experience.

    And notice that the required reading doesn't stop there. Many colleges and universities are requiring summer reading as part of freshmen orientation. MSU, WMU, and Siena Heights University to name a few. Chances are you'll be handed a book to read during your freshmen college orientation next summer. Whoa! College orientation? How strange does that sound?

    I encourage other students to discuss what is working/not working for them, as well as for other AP alums to share some tips on their summer reading experience.

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