It's almost time for back to school, and as usual, the Mullins offspring have yet to finish their summer reading lists. It is my opinion, that teachers simply devise reading lists to torment parents in retaliation for having to put up with their kids everyday. But my opinion is neither here nor there, and the reading lists must be done.
We have made trips to three libraries to locate the required books and once the treasured tome is finally located, it is quickly pronounced "boring."
I agree that reading because you "have to" takes out a great deal of the pleasure, and I wonder who picks out the lists, because the Adolf Hitler biography made ours. Of course, it was on the top of the list for the boys to find at the library. They were out of luck though. Evidently, his bio was the hot tamale for middle school readers at all the libraries. Not a copy to be found.
The boys rolled their eyes when I explained that the early bird/reader gets the Hitler book. Maybe next year they'll start sooner. Laters.
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