1984
The Jakarta Method
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Lmao, are you gonna be tested on the genealogy in Genesis 5
How To Be Perfect by Michael Schur (of The Good Place). I’m kinda sad how little ethics we teach these days and this book is a very good approachable overview of contemporary ethics that would make a huge difference for our society as a whole.
I think that is “Noon: 22nd Century”
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they can’t do that because then my old school would need to stop copying it…
No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai. One of the English translations. It’s short, it’s good, and it’s kinda fucked up. Should fit right in. And maybe we should read books from other parts of the world.
Now dive into what all that book inspired.
(CW: Suicide, SA, Drug use, Depression/Mental Health, I forget what else. It’s not a pleasant book. It is considered literature in Japan though.)
Surprised no-one said A People’s History of the United States.
well, the effect of required reading seems to be killing kids’ enjoyment of reading, so, if we wanna double down on that, i reccomend the Silmarrillion, by JRR Tolkein. or maybe a phone book.
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“Martin Fierro” by Jose Hernandez. Me and all my classmates thought it would be the most boring book. We were surprised. And it was full of teachings for soon-to-be adults.
Anne Frank’s diary. There is the historic relevance, but apart from that it is the inner world of a teen girl. I read it as a teen as well, and I remember it greatly resonated with me. She was of course in a unique and threatening situation, bit she also was just a teen, struggeling with typical teen issues. You know how it ends, but over the book you learn so much about her, her family and how they are trying to make tge mkst of it. You start rooting for her. And despite you knowing how it ends I felt quite empty when it did.
Also, a well written sex ed book. I have no specific one in mind, but a medicly accurate book explaining the female and male hormone cycles, menstruation, pregnancy (control including abortion) and menopause! And yeah, goes into how to actually have sex, that it’s important to talk about boundaries etc.
Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, was required reading where I lived in the US, in the mid-90s. I was in Arkansas. My daughter went to school in Missouri and California (2010s) and I don’t remember her having to read it. Not sure if it’s regional or if the decade made the difference.
Make sure to get the uncensored version where she goes into great detail about masturbation.
Just because someone reads a book, doesn’t mean that they understand it, and if they’re forced to read something they probably won’t enjoy it.
I think catcher in the rye is a good book for boys of that age to read. The main character is insufferable because he holds views similar to incel culture. Problem is some people identify with Holden.
I was forced to read Animal Farm in early high school and didn’t like it or really try to understand it. I re-read it as an adult just because I wanted to and I loved it. Any time there was a reading project with a list of books to choose from rather than a single forced choice, I enjoyed it way more. The choice really does make a difference
Catcher in the rye was a forced book for me and I didnt like it because I thought Holden was insufferable lol. Why do you think it’s a good book to read?
“The name of the wind”
It will teach them to deal with frustration and disappointment.
Marmaduke: The Riverside Collection.
