Pick up a book

So here begins the ever-dreaded few days before school starts again. Currently I am hastily writing up some notes on To Kill A Mockingbird, which I am delighted to be studying this term in English! I might post the notes separately as they will help with revision if someone is studying the same book. Of course, writing these notes before I begin studying the book was obviously optional, as my teacher could barely get anyone in my class to even touch the book let alone write notes on it. It makes me wonder- where did everyone get this strange idea that reading books is only for the geeks, outcasts, and anyone who isn't 'popular'? Since when has it become 'abnormal' to enjoy a good read? When my English teacher began to pass round the copies of TKAM, I simply needed to look around to find to kind of people that I would love to hang out with- the people who pick up the book, flick through it, thank the teacher for choosing such an excellent story for us to study, rather than pushing it to the other end of the table, having a go at the teacher for 'forcing us to read over our six-week break' and moaning even when she suggested they could buy the audiobook if moving their eyes over a page was too much bother. Where are the Scout's of our era? Where are the people who want to read and write before they are made to, and enjoy it when they do? I can only hope that future generations will keep some shred of normalcy and pick up a book to read, rather than pick up a book to bin.

-Charlotte


A.N. Thanks for reading my blog everyone- it was a surprise to discover there are people from the USA and the Netherlands reading this! If anyone is interested, my friend (also named Charlotte) and I will be running a blog dedicated to books, of which I will post the link to once we have properly started :)