
The situation occurred to me during high school. I have always been a dedicated reader whose taste hardly discriminates. Yet, I don't usually have a good time with school-required reading. For some alien reasons, most high school teachers LOVE forcing us to read and analyze crappy phony, boring novels. They don't care if you read hundred thousand good books in your private time, they want you to read the crappy books for their class!
The book in the described situation is 'Wave Rider' by (I think) Graeme Lay. Although it is hardly one of the worst books I have over read (both in private time and in class), it somehow sticks with me as one of the few books that I didn't finish. The teacher describes the book as 'a complex, impossible-to-put-down YA with a strong moral message for readers'. The paper that I halfheartedly wrote for that book passed with an excellent grade... So much for the complexness!
I don't know how they picked the books. If they want something 'classic', there are million amazing classic titles out there. If they want something 'complex' so the students can rick their brains trying to analyze, there are zillion of classic complex titles out there too! It's almost like the teachers just want students to hate their class!
May be the teachers just hate books, so they are giving the students reading-trauma.
(Fortunately, I get to read awesome Sci-fi books for the 'Science fiction' class that I am taking at my college, apparently some teachers know how to pick the right book after all!)


















