Is there a book that you were required to read in school that you actually loved?
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I really love this week's question!
I remember when I was on my 4th yr college, on the first day of school on my Philosophy subject (I was planning not to give this subject too much time and care because this was just a minor subject, and I'm an Information Technology student, I mean, I have a lot more programs and thesis to take care, much more major subject, but I ended up loving this subject because of this book), when a teacher entered a room, she went straight to the whiteboard, and wrote "Sophie's World", face the class, introduce herself and told us that we need to get a copy of this book by next week, read it and so we can discuss it next meeting.
Go Figure.
Ofcourse, we were all dumbfounded. No usual introduce yourself crap and everything. Not that we're complaining. I get a copy right away, saw that it was about Philosophy, Obviously, History of Philosophy and Philosophical Thinking. I was planning to just read the summary and some reviews of the book from the net, because, you know this isn't my kind of tea, I'm more of a paranormal, sci-fi's, thriller kind of girl.
I was so glad I didn't. I don't know what spirit possessed me, but I actually tried to read it and I enjoyed it. It was intriguing, sure some of the parts were boring, most especially when it was enumerating the History of Philosophy, but the book actually had a good plot that will make you ask the same question ask in the book to yourself. It actually took me like, 3 weeks I think before I finished the book, it was actually long, but I did finished it. And I was the only one who managed to finished it in our class, and I was an instant celebrity! and I got avery high grade! Too bad it was only a minor subject.. Nevertheless, one of my precious College memories! :)**Wink
I remember when I was on my 4th yr college, on the first day of school on my Philosophy subject (I was planning not to give this subject too much time and care because this was just a minor subject, and I'm an Information Technology student, I mean, I have a lot more programs and thesis to take care, much more major subject, but I ended up loving this subject because of this book), when a teacher entered a room, she went straight to the whiteboard, and wrote "Sophie's World", face the class, introduce herself and told us that we need to get a copy of this book by next week, read it and so we can discuss it next meeting.
Go Figure.
Ofcourse, we were all dumbfounded. No usual introduce yourself crap and everything. Not that we're complaining. I get a copy right away, saw that it was about Philosophy, Obviously, History of Philosophy and Philosophical Thinking. I was planning to just read the summary and some reviews of the book from the net, because, you know this isn't my kind of tea, I'm more of a paranormal, sci-fi's, thriller kind of girl.
I was so glad I didn't. I don't know what spirit possessed me, but I actually tried to read it and I enjoyed it. It was intriguing, sure some of the parts were boring, most especially when it was enumerating the History of Philosophy, but the book actually had a good plot that will make you ask the same question ask in the book to yourself. It actually took me like, 3 weeks I think before I finished the book, it was actually long, but I did finished it. And I was the only one who managed to finished it in our class, and I was an instant celebrity! and I got avery high grade! Too bad it was only a minor subject.. Nevertheless, one of my precious College memories! :)**Wink
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What a fun memory to have from college! The moment you finished it had to feel so good!
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Definitely, because the reads in school are usually out of your comfort zone.. It was nice to experiment once in a while.. :)
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Great story! I'm glad to hear you got into Sophie's World. I read The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder and adored it, so I tried Sophie's World but just couldn't get through it. I think maybe I was too young and should try again. :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog!
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time getting through some chapters of Sophie's world. Particularly when they were relieving the history, but I still loved it. The twist was oh so good.. :)
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I've never heard of Sophie's World.
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If you love philosophy you'll love Sophie's world! :) Thanks for visiting :)
DeleteHopping through. I've never read Sophie's World, but have heard it's a formative read. Someday I'll get to it.
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That would be great! Thank you very much for stopping by Alison! :)
DeleteSophie's World is one of my favorite books.To be honest I like every single book from Jostein Gaarder, especially Vita Brevis.
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I'am so glad you like it. It's my first from Gaarder. Maybe I'll try out some of the other books too!
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