Comments on: Happiness is . . .

By: PixelFish

PixelFish — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:44:31 +0000

Under my desk, over my desk, in the bathroom. Pretty much anywhere I could. In fact, my parents had to have a talk with the school librarians and I could only check out books with a permission slip one semester because I was completely ignoring my homework in favour of all the books. My teachers had to frisk me for books, like Harriet the Spy got frisked for her notebook.

Dubious accomplishments of seventh grade: I worked my way through all the Babysitters Club books, the Sweet Valley Twins, Sweet Valley High, The Nancy Drew Files (actually almost all the Nancy series), and The Three Investigators. Oh, and Anne McCaffrey and Piers Anthony. Most of the series books I could read in an hour, so I’d check one out one period, read it, return between periods, and get a new one. Wash, rinse, repeat. My librarians still remember me as this plague that swept through their genre sections.

By: Anri

Anri — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:21:05 +0000

I’ve always been pretty good at math, so I used to go ahead in our math book so I could read during that time. I’m pretty sure our teacher noticed, but since I was done with my work, she let it go.

By: celia

celia — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:35:56 +0000

In school, I read under my desk ALL THE TIME to the point that my previous year’s teachers would warn the new teachers every fall. I found this out in HS, when my art teacher mentioned having been warned about it. (I only ever read in her class once, and I felt more guilty about it than any of the other classes.) In 5th grade English, once, my teacher was trying to catch me not paying attention to the class, so she’d call on me to read out loud after every other person.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:56:44 +0000

i read under the desk a lot in seventh grade. whenever the teacher came in, we’d try to hide our books, and one day i got a really good one taken away from me. it was horrible, having to wait till the next day to get the book back. i was soooo mad. after that, i stopped trying to hide the book, and the teacher stopped taking it away. i learned that if you don’t act guilty, you can get away with anything.

By: hillary!

hillary! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:15:52 +0000

I’ve found that some teachers will ignore your not payinf attention in class if you’re doing something extremely odd like reading, because apparently teenagers don’t actually read.

By: the dragonfly

the dragonfly — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:46:04 +0000

The reading under your desk thing cracked me up…I so did that when I was in school. Got in trouble a lot. (not real trouble, mostly just sighs and stern looks.)

By: khy

khy — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:55:01 +0000

You have to be disciplined in those tiny private schools. The teachers spot EVERYTHING.

By: rsg0569

rsg0569 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:42:51 +0000

I get in trouble for reading when I’m not supposed too more then anything else put together! lol! If Justine Larbalestier is reading this, I have huge bags under my eyes from staying up all night trying to finish the Magic or Madness Trilogy!

By: Justine

Justine — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:47:44 +0000

Um, just in case there are any teachers or parents reading this: READING UNDER YOUR DESK AT SCHOOL IS BAD. Clearly I’m encouraging the reading part, not the ignoring your teacher part.

*Cough* *cough*

Quick tip: It’s always best to have your text book handy to slip on top so you can quickly slide novel/manga out of way and it looks like you’ve been reading text book all along.

By: Rene

Rene — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:11:50 +0000

Yep, I read in class, too. At least one of my teachers thought it was funny. Not sure if I got busted in the other classes.

What a lovely fanmail.

By: lotti

lotti — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:21:52 +0000

It always annoyed me when teachers told me off for reading under my desk. It’s like they cannot appreciate the need to finish a good book. But what irritated me the most is when ENGLISH teachers told me off for it. I mean, come on. Books are what your subject is about, right? RIGHT?

By: cei cei

cei cei — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:58:13 +0000

i read under my desk. heck one time my math teacher sent me to the principal for telling him that i wasn’t going to start something until after i finished my chapter