Just found this

Have a look at this article. Did you know just HOW weird we are??

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_eccentric_reads_entire_book

ridiculous....I loved it.

Loved it! The Onion always has hilarious articles/etc.

That was hilarious. Although, unfortunately, it seems like that article is becoming more and more true as each day goes by. I was reading Jane Eyre in the school hallways last week and everybody gave me a weird look, like I was some kind of alien.

Hilarious!

Why do people think that reading is some kind of psychological disorder?

Louisa Lynn wrote:

Hilarious!

Why do people think that reading is some kind of psychological disorder?

I'm not sure. Apparently it isn't "cool". But then and again, I'm not out to be cool. I just happen to BE cool...

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Louisa Lynn wrote:

Hilarious!

Why do people think that reading is some kind of psychological disorder?

I'm not sure. Apparently it isn't "cool". But then and again, I'm not out to be cool. I just happen to BE cool...

Whoa, that could be a famous quote! "I'm not out to be cool. I just happen to BE cool."

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Louisa Lynn wrote:

Hilarious!

Why do people think that reading is some kind of psychological disorder?

I'm not sure. Apparently it isn't "cool". But then and again, I'm not out to be cool. I just happen to BE cool...

Well, nuts to them if they think reading isn't cool.

No, see, reading is cool at school if you read Gossip Girl, anything by Sarah Dessen, or Twilight.

Basically, fluff. Blech!

I stuck to my reading even when it made me a nerd in 7th grade, and a social outcast in 8th. To prove my point, I was elected head girl (by my classmates!) in 10th grade, and won a prize for outstanding achievements.

Take this, cool kids. Ha!

Ha! See, it pays off!

I've been reading my whole life and therefore have been a dork my whole life, but it's paid off too: if you haven't noticed, school becomes much easier if you read. It even helps in unrelated subjects!

I've always read a lot and it has never made me socially outcasted at all. At my school, the smart kids are usually also the cool kids, the athletic kids (with me as the exception), (sometimes) the nice kids, and also the good-looking kids. It's really kind of strange because I hear about other schools' smart kids getting picked on by the athletic or cool kids and then I look at my school and don't see the same problems. It must be something in the water.

Tourterelle wrote:

No, see, reading is cool at school if you read Gossip Girl, anything by Sarah Dessen, or Twilight.

Basically, fluff. Blech!

Okay, I'll confess. Gossip Girl is my guilty pleasure. But, here's the reason why I have a better attitude towards Gossip Girl than I do towards Twilight: Gossip Girl isn't attempting to be some literary masterpiece. Cecily von Ziesgar (and the ghostwriters) knew from the get-go that this series would be superficial.

Besides, the gossip is kind of addicting. The characters are so funny and flat, but I could care less. von Ziesgar did not intend for there to be some massive theme or plot. It is just gossip-gossip-GOSSIP.

Kelsey wrote:

I've always read a lot and it has never made me socially outcasted at all. At my school, the smart kids are usually also the cool kids, the athletic kids (with me as the exception), (sometimes) the nice kids, and also the good-looking kids. It's really kind of strange because I hear about other schools' smart kids getting picked on by the athletic or cool kids and then I look at my school and don't see the same problems. It must be something in the water.

Definitely agreed here. Reading is everywhere--most people don't recognize that, unfortunately. Heck, some of the hardest material I've read was in my physics classes. My reading skills really helped there.

Oh, I was labeled "social outcast" in middle school. Almost nobody wanted to associate with me, until high school. There, a LOT of the so-called "cool" kids were having difficulty and I basically became a popular-kid tutor and advice girl. Kind of cool, actually. It gave me some immunity and people included me just on that, at first. Then they learned about the real me and ended up liking me. Go figure.

Well, even if you're the outcast at school, that doesn't count in real life anyway. Kids who are cool in high school think their entire life will run smoothly just because they are oh-so-popular-and-pretty. Well, welcome to real life, it is the latest craze, and everybody's joining in...

Someone on here or on YA said, in reply to the claim that cool kids didn't read classics, "Yeah, well, cool kids don't make six figure incomes either". I loved that quote. Was it any of you guys?

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Tourterelle wrote:

No, see, reading is cool at school if you read Gossip Girl, anything by Sarah Dessen, or Twilight.

Basically, fluff. Blech!

Okay, I'll confess. Gossip Girl is my guilty pleasure. But, here's the reason why I have a better attitude towards Gossip Girl than I do towards Twilight: Gossip Girl isn't attempting to be some literary masterpiece. Cecily von Ziesgar (and the ghostwriters) knew from the get-go that this series would be superficial.

Besides, the gossip is kind of addicting. The characters are so funny and flat, but I could care less. von Ziesgar did not intend for there to be some massive theme or plot. It is just gossip-gossip-GOSSIP.

I agree. I love reading Gossip Girl. GG and the rest of the characters are so funny. The book really lives up to its name. Once you enter, it's hard to extract yourself from it.

Solveig wrote:

Someone on here or on YA said, in reply to the claim that cool kids didn't read classics, "Yeah, well, cool kids don't make six figure incomes either". I loved that quote. Was it any of you guys?

I wish I was the one who said that, but it wasn't me. That quote is genius. I think I'm going to steal it...bwahahaha...

Tourterelle wrote:

Ha! See, it pays off!

I've been reading my whole life and therefore have been a dork my whole life, but it's paid off too: if you haven't noticed, school becomes much easier if you read. It even helps in unrelated subjects!

No kidding. In the 4th grade, I won 3rd place in the Spelling Contest because of reading. I was always top of the class in English class.

Louisa Lynn wrote:

No kidding. In the 4th grade, I won 3rd place in the Spelling Contest because of reading. I was always top of the class in English class.

I won third place in the spelling bee in sixth grade but they only displayed first and second place in the school yearbook. I was furious!

Reading really does have benefits.

Zara Sahana 007 wrote:

Solveig wrote:

Someone on here or on YA said, in reply to the claim that cool kids didn't read classics, "Yeah, well, cool kids don't make six figure incomes either". I loved that quote. Was it any of you guys?

I wish I was the one who said that, but it wasn't me. That quote is genius. I think I'm going to steal it...bwahahaha...

No one would be the wiser...

Tourterelle wrote:

Louisa Lynn wrote:

No kidding. In the 4th grade, I won 3rd place in the Spelling Contest because of reading. I was always top of the class in English class.

I won third place in the spelling bee in sixth grade but they only displayed first and second place in the school yearbook. I was furious!

Reading really does have benefits.

Oh, my gosh. You should have complained! Go third placers!!!

Of course! Nothing wrong with a solid third place!

Seriously though, my 12 year old self was about to kick some butt. I wanted recognition, and a trophy!

Tourterelle wrote:

Of course! Nothing wrong with a solid third place!

Seriously though, my 12 year old self was about to kick some butt. I wanted recognition, and a trophy!

Did you get a medal? 'Cause I got one. Oh, how I despised that girl who got second, not because I was jealous of her place, but she was an extreme emo-wannabe.

Louisa Lynn wrote:

Tourterelle wrote:

Of course! Nothing wrong with a solid third place!

Seriously though, my 12 year old self was about to kick some butt. I wanted recognition, and a trophy!

Did you get a medal? 'Cause I got one. Oh, how I despised that girl who got second, not because I was jealous of her place, but she was an extreme emo-wannabe.

Do you know how much I hate wannabes? Especially emo-wannabes? They are such attention-whores.

Louisa Lynn wrote:

Did you get a medal? 'Cause I got one. Oh, how I despised that girl who got second, not because I was jealous of her place, but she was an extreme emo-wannabe.

Psht, no.

1st place and 2nd place both got trophies and a picture in the yearbook, and I got squat.

Yeah, I'm emotionally ruined for the rest of my days.