I read many books when I was in high school but thinking about where and when I read them I realized that one place in which I do my best active reading is the classroom. I never really had time to do my own personal reading outside of school and I avoided all the readings of my text book that were assigned for homework. My classes in high school were all an hour and a half long and due to this fact teachers would finish their lessons early. With the amount of free time I had in school I spent most of it reading and found it to be the best place where I could concentrate on the book. Yeah classmates could be distracting, but so was being home with my phone ringing off the hook and the constant smell of good food streaming to my room. Being in class with nothing to do made me feel like reading would pass the time and it did. On good days where teachers didn’t have much to say I found myself reading 100 pages to a book and really getting into it. I could finish books at school in two weeks time and I always impatiently waited for the teacher to quit talking so I could start reading again.
January 27, 2008 at 5:14 pm
hmmmm. Reading in the classroom — I guess my initial reaction is *hurrah*, but then I hope as a teacher that you’re not reading in my classroom unless we’re all reading together.
Have you been able to continue classroom reading with your other courses? I’m not sure how your other courses work (or what the professors require).
One place you might want to check out is the seating in the writing center in the library. It is a great reading space that is both a kind of classroom and a kind of work space (if it is not too noisy by teh front desk). There are both tables and comfy chairs to choose from.