The book club is meeting as usual on Wednesday mornings sans AP testers, but we are looking forward to seeing them again next week. The past two weeks have started a new book, "Vampire Kisses" by Ellen Schreiber. Even though we had planned this to be our book for the rest of the year, we finished it in one week, and have now agreed to continue the series with "Kissing Coffins." We have decided to keep up the book club through the blog, where I will post discussion questions, and they will answer (and found out in the process this is being done in one of the English classes, although there could be more). Summer meet-ups at various bookstores in town are being planned, it sounds fun.
One of the main topics of discussion today was based on the fact Raven is thought of as an outcast, and it was agreed many of the group members thought of themselves as outcasts; the black fingernail polish, the fact they don't want to conform to things "popular" students do, such as buying expensive clothing and listening to hip-hop. It was observed there are many "Trevors" here, who try to score as many conquests as possible. The book is a very easy read.
English assignments are due in and there is a flurry of typing and Powerpoint-ing going on in the Kimball HS Library. Topics are on a variety of social issues, as well as social figures who have been assassinated, and racism. Seniors are soon having exams in the next couple of days, and it will be over for them soon.
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