Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Tonight’s the night to start discussion. True confessions – I got caught up in another book and haven’t started reading this yet. I wanted to put the link up in case you’re anxious to begin.
I’ve set up a book club link in the right column. It’s under “Links.” Comments should work like a regular post.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Dan Harland // Apr 17, 2008 at 8:17 pm
True Confession 2: I’m not even through the first section ‘Economy’. I thought we started on the 19th. I feel like I blew off a school assignment…
2 Kathryn // Apr 17, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Me neither.
First impressions: like Ecclesiastes “…vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the oil at which they toil under the sun?” Also brings to mind Camus,The Myth of Sysiphis (sp?) but I don’t have a quote.
3 Cheri M. // Apr 18, 2008 at 8:05 am
Ok, I’m busy reading “Unmasking Sexual Con Games”, a new resource we’ve come across for homeschooling in the “Human Growth and Development” topic, relationships strand.
This book examines really important concepts… things that can creep in, insiduously, if an effort is not made to stop and identify them, and be alert to patterns. These topics could be a week’s worth of Oprah’s (and if Dr. Phil wasn’t dealing with his tabloid issues, it could be a week’s worth of his shows also).
I don’t suppose we want to make an HGD book club and screen resources?
Or I could just get with the program and read the assigned book…? Maybe I’ll start with the Sparks notes version!
4 Cindy Kilkenny // Apr 18, 2008 at 8:25 am
“Sparks notes”
I considered that, too. But I decided against it. I’ll get started this weekend.
(And I’ll take a pass on your favorite reading right now!)
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