why i don't go to movies

This school year is a little out of whack, compared to others. Because we need a long summer this forthcoming summer, on account of the moving into the new building madness, we had to start school early this year. In a wonderful collision of the universe, our first semester ends right at winter break (as it should be, in my opinion).

I just finished reading Of Mice and Men with my sophomores, and we were left with 3 days before finals started with really nothing to do. That means: movie time!

I love Of Mice and Men and I adore John Malcovich as Lennie. The movie is fairly accurate (remember, don't judge a book by it's movie) and the kids seem to enjoy it.

However, one class today reminded me why I don't like to go to movies. Kids watching movies suck. I hate them.

The majority of my time was spent telling kids to stop talking. And what were they saying, you ask?

"OH! I wonder what's going to happen next!"

Well, Genius Child, you already know the answer to that BECAUSE WE READ THE BOOK.

There is no suspense in a movie when you've read the book. Allegedly.

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Look for a forthcoming blog post on teaching Of Mice and Men to a bunch of Lennies. Yeah.