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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My huge history book that I am reading (or at least trying to)
I have previously mentioned a big book that I am reading. This is the book that I am talking about. The book is called History of the Ancient World and it is by Susan Wise Bauer. It was meant for an older audience than a sixth grader, but I find it rather interesting. Some of the words I don't understand, so I write them down to look them up later in a dictionary. That is what I mean to do, at least.
Today and the day I last read this book, I was reading about the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians. I read a lot ( in Egypt history) about the lower and the upper kingdoms. There were all these wierd kings with long wierd names and I am glad that I did not try to read out loud, or I would have been stumped. I hope someday you-who-are-reading-this-blog will read this book also, and I hope you will enjoy it as much a I am.
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When you talked about looking up words that were hard, I thought, "Good for you, Em." But there are times, too, when you just want to sort of groove with the hard words and not worry too much about their precise meaning--you know, let their context help you make sense of things to you gradually. William F. Buckley once said that people could just go over the words like a skier goes over a jump--fly for a moment, and then just keep going. - Dad
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