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January 20th, 2005, 01:49 PM
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OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
I wish I could take credit for finding this, but I can't...in any case, he is dreamy, isn't he?
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January 20th, 2005, 02:40 PM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
Whoa, DarkHorse, you've read 1984 too?
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January 20th, 2005, 04:00 PM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
Ain't it required reading in most HS curriculums?
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January 20th, 2005, 06:00 PM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
Wasn't required at mine. It was one of many options for those times when we were allowed to choose a book to read, rather than read whatever garbage the teacher happened to like or the occassional actual good "classic" book we were required to read...
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January 20th, 2005, 07:57 PM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
I like the litte Mac computer in the background of the first picture.
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January 20th, 2005, 08:18 PM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
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I read it way back in High School (when it was actually 1984 on the Calendar...) but I don't remember if it was required or not. Either way it was interesting, in a slightly depressing way. I always liked that quote, for some reason.
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
We were all required to read 1984 in my high school. That was one of the more interesting books we read.
Some of the other books we studied were:
The Crysalids
MacBeth
Of Mice and Men
Death of a Salesman
Lord of the Flies
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January 21st, 2005, 07:01 AM
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
The only one I remember is To Kill A Mockingbird. I guess the others were either so bad I supressed the memory or so boring I forgot them. TKAM was...um...Not my area of interest.
And if we're talking books, don't miss Katherine Kerr's Deverry series. I've seen author's try to be epic; to come up with a story that rivals Tolkein. Quite seriously, this one does.
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Re: OT: Bill gates, circa 1984
I had to read "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant". I sort of skimmed though it, looking at all the words as quick as possible but not registering it. I thought I had got the whole book till the teacher asked me about the flashbacks and time changes.
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