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re: If you could require 5 books to be read (and tested) to graduate HS what would they be?
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:38 pm to udtiger
Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:38 pm to udtiger
1. Algebra For Dummies - multiple authors
2. Economics For Dummies - multiple authors
3. The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr and EB White
4. The Constitution of the United States of America - multiple authors
5. Elective- Choose from 1 of the below:
Music Appreciation for Dummies
Art Appreciation for Dummies
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
The Art of the Deal - Donald Trump
Choose from any of the books from the FoxFire series
2. Economics For Dummies - multiple authors
3. The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr and EB White
4. The Constitution of the United States of America - multiple authors
5. Elective- Choose from 1 of the below:
Music Appreciation for Dummies
Art Appreciation for Dummies
How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
The Art of the Deal - Donald Trump
Choose from any of the books from the FoxFire series
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Posted on 7/3/26 at 8:55 pm to udtiger
The Art of War -Sun Tzu
Animal Farm -George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye -J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger
Animal Farm -George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye -J. D. (Jerome David) Salinger
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:07 pm to udtiger
To Kill a Mockingbird - H, Lee
Diary of Anne Frank - A. Frank
A Lesson Before Dying - E. Gaines
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Diary of Anne Frank - A. Frank
A Lesson Before Dying - E. Gaines
The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:42 pm to stuntman
Bible- God
How to a win friends and influence people- Carnegie
Think and grow rich- Hill
1984- Orwell
Crush it- Gary Vaynerchuk
How to a win friends and influence people- Carnegie
Think and grow rich- Hill
1984- Orwell
Crush it- Gary Vaynerchuk
Posted on 7/3/26 at 9:51 pm to udtiger
American Psycho
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
1984
Macbeth
Fight Club
A Clockwork Orange
1984
Macbeth
Posted on 7/3/26 at 10:00 pm to udtiger
The Law - Frederick Bastiat
Posted on 7/3/26 at 10:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
Democracy in America- de Tocqueville
Federalist papers/constitution- various authors
Basic Economics- Sowell
A history of the American people- Paul Johnson
Reflections on the revolution in France- Burke
good list …. to which I would add:
The Complete Essays of Plutarch
The Blackwell Guide (Law and Legal Theory)
Posted on 7/3/26 at 10:23 pm to udtiger
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
The Emperor has no Clothes
The Emperor has no Clothes
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:13 pm to Bamafig
Lots already suggested but The Count of Monte Cristo is missing.
Eta Watership Down another fantastic book.
Eta Watership Down another fantastic book.
This post was edited on 7/3/26 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 7/3/26 at 11:45 pm to dkreller
The Wealth of Nations By Adam Smith
Posted on 7/4/26 at 1:01 am to udtiger
The Civil War-Shelby Foote
The Confessions-Saint Augustine
The Iliad-Homer
The Holy Bible (King James Version)
Moby Dick-Herman Melville
The Confessions-Saint Augustine
The Iliad-Homer
The Holy Bible (King James Version)
Moby Dick-Herman Melville
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:05 am to TROLA
First list that I read all of, 4 of them by the time I finished 8th grade at St John’s. There was a time that I lived to read, much as kids live to stare at their phones now..
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:09 am to udtiger
The Bell Curve ... Murray and Herrnstein
Posted on 7/4/26 at 4:17 am to udtiger
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:05 am to finchmeister08
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Animal Farm and 1984
Read both when I was in high school.
Problem with 1984 is that the surveillance state depicted essentially exists with ubiquitous social media and "smart" phones. It's less a cautionary tale than it is ironic (not to mention that Democrats and Europeans have adopted it as a users guide).
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:11 am to Zach
that's a good one. not many folks understand that outliers are not the norm
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:21 am to udtiger
These were some of the ones that I didn't just enjoy, but I wish I had read sooner than I did.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John C Maxwell
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes - E. Randolph Richards
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln - James Humes
7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John C Maxwell
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes - E. Randolph Richards
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln - James Humes
7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene
The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
Posted on 7/4/26 at 6:37 am to finchmeister08
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Animal Farm and 1984
Good choices. Not a book, but the Bill of Rights.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 8:48 am to Trevaylin
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that's a good one. not many folks understand that outliers are not the norm
True. The amazing thing about the study is that it had to be very long term and the people who started the study knew they would be dead before the results came in.
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