I will give your teacher a Completely Missing The Point of Ambiguity in Fiction medal.

I will give your teacher a Completely Missing The Point of Ambiguity in Fiction medal.

Island of the Blue Dolphins was the first assigned reading I actually fell in love with, so there's that.

Island of the Blue Dolphins was the first assigned reading I actually fell in love with, so there's that.

Hahaha, somebody else who had to read A Day No Pigs Would Die!  My class suffered through it in sixth grade.  We were lured in with the story of a kid and his cute pet piglet, learned more than any people of my generation ever normally would about the Shakers, and I remember being utterly clueless as to what was going…

Hahaha, somebody else who had to read A Day No Pigs Would Die!  My class suffered through it in sixth grade.  We were lured in with the story of a kid and his cute pet piglet, learned more than any people of my generation ever normally would about the Shakers, and I remember being utterly clueless as to what was going…

True, but it's also a world where -and this is the scene that stuck with me as a kid- your emotionless "dad" can beat you for not using "precise language".

True, but it's also a world where -and this is the scene that stuck with me as a kid- your emotionless "dad" can beat you for not using "precise language".

Yup, that's the one.  Although I remember the awful details being withheld from us kids.  So of course, our imaginations filled in the blanks with all kinds of horrible rumors.  The most deeply haunting one was that supposedly the manager was so torn up from the incident and subsequent legal shitstorm (probably true),…

Bonkers: http://www.bonkersfunhouse….

My sister and I dragged mom and dad to the Chuck-E-Cheese near Portsmouth, NH once a summer for several years.  We were always stuck in the Beagle Boys room; only ever got to see the show with the main characters in it once.

My sister and I dragged mom and dad to the Chuck-E-Cheese near Portsmouth, NH once a summer for several years.  We were always stuck in the Beagle Boys room; only ever got to see the show with the main characters in it once.

I mentioned it further up the page and will third the recommendation.  It's similar to "Best Worst Movie" in the sense that just when you think it can't get more strange, it really does.

I mentioned it further up the page and will third the recommendation.  It's similar to "Best Worst Movie" in the sense that just when you think it can't get more strange, it really does.

This one haunts my dreams: http://youtu.be/t4aIblRt72g

This one haunts my dreams: http://youtu.be/t4aIblRt72g

Yeah, I was just about to say the chronology isn't my first concern there.

Yeah, I was just about to say the chronology isn't my first concern there.

I was under the impression that the "Great, and I was gonna MARRY him" line was a dig at the at-the-time highly publicized romance between Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp.

I was under the impression that the "Great, and I was gonna MARRY him" line was a dig at the at-the-time highly publicized romance between Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp.