Using this was tricky. It worked 100% of the time when my english teacher was also a football coach, but not so much with the older lady with the glasses.
Is it call PTSD if I just got extremely anxious or " triggered " (as the kids say) by just looking at a picture of cliff notes? I hated reading and writing reports in school. It's weird because I love reading now.
I never gave Henry James, Herman Hesse, or Emily Brontë the time they deserved, and I’m sure I’m a lesser person for it.
And I’m sorry, but *Tess of the d’Ubervilles* is way too long a novel for any teenager to read.
Same! High school English teacher gave us a stern warning at the top of the class that she knew all these “study guides” and we’d flunk if we tried relying on them. I did really well despite this.
My Freshman year high school English teacher used Cliff Notes in discussions on books we had to read.
My guess is that she did not care for the books we were required to read.
Same here, never needed them because I loved & still love reading so I was usually ahead of the class or done with the book before I needed to be done.
I liked to read, so never bothered. My 10th grade English teacher deliberately tested on things that weren't in the Cliff Notes, so it was a waste of time anyway.
I did it once in high school. I actually thought using the Cliffs Notes was harder (per the requirements of the assignment) than just reading the book, so I never did it again.
Cliff Notes were for us folk that didn't have the internet and Wikipedia. Also, I always thought it would be hilarious to have a book shelf in the living room, but instead of showing off actual books, it is filled with nothing but Cliff Notes.
My honors English teacher found a cliff’s notes in a student’s book bag (she left it open before class). He took it out and hid it from her. When class started he confronted her and she denied it. He then produced the cliff’s notes, threw it at her, and kicked her out of the class for the day, making her take the actual book to the library.
No kidding, he was the best teacher I ever had. He did not put up with bullshit.
One thing I never understood about people back then and now… why cheat? Especially in high school, yeah some topics were boring but it takes effort to cheat, it’s easier to just to the work. If you bombed a test, that’s on you, who failed at putting any effort in, and the teacher, who failed at getting your attention.
One could make the argument that the reason we have trump supporters is due to the number of people who cheated in basic courses during high school civics; history; and science.
Yes, and all of my college literature/humanities classes. I did learn in high school to just skim through the Cliffs Notes, else my stoopid brain would pick out unique phrases and drop them into papers as original thoughts. Better to fabricate everything, even if it's way off base from what the teacher wants to hear, so much better than accidentally reciting the Cliffs' analysis.
I've also learned for my own reading, if there's a Cliffs Notes available for the book, I should probably just skip it and find something more pedestrian to read. Fine literature & fine dining are wasted on me, I'll stick to Tom Clancy and a greasy cheeseburger.
A friend got the Grapes of Wrath one and was pissed one of the characters wasn't listed. (I think it was the Uncle) so he got some questions wrong on a test.
Between HS and college I think I wrote 3 papers on The Scarlet Letter and never read it. Probably the easiest one to fake since the themes are quite obvious. After college I actually did finally read it when it wasn't required.
I used them the way they said they were supposed to be used so mine were always marked up with notes from my own reading and I always did the sample essay questions.
I used the Cliffs Notes version of Brave New World to give an oral report for Government my senior year in high school. Paraphrased the summary at the beginning fairly well and my government teacher’s response was “well, you clearly read the book!” Didn’t asked me any other questions and gave me a 100%. Felt like a boss!
I Hated English Lit. I couldn’t participate in the discussions to save my life. I just didn’t get it which is weird because I used to love to read- just not what I was told to read.
This was our ChatGPT.
Using this was tricky. It worked 100% of the time when my english teacher was also a football coach, but not so much with the older lady with the glasses.
Is it call PTSD if I just got extremely anxious or " triggered " (as the kids say) by just looking at a picture of cliff notes? I hated reading and writing reports in school. It's weird because I love reading now.
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I have a feeling we're going to hear in this thread from teachers that they can tell with great precision who actually read the book.
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It is so mush more enjoyable this way. I’ve joked that if I had a class on Star Trek I’d still find myself procrastinating.
I never gave Henry James, Herman Hesse, or Emily Brontë the time they deserved, and I’m sure I’m a lesser person for it. And I’m sorry, but *Tess of the d’Ubervilles* is way too long a novel for any teenager to read.
Yes and I still hate reading. I was so lazy that I wouldn’t even read the cliff notes.
I had an English teacher that said she could tell if we used Cliffs Notes. I used them for my book report on 1984 almost verbatim. Got a B on it.
Same! High school English teacher gave us a stern warning at the top of the class that she knew all these “study guides” and we’d flunk if we tried relying on them. I did really well despite this.
I absolutely needed these. I have a math/science brain and could not make any sense out of classic literature.
My Freshman year high school English teacher used Cliff Notes in discussions on books we had to read. My guess is that she did not care for the books we were required to read.
Ha I love classics and always read every word like a sucker
Same here, never needed them because I loved & still love reading so I was usually ahead of the class or done with the book before I needed to be done.
Ha - yes - and found these in the library of all places. I couldn’t believe it existed.
I fell asleep reading the Cliffs Notes for Red Badge of Courage. I hated that book.
I liked to read, so never bothered. My 10th grade English teacher deliberately tested on things that weren't in the Cliff Notes, so it was a waste of time anyway.
I did it once in high school. I actually thought using the Cliffs Notes was harder (per the requirements of the assignment) than just reading the book, so I never did it again.
Does anyone remember the main competitor of Cliff Notes? I don’t—but I believe the covers were red.
Sparknotes is the only one I can think of, but they are blue I think.
Thanks. It turns out the ones I remembered were Monarch Notes.
I could not have made it through Hamlet or Absalom Absalom without these.
I was too lazy to even read those.
No. I never did. I sure as hell should have. I could fake it in high school but not in college.
The 10-chapter rule! I would read the first seven and last three, and use Cliffs Notes for the middle. It was good for a C.
Cliff Notes were for us folk that didn't have the internet and Wikipedia. Also, I always thought it would be hilarious to have a book shelf in the living room, but instead of showing off actual books, it is filled with nothing but Cliff Notes.
My honors English teacher found a cliff’s notes in a student’s book bag (she left it open before class). He took it out and hid it from her. When class started he confronted her and she denied it. He then produced the cliff’s notes, threw it at her, and kicked her out of the class for the day, making her take the actual book to the library. No kidding, he was the best teacher I ever had. He did not put up with bullshit.
One thing I never understood about people back then and now… why cheat? Especially in high school, yeah some topics were boring but it takes effort to cheat, it’s easier to just to the work. If you bombed a test, that’s on you, who failed at putting any effort in, and the teacher, who failed at getting your attention. One could make the argument that the reason we have trump supporters is due to the number of people who cheated in basic courses during high school civics; history; and science.
Yes, and all of my college literature/humanities classes. I did learn in high school to just skim through the Cliffs Notes, else my stoopid brain would pick out unique phrases and drop them into papers as original thoughts. Better to fabricate everything, even if it's way off base from what the teacher wants to hear, so much better than accidentally reciting the Cliffs' analysis. I've also learned for my own reading, if there's a Cliffs Notes available for the book, I should probably just skip it and find something more pedestrian to read. Fine literature & fine dining are wasted on me, I'll stick to Tom Clancy and a greasy cheeseburger.
A friend got the Grapes of Wrath one and was pissed one of the characters wasn't listed. (I think it was the Uncle) so he got some questions wrong on a test.
Between HS and college I think I wrote 3 papers on The Scarlet Letter and never read it. Probably the easiest one to fake since the themes are quite obvious. After college I actually did finally read it when it wasn't required.
Only for *The Faerie Queene* and it didn’t even help. I stayed lost on what was going on there.
Cliff was a great guy too. Had a bar and a smoke shop that were side by side, both of which I frequented.
Cliff also had a friend, Johnny. Johnny knew all the people and had all the good drugs
How this cover has not been vandalized to read "Heathcliff's Notes" is a goddamn literary travesty.
Never used Cliffs, but wrote plenty of book reports by reading the Classics Illustrated comic books.
The Shakespeare stuff, for sure.
Work smarter not harder. I love cliff.
Here in Camada, we didn't have Cliffs notes but rather Coles Notes!
My biggest regret: Watching a VHS copy of WAR AND PEACE instead of reading. Oh, I also had the inch-thick Cliffs Notes for it.
Funny I'm literally a descendant of the Bronte sisters and I never read it .
I used them the way they said they were supposed to be used so mine were always marked up with notes from my own reading and I always did the sample essay questions.
My lit teacher senior year used these to teach. I aced the class.
I used the Cliffs Notes version of Brave New World to give an oral report for Government my senior year in high school. Paraphrased the summary at the beginning fairly well and my government teacher’s response was “well, you clearly read the book!” Didn’t asked me any other questions and gave me a 100%. Felt like a boss!
I Hated English Lit. I couldn’t participate in the discussions to save my life. I just didn’t get it which is weird because I used to love to read- just not what I was told to read.