<p>Hello, a quick question about the Common Book Program. </p>
<p>Is participation in this required? Ever since I learned about this program, I have been under the impression that this extra-curricular. However, today I received an email on my student account that made it sound like we were supposed to read the book for certain.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm this or provide some more info?</p>
<p>I can’t answer your question, but I can tell you that Three Cups of Tea is a great book to read. I read it after my daughter finished it. She has since read the sequel to it - Stones Into Schools and said it was also good. I suggest every American read it and hopefully some of the attitudes toward those of the Muslim faith will improve. The book also shows how education can change more than bombs can.</p>
<p>If it is required, I am going to have a few “fun” days ahead of me.</p>
<p>Does anyone else have any idea of this?</p>
<p>If you are taking freshman English you will probably be required to read it. My understanding is that some of the Learning Communities for freshmen will also use the book in their programs. If you aren’t taking English and you are not in a Learning Community you may not have to participate in the Common Book Program. But it is a great book so you ought to read it anyway!!</p>
<p>If the book is only required in English classes and learning communities, then I’ll be fine, seeing how I am not in either of these.</p>
<p>Are you taking a Freshman Experience class? If so, you might want to check it out for that class.</p>
<p>Oh man. HONR 1077 Freshman Experience. I hope (pray) that it is not required. Do you know of any Freshman Experience classes using it?</p>
<p>I don’t know if the book is being used in the Freshmen Experience class, but I wouldn’t be surprised since it is the big book for Auburn this year. The author will be visiting Auburn in late October. I also know of other schools who are using this book this year for their incoming freshmen class.</p>
<p>My daughter’s boyfriend read the book this summer because it is part of his college’s freshmen reading list and even though it isn’t the type of book he normally reads, he thoroughly enjoyed it. Read it and then read some fun books like the Glass Castle and The Help. All good reads.</p>
<p>I read somewhere on the Auburn site that UNIV 1050 classes would be using it and possibly Freshman Experience too. Sooo. I gotta get on that. I am thoroughly depressed. I’ve started the book and find it boring. Proud_mom, does it pick up later?</p>
<p>It does start off a little slow and there are some slow parts in it, but overall it is very interesting to learn about the culture in the Middle East and how the extremist groups (primarily the Taliban) have been able to take advantage of the lack of educational opportunities to train future extremists. Hopefully the book’s author and his organization’s gift of educational opportunities will minimize the number of extremists and eventually bring peace to the area.</p>
<p>Actually, it does pick up! Thank you proud_mom! I used to live in Saudi Arabia so it seems sort of familiar to me. At first, I was slightly confused as to what kind of culture Baltistan was but now it seems more clear…</p>