Comments on: “bella is to ______ as katniss is to badass” http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/ for YA readers who are a little less Y and a bit more A Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bre http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-24443 Bre Mon, 09 May 2011 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-24443 Bella is to useless as Katniss is to badass. Bella is to boring and weak as Katniss is to interesting and badass. Bella is to useless as Katniss is to badass.
Bella is to boring and weak as Katniss is to interesting and badass.

]]> By: Lizmet B. Playrose http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-6396 Lizmet B. Playrose Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:00:13 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-6396 Saga: 1. Any of the narrative compositions in prose that were written in Iceland or Norway during the middle ages. JUST SAYING. Saga: 1. Any of the narrative compositions in prose that were written in Iceland or Norway during the middle ages.

JUST SAYING.

]]> By: Erin http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Erin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:34:34 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-425 Meredith, you totally just got a 1600 on your SATs!!! Which, I realize now that they've changed the scoring system, a 1600 isn't actually a perfect score and instead sort of sucks, but WHATEVER, when I took them, it was a 1600, and it was a 1600 all through my childhood years, and Zach Morris got a 1580 on his and Jesse Spano was PISSED, and in conclusion, I think they never should have changed the scoring, the end. Especially because if I told someone my SAT score now, I would look functionally retarded.* *Except that telling people yr SAT score at any point past the first day of your freshman year of college, which is approx. the last day anyone will ever care or it will ever matter makes you look functionally retarded anyway. Meredith, you totally just got a 1600 on your SATs!!! Which, I realize now that they’ve changed the scoring system, a 1600 isn’t actually a perfect score and instead sort of sucks, but WHATEVER, when I took them, it was a 1600, and it was a 1600 all through my childhood years, and Zach Morris got a 1580 on his and Jesse Spano was PISSED, and in conclusion, I think they never should have changed the scoring, the end.

Especially because if I told someone my SAT score now, I would look functionally retarded.*

*Except that telling people yr SAT score at any point past the first day of your freshman year of college, which is approx. the last day anyone will ever care or it will ever matter makes you look functionally retarded anyway.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Meredith Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:56:55 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-383 Oh yay yay yay! Best SAT prep ever! But no one yet has attempted to answer your sample queries, so I shall endeavor: 1) Erin rolls her eyes and throws the book down the moment Bella falls down. 2) D) B and C, but not A 3) C 4) Bella is to pathetic as Katniss is to badass. Oh yay yay yay! Best SAT prep ever! But no one yet has attempted to answer your sample queries, so I shall endeavor:

1) Erin rolls her eyes and throws the book down the moment Bella falls down.

2) D) B and C, but not A

3) C

4) Bella is to pathetic as Katniss is to badass.

]]> By: Poshdeluxe | hey new york, get ready for my pants! http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Poshdeluxe | hey new york, get ready for my pants! Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:29:02 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-360 [...] GOT to check out erin’s recent post on FYA about the twilight SAT book. no seriously. it’s for real. and here’s an SAT word to [...] [...] GOT to check out erin’s recent post on FYA about the twilight SAT book. no seriously. it’s for real. and here’s an SAT word to [...]

]]> By: Meghan http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Meghan Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:45:06 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-354 OMG, this post was awesome!! i really love the standardized test -- if only they were all that great. i love the math question. and poshdeluxe, there isn't anything left untainted by twilight. i saw a book available through our distributor today about the philosophy of twilight ... umm ... i didn't know codependent stalkery-obsessive relationships and falling down a lot counted as a philosophy, but oh well. OMG, this post was awesome!! i really love the standardized test — if only they were all that great. i love the math question. and poshdeluxe, there isn’t anything left untainted by twilight. i saw a book available through our distributor today about the philosophy of twilight … umm … i didn’t know codependent stalkery-obsessive relationships and falling down a lot counted as a philosophy, but oh well.

]]> By: Poshdeluxe http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Poshdeluxe Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:12:26 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-344 ERIN. you have obvs missed yr calling as a standardized test writer. all i remember from the SAT was that it was boring, and i just wanted to get through it so i could go to shoney's afterwards with my friends and eat unlimited french toast sticks. but if i had taken yr version? not only would i have enjoyed it, i also would have failed it and lost an eye in the process of STABBING MYSELF WITH A NUMBER TWO PENCIL. jessica, i see yr point about how this could help students, but honestly? IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT IN OUR CULTURE UNTAINTED BY TWILIGHT? no? ok. before i go off myself, i'd like to say that this was one of my fave FYA posts of all time. erin, you took a vomitous subject and made it awesome. well done! ERIN. you have obvs missed yr calling as a standardized test writer. all i remember from the SAT was that it was boring, and i just wanted to get through it so i could go to shoney’s afterwards with my friends and eat unlimited french toast sticks.

but if i had taken yr version? not only would i have enjoyed it, i also would have failed it and lost an eye in the process of STABBING MYSELF WITH A NUMBER TWO PENCIL.

jessica, i see yr point about how this could help students, but honestly? IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT IN OUR CULTURE UNTAINTED BY TWILIGHT? no? ok.

before i go off myself, i’d like to say that this was one of my fave FYA posts of all time. erin, you took a vomitous subject and made it awesome. well done!

]]> By: La Coccinelle http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-339 La Coccinelle Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:13:34 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-339 “Bella is to twit as Katniss is to badass.” How's that? And "gratuitous charm"? Looks like the author could use his own vocabulary workbook (or <i>a</i> vocabulary workbook... I'm sure there are better ones out there that don't make literate people want to hurl). “Bella is to twit as Katniss is to badass.”

How’s that?

And “gratuitous charm”? Looks like the author could use his own vocabulary workbook (or a vocabulary workbook… I’m sure there are better ones out there that don’t make literate people want to hurl).

]]> By: Jenny http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Jenny Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:42:53 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-338 Jessica, I had a similar experience with the 'on the road' portion, and it made me feel very, very cool. However, I think we all need to lobby to have you make up the SAT's, Erin! I loved your questions! Jessica, I had a similar experience with the ‘on the road’ portion, and it made me feel very, very cool.
However, I think we all need to lobby to have you make up the SAT’s, Erin! I loved your questions!

]]> By: jessica http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/2009/10/10/bella-is-to-______-as-katniss-is-to-badass/comment-page-1/#comment-335 jessica Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:23:09 +0000 http://www.foreveryoungadult.com/?p=575#comment-335 i like your version of the book better, but i have to say that i'm okay with this study guide. i've heard about it and initially was like, uh... but it's actually pretty clever, if we're going to make standardized tests the measure of anything meaningful, to take a text that's relevant to kids and use it for this purpose. things that are relevant to kids--and really, to any reader, i would think--increase retention. i still remember one of my SAT questions had an excerpt from "on the road," which was totally relevant to me then and had me biting my nails in excitement in the testing room. i like your version of the book better, but i have to say that i’m okay with this study guide. i’ve heard about it and initially was like, uh… but it’s actually pretty clever, if we’re going to make standardized tests the measure of anything meaningful, to take a text that’s relevant to kids and use it for this purpose. things that are relevant to kids–and really, to any reader, i would think–increase retention. i still remember one of my SAT questions had an excerpt from “on the road,” which was totally relevant to me then and had me biting my nails in excitement in the testing room.

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