annotation: The Smart Cookie
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pineislandHave I ever told you how much I hate this book? It's Friday afternoon and I can't focus, so I'm going to tell you about how much I hate this book.
I honestly don't like the The Food Group series much but I really despise The Smart Cookie. (I was going to say it was the worst but it might be a tie with The Couch Potato.) It's all trite moral lessons and unfunny food puns. (OK, the scene where Cookie tries to make a sculpture but "it was a complete bust" is pretty good. The rest of it is garbage.)
I understand why teachers use these books in lessons and my goal is to someday write something straightforward that doesn't suck? … but come on, honestly: it doesn't make any sense that a teacher would assign her students to make "something completely original" that's "due tomorrow" with no other instructions - or that such a thing would inspire anyone instead of stress them out? Has Cookie never had a writing assignment or read poetry before? It doesn't make sense! (Cookie has girly eyelashes so I assume the cookie is supposed to be a "she".)
I get it, this is supposed to be about discovering how everyone is "smart" in their own special way but this doesn't show that at all. What would make more sense is if Cookie is always daydreaming and maybe dyscalculic or ADHD but then when Ms. Biscotti assigns them to write a poem or story, she finds her time to shine. Not "something completely original." (Frankly, Ms. Biscotti should be fired for that.)
The one thing I like about this book is when the student(s) I'm reading with shout "AHA!" when Cookie shouts "AHA!" I'm going to steal that for my own story writing. That's fun to read out loud together.
I honestly don't like the The Food Group series much but I really despise The Smart Cookie. (I was going to say it was the worst but it might be a tie with The Couch Potato.) It's all trite moral lessons and unfunny food puns. (OK, the scene where Cookie tries to make a sculpture but "it was a complete bust" is pretty good. The rest of it is garbage.)
I understand why teachers use these books in lessons and my goal is to someday write something straightforward that doesn't suck? … but come on, honestly: it doesn't make any sense that a teacher would assign her students to make "something completely original" that's "due tomorrow" with no other instructions - or that such a thing would inspire anyone instead of stress them out? Has Cookie never had a writing assignment or read poetry before? It doesn't make sense! (Cookie has girly eyelashes so I assume the cookie is supposed to be a "she".)
I get it, this is supposed to be about discovering how everyone is "smart" in their own special way but this doesn't show that at all. What would make more sense is if Cookie is always daydreaming and maybe dyscalculic or ADHD but then when Ms. Biscotti assigns them to write a poem or story, she finds her time to shine. Not "something completely original." (Frankly, Ms. Biscotti should be fired for that.)
The one thing I like about this book is when the student(s) I'm reading with shout "AHA!" when Cookie shouts "AHA!" I'm going to steal that for my own story writing. That's fun to read out loud together.
