My friend 15f and i 15f wanted to read the same book "the summer i turned pretty" for a project so when I took the book she called me selfish even though I asked the teacher if there were more and then when the teacher gave the book to me and i asked who should take it and then she said she didnt care whod take it. then I took it and then I asked her again on whatsapp message if she wanted to change the books with me but she took "Heartstopper" so she said she didn’t mind whod take it, again. She had to take a different book because she couldn’t read that book for the project because it was a comic book, after that class she said to me: "Was that book so good that you had to steal it from me?"
Her reasoning why she shouldve gotten the book:
1 it was near her birthday
2 she had been wanting to watch "the summer i turned pretty" series
3 she said she wanted the book first
*corrected a mistake in my wording
>I took the book she called me selfish
If she took the book, that would make her selfish (according to her logic).
NTA.
NTA. Sidebar: What kind of project is this for school where these are the books being read? Sophomore year we read Their Eyes Were Watching God, a bunch of Shakespeare (Macbeth, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing), Arthur Miller, etc. Why are you doing beach reading projects? This isn’t about you. I’m just aghast.
We had to write about the culture of another country, mine was USA. Its for school yes, just a quick book reading project to improve reading basically.
I’m happy to hear that this is not an American English class. I’m sad that other countries think that stuff is American culture. There are a lot of extraordinary American literature works out there. If you’re interested in American culture, I’m sure many of us would be willing to give some suggestions. Do you read in English or translated to another language?