Sheesh what a nut!! My 12th grade teacher for english was kind of a spaz but dang!! She only made us read 600 pages a semester on our own (books from a list, we had to pick. So long as we read 600 pages, it didnt matter HOW many books we read) plus our assignments. We had spelling tests in that class though (I always flunked too oops hehe). She got kind of mad at me when the first semester I read Mists of Avalon (on the list ) in two weeks. She was like, "You can't be done already" And I said "Um, yeah, thats why Im here to do my book report" (We had to go in after school and give reports to prove we actually READ what we said we were going to). She told me after I was done that I taught her things about the book even she didn't know (and she was reading it at the same time and had read it before. It took her a month). I got my full year page requirements done in two months. I got extra credit for the extra pages though Made up for my stupid spelling tests!