/lit/ - Literature

>be me
>really good writer with a passion for books
>been reading novels since I was 10
>in 10th Grade comes
>teacher says we're trying something new
>hands us copies of "In the Time of the Butterflies" (really excited because its about the Dominican Republic under Trujillo....im a big history buff as well)
>then tells us we have to annotate
>cool with it because i do anyway
>looks at first page
>we have instructions for annotating/rubric
>have to have 5 paragraph long annotations per page
>wtf.jpeg
>do it anyway because I need to get into good college
>a few weeks pass and we have "spot check"
>half of the class didnt annotate
>some-like me- just tried to get by
>some didnt know wtf they were doing
>the rest were smart show offs trying to out-due each other
>teacher checks annotations, most get a 0
>but everyone else gets 90 or higher, because its based "on completion"
>bullshit.png
>same thing happens every few weeks, as long as they're pretty she'll give someone an A
>start to question their purpose
>teacher tells me "Anon, theyre to expand your knowledge of the novel"
>bullshit.png

What does /lit/ think of annotations? I talked to some smart kids that say they hate them and find them a chore to do...despite the fact the teacher thinks we love doing them because we actually do the work.

Its summer now (obviously) and i have a project due monday...its on Catcher in the Rye..only have half the book annotated, does anyone have tips on annotating a book fast?

Do you guys annotate when you're reading for entertainment? If you do, how in depth to you get? If you don't, why don't you, and do you do you still refrain when reading for work or school?