u/AmericanLocomotive

So my buddy started a heavy truck and equipment repair business a couple of years ago. He opened an Autozone Commercial account, and was getting really good rates on parts. Like 25-45% off on just about everything - i.e., similar to RockAuto pricing.

Lately though, his prices have been terrible. He just got a quote on an alternator, and the commercial price was actually about $10 more than the normal retail for the same part.

Is his commercial rep just hosing him? Did he do something to anger them? Does autozone commercial just suck?

I teach 7th grade. I have a lot of students that are really into manga and graphic novels. Some are plowing through a few volumes a week.

When I first started teaching about 6 years ago, I was really on-board with this. I thought "Great, they're not 'standard' books, but they're reading, they're enjoying it, they're engaging with text!"

...but, now I'm not so sure. I've noticed this year that my most voracious graphic novel/manga readers are some of my worst students at decoding and comprehending text. They're the ones most often raising their hand and saying "I don't get this question." ...and the question ..in question will be very basic. Throw in some metaphor or ask them to visualize/imagine something, and they just crumple up like a piece of wet tissue paper. These students generally refuse to read traditional novels.

I will admit I have not really read any manga, so I don't know the typical complexity of the text. Some comic books I've read recently targeted towards mature/adult audiences had pretty complex text rich in metaphor and the kind of wordplay that just absolutely tickles your brain. The kind of text that you'd need a strong grasp of language to really understand and appreciate. Is that not the case with manga?

Anyone else notice this? Anyone read manga (One Piece and My Hero Academia are huge at my school right now) and care to comment on the complexity of the text?

Edit: I teach Science, by the way. Not ELA