I responded to a (your) comment claiming that highschool English classes are consumption-mode literature classes. > Kids don't learn to write novels in literat

I responded to a (your) comment claiming that highschool English classes are consumption-mode literature classes. > Kids don't learn to write novels in literature class either - you've missed the point of such classes. > Literature classes are consumption courses, too, and lead a few to develop a lifelong reading (and consumption) habit, btw. Kids don't write full novels in those classes because the timeframes involved couldn't possibly permit it, but nevertheless half the time in those courses is dedicated to getting students to write short stories, poetry, (not merely essays!) At the highschool level the courses are about writing as much if not more than about consuming literature.