Oh, the irony of the assigned reading was not lost on many, teachers included. What does it mean when freshmen are assigned things like 1984 and Brave New Worl

Oh, the irony of the assigned reading was not lost on many, teachers included. What does it mean when freshmen are assigned things like 1984 and Brave New World, Lord of the Flies and Les Misérables for sophomores, The Catcher in the Rye for juniors, and Catch-22 for seniors? All are great books, worth reading, and worth assigning as the object of study, but it's sad that the curriculum is so focused on shallow analysis.