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> high schools / universities do their students such a disservice assigning books that students don't have the life experience to understand I disagree. If you
by bachmeier 1y ago
> high schools / universities do their students such a disservice assigning books that students don't have the life experience to understand
I disagree. If you read a book first, it can inform you as you go through your life experiences, and it can potentially have far more value to the student that way. The mistake in teaching these books in school is that the teaching is generally done with the assumption that students have already had those life experiences, making it a complete waste of everyone's time. At least that was how it was taught when I was in school.
- socalgal2 1y agoI think it depends on the book. I'm actually thinking of movies though. I watched Casablanca in my early 20s and it did nothing for me. I watched it again in my 50s and cried so hard my whole body shook. The difference was life experience. I knew what they were giving up. Something I had no experience with in my early 20s I suspect some books have a similar issue.