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To be fair there might be other students in your same class who, like perhaps Mrs Broadbent herself, would find classic literature to be the thing that ignites
by willvarfar 1y ago
To be fair there might be other students in your same class who, like perhaps Mrs Broadbent herself, would find classic literature to be the thing that ignites their love of reading?
Personally I tried and failed to get into LotR as a kid even though I was a keen reader. Same with Shakespeare. Not everything is for everyone.
So I guess the big deal is everyone getting to meet a book that they can get into as a kid, to foster a love of reading. And different people have different books.
Therefore the problem with high school literature is everyone reading the same narrow assigned set of books, rather than what that narrow set is?
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoThis is true. I feel as if a "One size fits all" approach is a problem. That's something that "AI" might actually be good for; helping to craft solutions to individuals, while preserving a consistent utility.
- AlecSchueler 1y agoI was that kid; never enjoyed fantasy at all, but everything clicked when I discovered Dostoevsky in the school library.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoI’ve read plenty of the classics, since, but that’s because my reading comprehension is so good from all that “junk.” If reading is painful, we won’t do it, no matter how good it is for us. Same with thinking, problem-solving, learning, whatever.