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I too read ravenously as a kid. Strangely, in the 90's we were never assigned full books in English classes, just short stories or chapters.
by RajT88 11mo ago
I too read ravenously as a kid. Strangely, in the 90's we were never assigned full books in English classes, just short stories or chapters.
- amanaplanacanal 11mo agoI'm older than you (graduated high school in 1975). I read tons of sci-fi as a kid. I also don't remember reading any whole novels for English class. Maybe we did, but if so I have successfully blocked them out. I have been amazed at the number of houses I've been in over the years which didn't appear to contain a single book.
- saltcured 11mo agoI graduated high school in '92 (S.F. Bay Area) and can recall several assigned books we read for class in either junior high or high school. I think there were more, but these are the ones I can recall easily today. Pride and Prejudice. Last of the Mohicans. A Separate Peace. Tom Jones. Beowulf. Grendel. Crime and Punishment. Waiting for Godot. Tale of Two Cities. Also, several Shakespeare plays, though I am no longer sure which were read when. We also had other reading assignments where we chose our own books. The above were assigned to everyone.
- footy 11mo agointeresting. Assuming you're talking about high school I had a totally different experience, we were assigned maybe 6 books/semester for the year I spent in mainstream classes (and about double that when I did the IB program but I expected that to be uncommon)