but rather because I was compelled to under penalty of getting a poor grade on the test
Now... you're taking me back, I was lucky and had 'Animal Farm' and 'My Family and other Animals'.. but 'The Merchant of Venice'.. ugh..
but rather because I was compelled to under penalty of getting a poor grade on the test
Now... you're taking me back, I was lucky and had 'Animal Farm' and 'My Family and other Animals'.. but 'The Merchant of Venice'.. ugh..
I am firmly convinced that the reason so many Americans never pick up another book after high school is because we're teaching the wrong books in high school. There's definitely a place for highly academic and literary works, especially when placed in a historical context, but if students grow up thinking "reading" is synonymous with "suffering through stories about people to whom they cannot relate and about whom they don't care", we're doing our culture a disservice.
It didn't put me off, I just loathed school and would not co-operate! There's a lot more to read now.. than then.
I am firmly convinced that the reason so many Americans never pick up another book after high school is because we're teaching the wrong books in high school. There's definitely a place for highly academic and literary works, especially when placed in a historical context, but if students grow up thinking "reading" is synonymous with "suffering through stories about people to whom they cannot relate and about whom they don't care", we're doing our culture a disservice.