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Vegan4life

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1. I went to high school in a small town

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Tue Oct 8, 2024, 01:59 PM

Oct 8

In the 1970s. We were assigned multiple books per semester, had to write reports, were tested on them.

We had 6 week sessions devoted to Shakespeare, to Medieval English literature, to modern English lit, to early and modern American lit. We also had required composition classes with research papers.

A few students struggled, but most of us loved the reading, the exposure to great books and plays. My town is Southern, still very small, yet we had phenomenal English teachers.

If they're not reading actual books in high school, what are they doing?

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The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books [View all] Passages Oct 8 OP

I went to high school in a small town Vegan4life Oct 8 #1

They prepare them for the standardized tests. Passages Oct 8 #6

Oh boy. The nation is in trouble. Students can't/don't want to read... brush Oct 8 #2

About 10 years ago or more I read an article where novelist Philip Roth appalachiablue Oct 8 #3

It is troubling. Passages Oct 8 #5

It sounds like they may have been taught to focus too much on minute details. Jim__ Oct 8 #4

Many of today's teachers got their education under Dubya's "No Child Left Behind" program FakeNoose Oct 8 #7

It's very sad. So many factors at play here. My wife and I used to read so many books, we have huge bookshelves LymphocyteLover Oct 9 #8

I was a Russian major in the very late '70s and early '80s. Igel Oct 9 #9

There is someone who wrote a book about reading books NJCher Oct 9 #10

Thank you, I would appreciate the link. Passages Oct 10 #12

How about these professors choosing more relevant, modern books? Elessar Zappa Oct 10 #11