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Apparently, I'm "sort of well read" - 8 read, 9 partly, many unheard of - particularly missing out on the poems.
The novels and plays on the list are quite international, it's less American-focussed than I expected. I would think 10th graders also read just bits of the classics, as we did decades ago. There wouldn't be time for the whole Odyssey.
I wouldn't be so negative about 15 year olds, though. There are quite a few who like reading (mostly girls). The last one I met was copying a bunch of my ebooks ... which doesn't mean they're not interested in games and gossip, of course.
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