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@apbschmitz, oh dear god, this. So many times.
When I went to college, I HATED English classes. I "hated" them because I'd hated them in high school and that stuff -- Shakespeare being read, most American novel classics that, I'm sorry, I still don't like; etc. -- was all I knew about "real" reading.
Fortunately, I had a GREAT college intro English teacher and I ended up liking it so much I majored in English. No one was more surprised than I.
But, yeah, I don't like The Scarlet Letter that much. I suspect most people don't. Why aren't we teaching a variety of new literature that kids can relate to? I liked The House On Mango Street a LOT but I never would have gotten to it if I hadn't stuck with lit through college.
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