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Some classics I loved, some I hated. I understood The Scarlet Letter, but the language, to a modern teen, was booooorinnnnggg. And still is, to this modern adult.
I liked most of my literature classes, but I already read everything I could get my hands on anyway. But I do think that assigning boring reading material is a sure way to turn kids off reading, or at the least guarantee that they read marshmallow fluff for the rest of their lives. Even my preferred reading material is cozy mysteries or urban fantasy - I read for relaxation and brain candy - and I'd bet that it is, in part, due to having to plow through some of those "classics".
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