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Originally Posted by wizwor
I have never suffered more than when reading Moby Dick. Catcher in the Rye is not literature. Shakespeare is boring. Grendel was worse than Beowulf.
The only reason kids are not reading and analyzing Harry Potter and Stephen King is because the teachers would have to read and analyze Harry Potter and Stephen King.
It's much easier to regurgitate the same lesson plans year after year.
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I would say that it always depends on the age of the child when they are introduced to these books. I didn't appreciate most of those that you mentioned until I was a lot older. Of course Moby Dick is still boring!!