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Originally Posted by HarryT
Just seems like common sense to me. What do you think the purpose is?
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I could have sworn that history, government and the like are better places to teach children about their history and culture then an English literature class. I thought literature classes were meant to teach children to appreciate the written word and learn how to better express themselves in their writing. Maybe even help guide them in the development of their critical thinking and reasoning skills.
I think that the US has done just fine teaching English Lit in junior high and high school while requiring kids to read plenty of British authors. I would argue that any American school that removed British authors from their would be greatly limiting the students world.
Honestly, it sounds a wee bit gingoistic to me. Let's limit the literature we expose our children to in school to people who come from our country. Let's intentionally ignore the many classics from other countries that speak the same language we do.
Sorry, but it does not make sense to me. Teach the language and use authors whose works are most likely to engage the kids.