. One of the interesting aspects is that the kids who had come straight from school found it all very daring to have scorn poured on various great writers. Adult students like me were appalled by it all and couldn't wait to escape at the end of the year.
Being a part-time student meant that I couldn't just toss it aside lightly when I found how awful it was. And of course you had to regurgitate the opinions back in your essays or you were wrong and could well fail. Luckily there were enough books deemed to be acceptable for me to write my essays on them.