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Originally Posted by leebase
I don't equate "classic" with "tops in entertainment". Classics should and do cover a wide set of genre's. I doubt anybody will like them all. But if we "all" read them, then it forms a commonality in society.
Most all of the books I read are "trash". Sci Fi, Spy Thrillers and the like. I read many of the classics in school...which is the point of having classics.
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But the "classics" that are forced upon the students are rubbish. The teachers need to pick more modern books that are more relevant to the lives of the students. Reading books that are in olde English or are written in a way that books are not today turns them off to reading for pleasure. I blame school for the decline in reading.