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Originally Posted by Question Mark
Fortunately, such homework was not especially challenging for me at the time so much as it was uninteresting. Perhaps you had better discussions.
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Oh, I doubt it. The discussions I remember were usually boring as sin.
I only meant to suggest that reading a book at home, and answering a few questions about it in class was by far easier than the workload in any of my other subjects. Whether I liked the book or not.
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Given my experience with struggling and reluctant readers, I tend to see a greater need for developing competent readers than in edifying them with the Classics. I'm not against the Classics, except when they become unnecessary barriers to literacy, as they seem to be for a good number of students.
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It is my opinion that questions of literacy and competence should be dealt with long before reading the Classics becomes part of their daily school routine. But if they do slip through the cracks that far, for that long, then surely one-on-one tutoring makes more sense than changing the curriculum for everyone.