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Originally Posted by issybird
I’m sure it differs from district to district, but overall I don’t think individual teachers have much control over the curriculum at the K to 12 level.
I must give a rousing second to the sub-par quality of most “relevant” YA novels that I’ve seen. Ekbell’s daughters are clearly young women of taste and discernment. Far better to teach books that have lasted, than those that are written to expose an issue.
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I think if we want kids to read classics, parents have to taks an interest and help them find ones that they may be interested in that would not have all the misty of school to go along with them. I know it depends on the books and the teachers. But some of the books were awful and no teacher can fix that. Shakespeare was awful to read and most teachers don't teach it well.
I was an avid reader thanks to my mother. Not everything in school that I read was awful. But most books were. For example, I really disliked
The Canterbury Tales. But
Hyperion which was based it was so much better.