[stylist] What I've been reading

[Ashley Bramlett]

Brigitt,

Well, it depends on the county or district school system.
While some schools do not challenge their students and make them think 
analytically via literature, others really do.
Like you, I was in school ten years ago; I graduated in 2002.
I read Lord of the flies. I also read classics and we were tested on them 
and we wrote papers but mostly were tested and discussed them so they knew 
we read them.
So its not a lost art and there are  very high standards in some places.
That is still expected based on what I've heard from other teens. Other 
books included To kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men,
A Separate Peace, Animal Farm, and Scarlet Letter. Indeed we did read both 
Lord of the flies and animal farm in civics class.
However I share your concern about the loss of critical thinking; it sure is 
needed now a days more than ever as we advance to a  post industrialized 
society.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:44 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] What I've been reading

I think Lord of the Flies has been a part of high school curriculums for
a very long time. I was in high school more than ten years ago and we
had to read it, and both my parents had to read it back in the 70s.

I think it's inane what types of books are acceptable reading for
academic curriculums these days. Teens are no longer being taught
analytical skills or being challenged through literature. When Twilight
is now acceptable reading for students, I truly question our education
system. And we wonder why we come no where near to competing with other
countries these days.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan

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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:48:47 -0800
From: vejas <brlsurfer at gmail.com>
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Wow! It seems as if the reading curriculum has changed a lot!
I read Hunger Games last year and, being only in ninth grade, was
required to read Lord of the Flies.  But I guess you appreciate
them a little more later, when you're older.
Vejas


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