Grim literature in the high schools?

<p>I read Marjorie Morningstar when I was in college and saw it one way; read it 20 years later and saw it completely differently. Not surprising.</p>

<p>I think we all want our kids to learn to appreciate the “classics” (whatever that may mean to different people) both as a common cultural heritage and as a source of good written and spoken English. (I also happen to think reading is an enjoyable pastime.) </p>

<p>If all they do is read blogs and txt each other, they are missing out on a lot and not learning to communicate effectively.</p>

<p>Edit: I just remembered they revamped the Jr/Sr curriculum at our HS to include one semester of something like modern technological communication–not sure at all what it was called, but the idea was to help the kids with online comprehension and not take everything they find at face value. Which is probably a good idea, but more necessary for your Aunt Bess than for kids today, I hope. And the course was not for those in AP English.</p>