@HeerJeet also to assuage parents who too often think that their kids should be taught the same way they were.
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@HeerJeet See also why people have a weird emotional attachment to Pluto being a planet. It's because they were taught it in grade school.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think that's very true. Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Mockingbird, become cultural touchstones because they're so widely read.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet i don't know. I often think back on Far From The Madding Crowd and ask myself, what would Thomas Hardy do?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet They are part of our shared cultural memory, even (or especially) for people who read little other literature as adults.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet because for many people that is the last time they read a bookThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet that's a fascinating phenomenon. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3634644.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet *cough*A Separate Piece*cough*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet So what books *are* heavily assigned in high school these days?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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