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Thread #141008   Message #3242992
Posted By: SINSULL
22-Oct-11 - 09:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Books successfully taught
Subject: RE: BS: Books successfully taught
I don't remember any. Teachers took a Cliff Notes approach to books which reduced them to how to answer questions so you pass the test.
Years later, I read and re-read many of them for the shear pleasure of reading. Moby Dick has become a favorite. All of Jane Austen whom I despised as a teenager.
My teachers were more successful with short stories. To Build A Fire comes to mind and The Cask Of Amantillado. O. Henry went over well. One was able to make poetry come to life.

The funny part is that I read and enjoyed reading from childhood on but not with the help of my teachers. Brave New World along with Nancy Drew, anything I could get my hands on. Bullfinch's Mythology was worn to bits. Poe and Lovecraft - I still love hauntings and horror.

Sorry for the ramble - a bit off topic.