Fine... I apologize for reducing Shakespeare to phallic jokes. Of course it is more than that. However, it wasn't an ad hominem attack....
A poll someone? I wonder if someone could do a poll. That way we can look at where most of the users come from. <---- USA!
The very first question was: What is your evidence that fiction "is indispensable to becoming a normally-functioning human."
What's your evidence for this? Again, we're speaking of forced fiction via the school system. People, of course, will get their dose of fiction...
First off, I'm not saying that works of fiction have no value, or even that they have little value. I just don't see how it has indispensable...
some more stuff I think it would be best now to talk about what exactly is so difficult about this literature. "Fire on your match" Act 3,...
it's just so hard to read I initially had difficultly reading the works assigned to us. Now, I've written papers on them. I could read them...
Celebrate Shakespeare all you want. Why force other people to learn it? There are a lot of crass jokes in Shakespeare and several areas where the...
Lots of answers! The writing aspect of the classes does help. However, that can be gained from other classes. One can simply have a class...
I never understood why we must read fiction in college, or even highschool. What's the point? I've had to take these classes. I can learn how to...
People in highschool are forced to read some of those books today. I know people that wish those books were banned so their English teachers...
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