[cherry]

it was required in my school as well and I thought then what I think now....so sick of reading about boys' coming of age books...."Rye" was not that interesting at all IMO of course..

I think they used to require some of the most obscure literature ..

[Lancey Howard]

[berdie]

Well, I agree..sort of.

I have a friend who has a kid in private school. Her required reading includes SOME of the classics, SOME current literature and the rest...her choice. One of her choices was a book by Jim Carrey. I guess reading anything for credit is better than not reading at all.

Maybe I’m jealous. If I had a choice to read a book of my choice, and get a grade on it, I may have sailed thru Literture. But I learned a lot during that class, reading the classics.