Therefore, no matter what books you pick for the curriculum, you’ll end up with people complaining about the “boring” books they were “forced” to read.
Claiming that being educated “ruined” reading for you is like claiming you can no longer enjoy television because of the mediocre educational documentaries your science teacher made you watch.
The purpose of education is to challenge students with experiences and knowledge they have not been exposed to. You can’t have a curriculum built on “easy books that are just fun,” because that’s not what education is.
Another purpose education is to build basic cultural literacy. And, yes, that means exposing students to the canon of literature.
Claiming that being educated “ruined” reading for you is like claiming you can no longer enjoy television because of the mediocre educational documentaries your science teacher made you watch.
The purpose of education is to challenge students with experiences and knowledge they have not been exposed to. You can’t have a curriculum built on “easy books that are just fun,” because that’s not what education is.
Another purpose education is to build basic cultural literacy. And, yes, that means exposing students to the canon of literature.