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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My rising 9th grader, who is an excellent student, does not read for pleasure.  However, he reads the books that are assigned, and even enjoys some of them.  Notably, he tends to like classics, so I wouldn't assume kids hate "old" books.  They are classics for a reason.  I don't think he would like having no guidance.  Maybe give them 5 books to choose from or something like that.  [/quote]

I would guess your son is white. White kids don’t mind classics because it centers their stories and experience. Consider how children of color feel about the “classics.” I have to teach and reach all kids. The classics don’t cut it for many of them and contain harmful language and ideas that are difficult for those kids to listen to and discuss in class. At best, they simply ignore entirely the experience of POC. At worst, they’re denigrating and objectifying. [/quote]

On the other hands (I'm coming new to this thread) the classics contain heavy duty vocabulary words, long paragraphs, and complex sentence structure.

If students read and understand the classics, they will be much better prepared to score well on the SAT and ACT which will help them gain admission to, and financial aid from, colleges.

Just a thought.[/quote]

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