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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with PPs that everyone will have gaps.  I never read Lord of the Flies for instance or invisible Man.   But I agree with OP that not having read any Orwell is unusual for a HS English teacher since it’s such a common HS assignment.  Like not having read any Shakespeare.

But for PP, the parent who gave you crap about not having read Anna K is a jerk.  No one assigns Tolstoy in HS because it’s too long and also kids don’t really have the right social context for it.  We read crime and punishment in HS and it took forever and I think most kids didn’t really get it.  I was a Russian major so read a lot of that stuff in college.  Dickins is another that is rarely assigned in HS (although my HS read great expectations) because it would take so much of the year to get through something like Oliver Twist or tale of two cities.

I’m really curious about whether any HS English classes are teaching huck Finn together with James.  That seems like such a great way to hit the old and the new and have a real dialogue.  But I admit I haven’t read Jsmes yet!  [/quote]

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