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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, I am a scientist, so is DH. I just think that fiction being a "model" of true life is crazy, why not just use real life? One Shakespeare play per year in HS should be adequate. The rest should be about history, industry, economics, medicine, law, finances and so on. These would make excellent topics for and "English" teacher to work with. In the old days, they knew less about these topics and we did not include them in a classical education, but times have changed. A child can learn to be a great writer by reading history books instead of Greek Mythology. BTW, we have tons of books in our house, but no fiction. [/quote] "A child can learn to be a great writer by reading history books instead of Greek Mythology." Possibly, but YOU aren't even a GOOD writer. :shock: [/quote]
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