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Reply to "Why, oh why, do the schools still ask students to read so much fiction?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Isn't that one of the things Common Core is trying to change? Having students read more non-fiction?[/quote] Yes but MCPS interpreted this as replace science instruction with reading assignments that include science as the topic. Not a good solution. People who go into education are weak on STEM and heavy on humanities. There is a natural bias and comfort level with reading and analyzing fiction. Everything else is ignored or second class. I agree that reading fiction is important [b]but it is overdone in the schools at the expense of other subjects.[/b] Changing this, means changing the requirements to get an education degree so you can have teachers who know how to teach other subjects. [/quote] How is it overdone? Are the kids reading novels in biology? Are they reading poetry in history class? Are they reading short stories in math class? I took some fantastic literature classes in high school, but the only classes in which we read fiction were lit classes--all the other classes were "non-fiction." I don't see how fiction can be taking over if it's one class out of what, six?[/quote]
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