First of all, "truly successful" is in the eye of the beholder (criteria and
judges). But that's another discussion that we have had on this list before.
High school kids are, as another responder said, very busy. Also, I think
(and can toss stones, since I taught HS English for many years) that
teachers assign boring books. Kids have to move up through a hierarchy of
lit levels before they can "enjoy" classics. We turn them off of reading.
Early in my career I was guilty of that myself as I required reading from
classic lists.
Missi Baker
Greenup County High School
Greenup KY 41144
mbaker@greenup.k12.ky.us
"In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with
floaties and teach us how to swim."
Linton Weeks
(Washington Post article, 13 January 2001, p. C01)
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